“New atheists”, stridency and fundamentalism
The so-called “New atheists” now carry the apparently unshakeable tags of being militant or strident. In some cases, they certainly might be – but this has nothing to do with the truth or falsity of what they say.
John Gray’s accommodationist waffle
While it’s undeniably true that what we do matters more than what we believe – given that what we do is all that anyone else ever sees – this truism can’t be deployed to evade the fact that what we believe can sometimes affect what we do.
Good without god
Progress is rarely easy, especially when it involves overturning centuries-old mistakes – but the difficult things are often the ones most worth doing.
Varsity – reporting on the blasphemy debate
Peter Hammond is almost certainly not misquoted in saying that the students who sold Sax Appeal are “drunken layabouts and transvestite-dressed representatives of UCT”.
A stinging rebuttal
Misinformation has been spread – and continues to be spread – regarding the UCT AAS and myself and how we engaged with this debate. As far as it’s possible, I believe that the facts should be available in order that people can reach justified conclusions on the matter.
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