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filthy
SFN Die Hard
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And he has found himself a reference, heigh-ho! | I'm finishing a book on theodicy (titled THE END OF CHRISTIANITY) and, in trying to track down for it whether certain celebrities are atheists, found this site: |
And it's a highly informative reference indeed, although I fail to see that the atheism of some celebrities have to do with ID. Comes to that, judging from the title of this prospective tome, what it has to do with anything, either.
I think maybe I should'a put this in Humor.
Anyway, it's quite an interesting site and worth a look. I mean, who knew?
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HalfMooner
Dingaling
Philippines
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Posted - 01/14/2009 : 06:03:29 [Permalink]
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Writing a book about IDiocy, is he? He'll probably arrange for the publication of the atheists' phone numbers and addresses next.
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moakley
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USA
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 Posted - 01/14/2009 : 07:13:24 [Permalink]
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Well, I am now a bigger fan of Jodie Foster than I use to be.
I'm finishing a book on theodicy (titled THE END OF CHRISTIANITY) and, in trying to track down for it whether certain celebrities are atheists, found this site:
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Personally, I find Bill's working title quite hopeful.
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filthy
SFN Die Hard
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Posted - 01/14/2009 : 07:26:42 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by moakley
Well, I am now a bigger fan of Jodie Foster than I use to be.
I'm finishing a book on theodicy (titled THE END OF CHRISTIANITY) and, in trying to track down for it whether certain celebrities are atheists, found this site:
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Personally, I find Bill's working title quite hopeful.
edited: spelling.
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Yeh, I did too, at first. But now I believe it's an attempt at sarcasm.
On the other hand, statistically church attendance is down and non-believers are all but coming out of the woodwork. Maybe it's fear. Hope so.
River Otter tells me that her atheist group is having Carl Zimmer to lecture on Darwin day at the Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh. I'm hoping to attend that.
Edit: Wow, talk about creative spelling.... 
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"If only we could impeach on the basis of criminal stupidity, 90% of the Rethuglicans and half of the Democrats would be thrown out of office." ~~ P.Z. Myres
"The default position of human nature is to punch the other guy in the face and take his stuff." ~~ Dude
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moakley
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Posted - 01/14/2009 : 08:19:00 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by filthy
River Otter tells me that her atheist group is having Carl Zimmer to lecture on Darwin day at the Museum of Natural Sciences in Raleigh. I'm hoping to attend that.
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On February 12th I expect to be in Columbia, SC the only Darwin Day event there, that I can find, is a debate between Dan Barker and Kyle Butt. A debate about whether God exists. I'd bet that the Carl Zimmer lecture will be more interesting. |
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Hawks
SFN Regular
Canada
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Posted - 01/14/2009 : 08:37:33 [Permalink]
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| And this is from the guy who recently said that his blog was going to be all about ID and not religion and politics. Go figure... |
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Dave W.
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Posted - 01/14/2009 : 08:55:26 [Permalink]
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Here's what JJ Sherwood has to say about the book:The End Of Christianity by William Dembski is scheduled for release in October. “Theodicy attempts to resolve how a good God and evil world can coexist. The neo-atheist view in this debate has dominated recent bestseller lists through books like The God Delusion (Richard Dawkins), God Is Not Great (Christopher Hitchens), and The End of Faith (Samuel Harris). And their popularity illuminates a changing mental environment wherein people are asking harder questions about divine goodness. Surprisingly, these books please intelligent design champion William Dembski, because ‘They would be unnecessary if Christianity were not again a live issue.' Here, Dembski brings the reader to a fresh understanding of what “the end (result) of Christianity” really means: the radical realignment of our thinking so that we see God's goodness in creation despite the distorting effects of sin in our hearts and evil in the world.” I am very interested to see how one of the leading proponents of intelligent design attacks the issue of theodicy in light of the neo-atheists. Nevermind that the atheists books would still have been written if Christianity didn't exist. Of course, nobody claims that Dembski is not arrogant about his religion.
By the way, there's no telling where Sherwood got that quote from. Google only has his website as a result for key phrases within the quote. |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Posted - 01/14/2009 : 09:53:58 [Permalink]
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leoofno
Skeptic Friend
USA
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Posted - 01/14/2009 : 10:00:09 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by moakley
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Well, I am now a bigger fan of Jodie Foster than I use to be.
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How about Barry Manalow? (I've been a closet Manalow fan for quite a while. Is it time to come out?) |
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Kil
Evil Skeptic
USA
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Posted - 01/14/2009 : 10:07:25 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by leoofno
Originally posted by moakley
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Well, I am now a bigger fan of Jodie Foster than I use to be.
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How about Barry Manalow? (I've been a closet Manalow fan for quite a while. Is it time to come out?)
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Well, now you've done it!!! |
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leoofno
Skeptic Friend
USA
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Posted - 01/14/2009 : 10:12:47 [Permalink]
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Originally posted by Kil
Originally posted by leoofno
Originally posted by moakley
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Well, I am now a bigger fan of Jodie Foster than I use to be.
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How about Barry Manalow? (I've been a closet Manalow fan for quite a while. Is it time to come out?)
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Well, now you've done it!!!
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I don't mean here. I mean in the REAL world.
You guys (and the few gals) are too understanding and open minded to be a problem in that regard. |
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Dembski is writing a book, heigh-ho!
