Tag Archives: Secularism
Science, History and the Myths of New Atheism
New Atheists seem wedded to a secularist myth, a “meta-narrative” for technophiles. For example Jerry Coyne recently reacted angrily to Ross Douthat’s critique of contemporary secularist thought:
Douthat is wrong. The cracks are not in the edifice of secularism, but in the temples of faith.
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Tagged Christianity and Science, Coyne, Evolution, Faith and Reason, God and Science, History, New Atheism, Secularism
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The Danger of Irreligion
See the accompanying article “The Dangers of Religion”
Human beings cannot decide if we will worship; we only decide what we will worship. This is the danger of irreligion. Every man realises that he is ephemeral, finite and limited; so each one has a hunger for significance, meaning and identity.
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Tagged Communism and Atheism, History, Mao, Myth of Christian Hitler, Myths of Secularism, Nazis, Nazism and Christianity, Pol Pot, Practical Reasons for Faith, Secularism, Sin, Stalin
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