Vicki

For Marco and Michael, avid readers: a pleasant little excursion:

Opinion | Salman Rushdie: Ask Yourself Which Books You Truly Love – The New York Times (nytimes.com)

@ Steven Andresen #40

Thanks for your contribution

You’re very welcome!

Cheers, sir!

@Steven Andresen #35

Metaphysics is rejected as distasteful, as though explanation has no place in science. 

Oh, my!

That was a tough choice, picking just one.
I went with Alex Jones because it is obvious all of the candidates have created some pretty lucrative careers playing on peoples fears down there in their rabbit holes, […]

@Marco and LaurieB
Me too–I’ve been following the discussion/thread avidly. As an American, I find the topic of independence novel. We’re such a young nation, relatively, and the closest context (for me) would be […]

@Marco
Big day today, election-wise, eh?

I’d love to hear your thoughts on how this election might affect Scotland’s independence referendum and Boris’ position.

@Pamela #50

…accompanied by a simple direct unmistakable message enlightening my mind.

I’m sure there is an affect, but I’m not convinced ‘enlightening’ is the right word to use.

If there is a God who knows […]

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No biggie, just thought you’d want to know.

@Pamela #40
Hi Pamela! Your source of solace and comfort is one that has been practiced for thousands of years. I, for one, certainly wouldn’t want to try and disrupt it. Personally, that has always been my take […]

@Chandru #22
Hi Chandru. Are Hindu gods as fluid as Buddhist gods in that they are still evolving? Not quite finished, so to speak? Maybe giving them more human traits would make them more palatable to those of us […]

@phil rimmer #11
Agreed–delicious! (My ‘like’ option doesn’t work)

I just read a convoluted, head-scratching op-ed on religion, by Russ Douthat. I am not going to post the link. It’s a little experiment of mine: I’m going to give it a few days and see if it pops up on this site […]

Haha! Stephen Fry on “lockdown hair.” Priceless!
Happy birthday, sir, and thank you for all you’ve done (so far!).

Hilarious, Ian! 😀

@quarecuss #2
I printed out the essay, but I confess it’s going to take me a while to read it–writers back then seemed to take the scenic route in sentences rather than a straight line. I love his opening […]

 I would urge all atheists, specially born-Muslim atheists to read Ali Rizvi’s “The Muslim Atheist” to get some perspective of how right they have been to give up the dogma of religion.

Has this book been discus […]

@quarecuss #52

vidal
what stands out is the born again atheist self tag

My family was raised without religion, except for a brother who is a hard-core southern Baptist (we like to call him the white sheep of the […]

@Cairsley #2
Ha! Thanks for pointing that out!
I should have read the article more carefully, but my brain was already focusing on the glaring gender tangent, and I’m the poster child for, “hey look, a squirrel!”

Audience members protested that the experimental method was “the brainchild of white Victorian males.” Ellsworth acknowledged this but pointed out that the experimental method had led to, for example, the dis […]

Hi Michael

You might enjoy this Q and A Hitch gave on Orwell at The Commonwealth Club. 

Christopher Hitchens – [~2005] – Why Orwell Matters – YouTube