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‘Twas Easter and the slithey toves did gyre and gimble on the roads

Posted March 31, 2010 by Jacques Rousseau

The extent to which the secular community has an obligation to play along – or the opposite obligation to protest – at times when others are engaging in religious ritual is a running debate. A key element of this debate is the possible incoherence involved in your lack of belief not standing in the way of allowing others to continue believing absurd things.

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Easter media: theology takes aim at reason

Posted April 12, 2009 by Jacques Rousseau

The “Easter edition” of the Mail and Guardian includes an opinion piece by Steve De Gruchy (head of the School of Religion and Theology at UKZN), titled “Taking aim at the atheists“. Unfortunately, his aim is a little off – leaving me conflicted as to whether to go with the foot-in-mouth or bullet-in-foot cheap shot. [...]

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