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Tag Archives: robert wright
Wright v. Hitch, Part Deux
Holy Flibbertishibbit! Robert Wright in diavlog with Christopher Hitchens twice in the same month! Me like.
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Tagged christopher hitchens, god is not great, robert wright
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Bob Wright on the Behe Brouhaha: Mea Culpa
I know I’ve posted about this a couple of times before, but this onion keeps growing new layers. Over the weekend, bloggingheads.tv Robert Wright (The Evolution of God) posted a conversation with science journalist George Johnson, in which Wright offers … Continue reading
More fallout from the Behe bloggingheads.tv brouhaha
How to deal with Creationists and Intelligent Design proponents? It’s a bit of a Catch-22: one the one hand, unless we consistently, frequently and forcefully confront their nonsense, we might give them free rein to convince the general public that … Continue reading
The Behe brouhaha at bloggingheads.tv
Boy, what a soap opera this has turned out to be. Late last week, linguist and conservative pundit John McWhorter recorded a segment for bloggingheads.tv (bhTV) with Michael “Irreducible Complexity” Behe. A credulous–even gushing–McWhorter, who is a self-admitted nonbeliever, … Continue reading
Defining Anti-theism
by John C. Snider © 2009 It’s official. American Freethought is now a “prominent atheist website.” So implies Robert Wright in his latest essay, “End Times,” part of his guest-blogging stint at Andrew Sullivan’s “The Daily Dish” blog at The … Continue reading
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Tagged anti-theism, evolution of god, new atheism, robert wright
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Robert Wright takes on the “New Atheists” (including me!), Part Deux
As I reported last week, Robert Wright (The Evolution of God), whom we interviewed in episode #58 of the podcast, published an essay at Huffington Post titled “Why the ‘New Atheists’ are Right-Wing on Foreign Policy.” I posted a critique … Continue reading
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Tagged evolution of god, huffington post, huffpo, new atheists, robert wright
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Podcast #59 – Bill Maher Stand-up Tour
David gives us a report on Bill Maher’s stand-up tour; specifically, Maher’s recent appearance at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta. We also give listeners a heads-up on several upcoming events, including: Atheist Alliance International 2009 Convention (Oct … Continue reading
Posted in atheism, books, christianity, commentary, evolution, islam, judaism, music, news, podcast, religion, science
Tagged atheist alliance international, bill maher, charlotte pop fest, evolution of god, goddess of the market, greatest show on earth, jennifer burns, richard dawkins, robert wright
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Robert Wright takes on the “New Atheists”
Author Robert Wright (The Evolution of God) posted an essay over the weekend at Huffington Post that’s causing quite a stir: “Why the ‘New Atheists’ are Right-Wing on Foreign Policy.” This is something Wright touched on in the latter half … Continue reading
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Tagged christopher hitchens, evolution of god, israel, middle east, new atheists, palestine, richard dawkins, robert wright, sam harris
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Podcast #58 – Robert Wright
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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Tagged evolution of god, robert wright
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Wright v. Hitch
Finally–two of my favorite pundits go head-to-head at bloggingheads.tv. Check. It. Out.