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Ideological infections
Book Review: The God Virus: How religion infects our lives and culture by Darrel W. Ray Price: US$12.91 Perfect Paperback: 241 pages Publisher: IPC Press; First edition (December 5, 2009) Language:...
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That’s what I like to see in a young woman!
Credit: Toothpaste For Dinner (http://toothpastefordinner.com/) Recently, I have been debating with some of the theologically inclined the question of religious privilege in a secular society and the...
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Mixing values and Jesus in secular education
Daniel Dennett calls it the “last big fib.*” The claim that religion and human morality are intimately entwined – that you can’t be good without god. That does seem to be a widely held misconception,...
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Peter Singer on the misrepresentation of Peter Singer
We have been having a raging debate here in the comments on a previous post End of life decisions. A lot of it is centred on the writings of the moral philosopher Peter Singer. One of the commenters...
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Cynical evangelisation of children
All parents are concerned when they send their children out into the world. We all hope that our schools, and other places our children go, are going to be safe. We are rightfully shocked when we find...
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Capturing kid’s minds with emotions
I have commented on the problem of religious indoctrination at secular New Zealand schools before (see What really happens in religious instruction classes? and Cynical evangelisation of children.)...
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The arrogance of supernatural privilege
I’ve often criticised the arrogance of some of those with a supernatural ideology. Their claims of special access to the “Truth,” to morality, etc. But I get especially angry when this arrogance rides...
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Education should never validate ignorance
Quite a concise and clear argument from Lawrence Krauss on the silly idea of giving equal time to creationism in a science classes (a big problem in his country – the USA). As he points out – the role...
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The importance of books for kids
Here’s a nice video where Lisa Bu describes the importance of books in her development. She talks about her cross-cultural experience and how books have helped here understand both her original...
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From dental neglect to child abuse?
Talk about conflicts of interest! The article, Children’s Health: Shift focus to care of young – MPs, in yesterday’s NZ Herald really sparked a response in me: It opens with this: “Cross-party...
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