- Being an atheist for no particular reason is not any more rational than being a theist out of blind obedience. That Richard Dawkins rails against the Papacy couldn't possibly be less convincing when he's setting up one of his own, appealing to "science" as devoid of intellectual content as Biblical fundamentalism. I'm really fucking tired of ( Read more... )

I'm pretty sure I'm trying to become my own personal Diocletian, and my own personal Sebastian, at the same time.

The rare double-post ( Read more... )

"To whom would we go?" is a profound question when asked about God. It's the last desperate cry of a sick man when asked about everything in his life.

So first of all, I'm sorry to keep everyone hanging - I got called away to a debate emergency in Williamstown, Massachusetts (which is in the middle of nowhere) and have only just returned home. I didn't mean it, I promise ( Read more... )

So on the up side, I got a deal to write a book.

Heavenly Father, you called your people out of bondage in Egypt, and you called your Son out of Egypt that he might ransom us all from bondage. Now voices cry out to you again, calling upon the God of Abraham and Isaac and Ishmael to set them free. If the government of Egypt falls in the coming days, let the one which replaces it genuinely value ( Read more... )

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I'll probably have a bunch of writing for you all tomorrow.

THB in a 2 state solution in many places, but not in Israel ( Read more... )

I am alive ( Read more... )