A Thinking Reed

"Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed" – Blaise Pascal

Science and Religion

  • More on evolution, human dignity, etc.

    Thomas at Without Authority has a great post exploring the threat posed to human dignity by the acceptance of a sheerly materialistic philosophy. Also, for what it’s worth, last week’s post on Sam Brownback got a nod at Slate here (and thanks to Thomas for bringing that to my attention). There have also been some Read more

  • Brownback vs. Darwin?

    I don’t think I’m saying anything wildly controversial when I say that it’s extremely unlikely that Sam Brownback will be our next president. And given his general philosophy of “compassionate conservatism” on steroids, I think that’s probably a good thing. Still, it’s interesting that Brownback felt the need to take the pages of the NY Read more

  • Religious myths

    I got my hands on a copy of Keith Ward’s Is Religion Dangerous? courtesy of our local library and have been enjoying it very much. In the introduction alone Ward takes on several myths about the study of religion that tend to be propagated by its cultured despisers: 1. “Religion” is a univocal term. Ward Read more

  • Is our atheists learning?

    Thomas wonders why high profile atheist provocateurs like Richard Dawkins seem to know so little about the religions they criticize and frequently traffic in straw-man arguments. He also excerpts a take down of Dawkins’ latest book by agnostic Thomas Nagel.* Scientific popularizers like Dawkins often seem to think that their expertise in one field translates Read more