A Skin-Deep Territory Distinction

This post is my first in a dialogue with Scott Roche about whether or not science and religion are truly competing for the same intellectual and spiritual space in the world. Read Scott’s opening post here.
Twitter is a mischievous little meme. On that innocent network yesterday, I noticed fellow podcast novelist, and [...]

3 Comments »Filed under: Idle Musings, Unsavory ExcursionsPosted on January 31st, 2010

Falling For A Ruse?

Are the New Atheists Bad for Science?
By J. Daniel Sawyer
In an article on Beliefnet this week, Michael Ruse argues that the “new atheists” are a “bloody disaster.” He argues using a mixture of caricatures, complaints, and criticisms, so before I go into why I think the man is full of organic fertilizer on the [...]

6 Comments »Filed under: Autodidact, Idle Musings, LinuxJournal, Public Policy, Science, Unsavory ExcursionsPosted on August 18th, 2009

First Lit/Phil article sold

Well, my friends (and enemies, and trespassers), I’ve just sold my first article that’s NOT about Linux. My essay “As The Gods Themselves…” about science fiction, religion, and the singularity is now online and available for download in PDF and MP3 format at The Journal Sci Phi.
If you enjoy world religions, are [...]

No Comments »Filed under: Career, Publishing, Science, Unsavory Excursions, WritingPosted on April 24th, 2009

Predestination Bonus Content: Religion in Antithesis

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This is a rabbit trail that Chris Lester and I went down at the end of recording Dealing In, Episode 3. It’s about 25 mins long and pretty heady, so I decided to break it off so you can take it in smaller chunks. It followed right on the heels of the [...]

No Comments »Filed under: Podcasts, PredestinationPosted on December 25th, 2008

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