A quotation 14 Jul 2007 A religious body or faith community that speaks only with only exclamation points but no question marks misses the complexity of creation and the beauty of evolution. Rabbi Kendall in Stuart, Florida Evolution Religion
Epistemology Sewall Wright on emergence 5 Dec 2009 I came across this passage while looking at the philosophical problem of emergent properties (which I think are purely epistemic). I thought it would be good to put up here… Read More
Religion Agnostics needed! 26 Aug 2010 There’s an advertising headline I never thought I’d see. We’re conducting a web survey of nonbelievers (atheists, agnostics, doubters, sceptics etc.) So far, we’ve had a good response, with over 1700 usable submissions. We’ve got lots of atheists, but we do not have as many agnostics as we would like…. Read More
Politics Taking the veil [away] 6 May 2010 I am profoundly conflicted about European attempts to ban the burqa, that form of dress that covers all of a woman and leaves only a gauze strip for her eyes. On the one hand I think it is dehumanising, enslaving and deeply sexist. On the other, I do not think… Read More