Social Conservatism and the Arc of History
"The arc of the moral universise is long, but it bends towards justice," said Martin Luther King in a speech given over half a century - a phrase given new…
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Raptors, Racial Profiling and Religion: Adventures with ChatGPT
Song battles for and against racial profiling, angry letters to the Daily Mail, preprepared government responses to new reports, a new parable in the style of Jesus of Nazareth and…
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Religious discrimination in Canada
Last week the government of Quebec passed a discriminatory law that would ban the wearing of kippah (skull caps), turbans and hijabs (headscarfs), among other religious symbols, for all public…
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Dawkins, Haidt and Harari on Religion
It's fascinating to compare the different views of Dawkins, Haidt and Harari on religion. All three approach it from a sociological/evolutionary perspective but small differences in assumptions lead to quite…
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Elisha was a Druid, and other hypotheses
What if well known figures from the Bible were really characters from D&D? Elijah (Cleric, NG): The most famous prophet of all, Elijah is the archetype of the Cleric. A…
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Bible Analytics: What do Children’s Bibles Focus On?
We have quite a lot of children's bibles and it's always interesting to see what each one focuses on. This post carries out some fairly surface level analysis of how…
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Some Thoughts on the Culture Wars
It’s hard to imagine now just how controversial and offensive Monty Python’s Life of Brian was when it first came out. BBC and ITV refused to show it, it was…