Monthly Archives: September 2006

Atheism books pick up the gauntlet

In my prior posting, I gave my initial reaction to the publication of several new books on atheism, especially A Letter to a Christian Nation (by Sam Harris) and The God Delusion (by Richard Dawkins). Interested in the reactions of … Continue reading

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Coming out of the atheism closet

A few weeks ago, Newsweek ran an article titled The New Naysayers. It was about a trio of newly-published books on atheism. The books are Breaking the Spell (by Daniel Dennett), A Letter to a Christian Nation (by Sam Harris) … Continue reading

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Afterthought on HIV’s “intelligence”

In my previous posting, I wrote about the “intelligence” of HIV virus. This has led me to the following afterthought: The HIV virus is a great example of the explanatory power of evolution. Here is an organism that, on any … Continue reading

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Drawing the line on the emotions of animals and plants

The other night I attended a talk by Jeffrey Mason, author of When Elephants Weep among several other books. I was not familiar with his work prior to this talk. While the talk skipped around a number of topics, its … Continue reading

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