What are the ground rules in democratic discourse?
In response to my last post, a commenter sharply observes: But I must admit that creationists, i.e. fundamentalist Christians, when they were in the ascendant a...
Month: May 2014
Tolerance in a pluralistic society
In The Collapse of American Criminal Justice, William Stuntz makes a profound observation about the human tendency to impose your beliefs on others: All contest...
My reading list
Adam Laats has been kind enough to post my shelfie! Go over to his blog to check out what I have been / will be reading!
Creationism should not be taught as science
For some reason I get asked this type of question all the time: I oppose all creationists who would seek to teach their beliefs as science. Do you? Well I’...
Enlightened people don’t view science as anything but a tool
To continue reframing other people’s words, here’s my restatement of Neil DeGrasse Tyson: The issue there is not religion versus non-religion or rel...
Why creationists need to come out of the closet
Andrew Sullivan has been running a few posts on ‘Why Atheists Need to Come Out.’ Here’s my whimsical reformulation of a recent item in the thr...
All sciences aren’t equally important
To continue with the meme from my last post, Jonathan Coppage explains why belief in evolution isn’t really that important (emphasis added): Yet when the ...