Category Archives: Religion

Ls&Qs: Rationality and Fear

Posted on 26 September 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Two long quotes today, from opposite ends of the spectrum from rationality to fear.

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Ls&Cs: Letters to the NYT

Posted on 20 September 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Two letters in NYT’s SundayReview section yesterday capture two obvious objections to religion claims that have been around for eons but which the religious have never satisfactorily answered.

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Facebook Memes 19Sep21

Posted on 19 September 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

From this past week, about philosophy, billionaires and Fox News, the flawed Ten Commandments, what expertise is about, fear the Covid plan will work, conspiracy theories defined, and a protestor’s spelling.

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Ls&Cs: Vaccine Regrets and Horse Paste

Posted on 3 September 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Have a backlog of links, of course, with new ones now that Christians in Texas are coming closer to matching the achievement of the Taliban in Afghanistan. But for now, a trend of the past couple weeks: right-wing vaccine deniers … Continue reading →

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Ls&Cs: Morality, Left and Right

Posted on 23 August 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Two items recently that dovetail nicely.

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Ls&Cs This Past Month

Posted on 16 August 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Too many to comment about in much detail.

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Ls&Cs: Steven Weinberg

Posted on 29 July 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

The physicist Steven Weinberg died last week. He wasn’t as famous as Stephen Hawking, but he was arguably nearly as significant, succeeding several decades ago in unifying two of the four fundamental forces into one theoretical framework (the weak nuclear … Continue reading →

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Ls&Cs: Changing Minds; Religions and Cults; Abortion; Wishful Thinking

Posted on 14 July 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Catching up on some links from a few weeks ago.

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Links and Comments: Science, Religion, and Biases

Posted on 20 April 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Neil deGrasse Tyson, creationists, religion and the intelligentsia, risk assessment. And tarantulas.

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Links and Comments: The Decline of US Church Membership

Posted on 2 April 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

When I posted my notes about Michael Shermer’s book How We Believe, I noted that one of his principle observations was how, writing in 2000 or 1999, levels of religious belief hadn’t changed much since the 1960s, the era in … Continue reading →

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