Seven Types of Atheism
Religion for Atheists: A Non-believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion (Vintage International)
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Rationality has so thoroughly soaked the earth that even those who call themselves religious have self-persuaded into experiencing religion through a purely rationalist lens. There is even the paradox of those who consider themselves the most religious, yet appear to be among the most rationalist, spending great energy on proof. Endless books, serm... See more
Simon Sarris • In Praise of the Gods
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what I definitely believe is that the great religions, all of them and the great mystical traditions of Buddhism and Taoism, and so on, have central truths that they hold in common, and that these are a kind of wisdom that are not appreciated, unless one is brought up in a tradition that helped one see
them. And our tradition is dead against seeing
... See moreUnHerd • Dr Iain McGilchrist: We Are Living in a Deluded World
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the new atheism is often just the confessional rote of materialist fundamentalism (which, like all fundamentalisms, imagines that in fact it represents the side of reason and truth);
David Bentley Hart • The Experience of God
believing in the God to whom adherents ascribe those values. That said, I find the righteous certitude some atheists have about their beliefs to be unnervingly similar to that of many religious fundamentalists. I’m also not all that impressed by atheists who automatically deem anyone with spiritual inclinations a moron. These folks often assume the
... See moreSarah Hurwitz • Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life--in Judaism (After Finally Choosing to Look There)
