And atheists and agnostics? 4 Jun 2009 Obama has said, in his speech in Cairo: The Holy Koran tells us: “O mankind! We have created you male and a female; and we have made you into nations and tribes so that you may know one another.” The Talmud tells us: “The whole of the Torah is for the purpose of promoting peace.” The Holy Bible tells us: “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.” (Applause.) The people of the world can live together in peace. We know that is God’s vision. Now that must be our work here on Earth. Now I know he’s appealing to a specific audience here, but: Reason tells us we can live better if we live in peace. You don’t need a holy scripture to tell you that. [Wilkins 1:1] Politics Religion Sermon
Creationism and Intelligent Design A boycott of Synthese 19 Apr 201122 Apr 2011 Brian Leiter has suggested a professional boycott of the journal Synthese until they admit their error in the disclaimer case, and I am the contact for messages supporting it from publishing philosophers. Leiter says: I would urge all philosophers to stop submitting to Synthese; to withdraw any papers they have… Read More
Evolution Darwin, Atheism, and the Catholic Church 6 Mar 200918 Sep 2017 There’s been a highly publicised conference at the Vatican about evolution. There are good and sensible things being said there, and silly ones. Read More
History Greewald on Bush on Evil 20 Jun 2007 A very thoughtful and interesting, dare I say almost philosophical, discussion of the Manichaean nature of the Bush Administration is in the present Salon here. A quote: The power to order people detained and imprisoned based solely on accusation is one of the most extraordinary and tyrannical powers any political… Read More
You open the Book of Wilkins with peace? No starting with the Big Bang, no prophets of Reason (St. Aristotle, St. Voltaire, St. Charles of Downe), no portents of the Coming? It’ll never sell.