Theist vs. Atheist: What Should You Believe? is a seven-part series of articles by two authors, John C. Wright and Stephen R. C. Hicks, in which they debate seven key issues in religion. Religion and the Verdict of History By Stephen R. C. Hicks To evaluate religion’s track record we need to specify our evaluative […]
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“People are scum.” “Mankind is a moral wasteland.” “I’m ashamed to be human.” Whenever cynics express themselves, I’m tempted to retort that philosophy is autobiography and they should put their claims in the first-person: “I am scum.” “I am a moral wasteland.” “I’m ashamed to be me.” A colleague once took me up on that
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Some quotations and brief glosses on Augustine’s views on the use of persecution and torture in order to save souls. “No salvation outside the church.” (418 CE) “[M]any must first be recalled to their Lord by the stripes of temporal scourging, like evil slaves, and in some degree like good-for-nothing fugitives.” Augustine had defended toleration
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‘Tis the season for Christmas carols, revised for philosophical accuracy, with explanatory links, just for fun. Sigmund Freud: I saw Mommy kissing Santa Claus Underneath the mistletoe last night. But with therapy I think that I Should recover and become all right. . William James: Angels we have heard while high. . . . Jean-Jacques
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