Blog Archives for July, 2009

A Plea for Skepticism

It’s Only Natural with John Shook
July 28, 2009

This fashionable nonsense about keeping an "open mind" must stop. An open mind knows when to stop believing.

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Former President Jimmy Carter denounces the Southern Baptists again

It’s Only Natural with John Shook
July 20, 2009

Jimmy Carter explains why no religion can justify any inequality of women, with special condemnation for Christianity and Islam

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Free Speech Watch: Gagging in Ireland but blaspheming in Canada

It’s Only Natural with John Shook
July 10, 2009

Ireland passes a bill criminalizing blasphemy. On the very same day, Canada affirms free speech.

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Not Islam v. Christianity, but Islam v. Humanism in Britain

It’s Only Natural with John Shook
July 05, 2009

Bishop announces the Church of England is dying. The opposition to sharia law now rests with humanistic principles of democracy.

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The Secular and Secularism

It’s Only Natural with John Shook
July 02, 2009

Philosopher Charles Taylor describes the meanings of the term "secular" and then discusses the future of the Secular.

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