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Ben Stein loses NYT gig, grip on reality

Posted on August 11, 2009 by John C. Snider

Ben “Bueller…Bueller…” Stein has been let go from his biweekly gig writing a financial column for the New York Times, ostensibly because of his commercial work for a website called FreeScore.com and the associated (perceived?) conflict of interest. Now, normally … Continue reading →

Posted in atheism, civil rights, commentary, ethics, evolution, intelligent design, news, religion, religious rights, science | Tagged ben stein, expelled, freescore.com, new york times | 4 Comments

Peter Singer on healthcare rationing

Posted on August 9, 2009 by John C. Snider

I admit I’m not as read-up as I should be on the current healthcare controversy, but I’m always amused at people who cite the spectre of “rationing” in their opposition to any proposed public healthcare system. It’s undeniable that any … Continue reading →

Posted in commentary, ethics, medical research, politics | Tagged bioethics, healthcare, peter singer, rationing | Leave a comment

If God can’t keep you out of trouble…

Posted on July 19, 2009 by John C. Snider

…maybe invoking His Name four times in your apology can bail you out of trouble. South Carolina governor Mark Sanford, in a lot of hot water over his intercontinental affair with an Argentinian-woman-who’s-not-his-wife, is playing the God card in a … Continue reading →

Posted in christianity, commentary, ethics, news, politics, religion | Tagged mark sanford, south carolina | 5 Comments

Podcast #58 – Robert Wright

Posted on July 3, 2009 by John C. Snider

We interview Robert Wright, author of The Evolution of God and one of the founders of the pundit-driven website bloggingheads.tv. In The Evolution of God, Wright lays out a convincing case that the Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) are … Continue reading →

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Posted in books, christianity, ethics, history, interviews, islam, judaism, podcast, religion | Tagged evolution of god, robert wright | 14 Comments

The Evolution of God

Posted on July 2, 2009 by John C. Snider

Review by John C. Snider Did God make man in His image, or was it the other way around? Despite millennia of religious tradition, most scholars are convinced it was the latter–but exactly how and why man’s conception of God … Continue reading →

Posted in books, christianity, ethics, history, islam, judaism, religion | Tagged evolution of god, robert wright | 7 Comments

Carving a niche for “official superstitions”

Posted on June 30, 2009 by John C. Snider

Now, I’ll be the first to admit that there’s no well-drawn line to tell the government when it can interfere with parental discretion. Cases like that of Daniel Hauser (the 13-year-old boy with a six-inch-diameter tumor whose parents wanted to … Continue reading →

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Podcast #54 – When Religion Kills Children

Posted on May 30, 2009 by John C. Snider

We look at two tragic cases in the news in which religion and child welfare conflict (to say the least). First, a Minnesota court has ordered 13-year-old Daniel Hauser to undergo chemo to treat his cancer, but he and his … Continue reading →

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Posted in christianity, civil rights, commentary, ethics, news, podcast, politics, religion, religious rights, superstitions | Tagged daniel hauser, leilani neumann, prop 8, proposition 8 | 4 Comments

Twelve Virtues of Rationality

Posted on May 22, 2009 by John C. Snider

Instead of Death and Dismemberment Amongst the Devoted today, how about something a little more positive? Eliezer Yudkowsky is an aritificial intelligence researcher and blogger on the “fine art of human rationality.” He has developed what he calls the Twelve … Continue reading →

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Hunting Men for Jesus

Posted on May 11, 2009 by John C. Snider

Every time I see this it makes my blood boil. There is NO acceptable way in which US soldiers, stationed in hostile territory, wearing American military uniforms, can proselytize. Imagine the furor with which the men in this video would … Continue reading →

Posted in christianity, commentary, ethics, islam, news, politics, religion | Tagged evangelical christianity, military, proselytizing | 7 Comments

Podcast #52 – Feedback

Posted on May 7, 2009 by John C. Snider

We read and respond to lots of feedback we’ve gotten from listeners to the show. We talk about (among other things) Christian opinions on the Creation Museum, Christian license plates in North Carolina and Florida, urotherapy, one-star iTunes feedback and … Continue reading →

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