Monthly Archives: August 2010

Moral views fed by disgust?

August 27, 2010
By tomsander

Flickr photo by A Single Atom

Drake Bennett has an interesting piece in the Boston Sunday Globe entitled “Ewwwwwwwww!: The surprising moral force of disgust.”  Bennett cites various psychologists and philosophers that moral judgments come neither directly from God,…

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Anne Rice hardly posterchild for American non-religious

August 23, 2010
By tomsander

Writer Anne Rice evokes Mark Twain’s quip about smoking: “Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I’ve done it thousands of times.”  Anne Rice claims that her 12-year on-off…

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Chelsea Clinton’s Intermarriage

August 19, 2010
By tomsander

Chelsea Clinton, a Methodist, wed Marc Mezvinsky, a Jew, on July 31, 2010 in Rhinebeck, NY.

BeliefNet’s Windows & Doors asks: “Will it last?” and cites “statistics” that show that couples in interfaith marriages are “three times more likely to be…

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President Obama catches flak for approving of Muslims praying near Ground Zero

August 16, 2010
By tomsander

Young Muslim Girls – Flickr photo by Ron Aldaman

On Friday, President Obama unleashed an unintentional firestorm. At a Ramadan Dinner (a practice started by President George W. Bush post 9-11 to show that America’s disagreements are with terrorists,…

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