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Thursday, July 9, 2009

AC Grayling: when philosophers forget the sophia bit

July 9, 2009

I was very surprised listening to tonight’s Question Time when the student panellist claimed that AC Grayling had compared the government’s proposals for ID cards to the Nazis tattooing numbers on concentration camp inmates. I’m not a great admirer of Grayling, nor a proponent of ID cards, but I found this hard to believe, so [...]

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Ken’s guide to American Christianity

July 9, 2009

Ken Schenk has produced his guide here. Read it.
He is, however, wrong about Episcopalians (aka Anglicans). The proper historical definition is: “Episcopalians: the Christians Baptists came to America to get away from”.

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A question or two for Duane Smith and other atheists

July 9, 2009

Duane raises what I regard as some slightly abnormal concerns about President Obama’s appointent of Francis Collins to head what the Huffington Post describes as “the nation’s premiere medical research agency”. For Duane there is something of a problem in that Francis Collins is a Christian.
The first question (you’ll excuse me if I ask this [...]

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