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Alain de Botton’s Atheism 2.0

Alain de Botton’s Atheism 2.0

Posted January 20, 2012 by Jacques Rousseau

Alain de Botton’s recent TED Talk on Atheism 2.0 seems to say not very much at all.

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John Gray’s accommodationist waffle

John Gray’s accommodationist waffle

Posted September 20, 2011 by Jacques Rousseau

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.

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Devils in the City of Angels

Posted October 9, 2010 by Jacques Rousseau

Chris Mooney confirmed that he’s somewhat smug and superficial, Eugenie Scott showed how it’s possible to make accommodationist politics sound sensible (to audiences who aren’t paying attention), while PZ Myers and and Victor Stenger demonstrated saintly patience in the face of serious provocation.

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