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April 10, 2007

I don't "do religion", but I know someone who does

As regular readers might know this blog doesn't "do religion"...no honestly, it really doesn't! This blog does do the interaction, or perhaps clash is often the better word, between politics and religion, between the secular idea of an equal place for all beliefs in society and those who want to give religious belief special privileges. But we don't do religion as in looking at, and taking apart, the gaps and holes in the claims to truth from the main religions. I have personally, like millions and millions of others, left all that behind, it isn't required to make sense of the world in which we live, it's going back to old ground so to speak.

Now, if you do like that kind of thing, recently added to the links section is Stephen Law's blog. Stephen is the editor of the Royal Institute of Philosophy journal THINK.He has published several books and is currently senior lecturer in philosophy at Heythrop College, University of London. And Stephen does do religion!  From moral relativism to the "problem of evil" Stephen dissects the many weaknesses in religions' assertions. Well worth a read.

Also recommended if you want to see some atheist jousting with mostly Christian theology check the blog aggregator atheistblogs.

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