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Ron Rosenbaum misunderstands atheism

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Journalist Ron Rosenbaum castigates atheists as believers in a religion of science. I argue that he’s wrong.

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Is global warming cynicism “denial”?

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Global warming cynics reject the science supporting climate change. Does that make them “deniers”? I explore the mechanics of denial to answer the question.

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Losing my religion

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Many people can’t imagine life without God. But I have soundly rejected the concept. In honor of Christmas, here’s why.

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Rebutting “The blood-stained century of evolution”

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The theory of evolution is not responsible for Nazi bloodshed.

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Neuropsychology illuminates roots of human ethics

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Neuropsychology illuminates roots of human ethics

David Hume said humans, in observing pain, experience that pain, too. Therefore, we want to alleviate the pain of other people, to ameliorate the suffering it causes within us. This empathy for our fellow humans constitutes the basis for treating them decently.
Hume’s best friend Adam Smith, in his 1759 work The Theory of Moral Sentiments, [...]

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Sensationalist media ignores real issues

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On the basis of what the American national media has covered most intensely recently, one would think the most pressing concerns of our country were the Michael Jackson trial and a missing teenager in Aruba. A short while before that, the most important issue of the United States, from the media’s perspective, was a vegetative [...]

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