Commentary
Jan 5th, 2009 |
By Tauriq Moosa |
Category: Commentary
Whilst this has a bold title, the actual implications are mundane. Here at The Edger, we are in the process of assimilating the direct goals, discourse and method of various secular humanist enterprises. We wage war…
Tags: alchemy, Astrology, atheism, chemistry, dogma, eradication, Humanism, religion, science
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Jan 2nd, 2009 |
By Tauriq Moosa |
Category: Commentary
It is not out of pure chance that Gabriel Garcia Marquez chose to entitle a book Of Love & Other Demons. Equipped with such a vestigial reminder of how we explained strange phenomena - demons, witches,…
Tags: ac grayling, agora, Greeks, horace, love, rationality, reason, romance, yates
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Dec 23rd, 2008 |
By Rodrigo Neely |
Category: Commentary
Rick Warren is giving the preacher talk at Obama’s inaguration.
Warren sucks. He is a homophobic, fundamentalist, who believes that the purpose of life is to have the magic voice of Jesus inside your head tell you…
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Dec 23rd, 2008 |
By Tauriq Moosa |
Category: Commentary
From afar, our planet is tiny, blue and fragile, held in a fistful of darkness. Pockmarked by light emitted from surrounding stars, some of which have travelled billions of years to reach us. The silence of…
Tags: ac grayling, beauty, earth, ego, life, Meaning, planet, science
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Dec 21st, 2008 |
By Tauriq Moosa |
Category: Commentary
My doctor (who happens to be my father) gave me a cold stare: He gave that infamous doctor’s look of being thoroughly unimpressed with my self-maintenance. His folded arms mimicked his frown. “If you want to…
Tags: interaction, mind-reading, people, peter wason, psychology, reading, rousseau, science, vision, words
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Dec 20th, 2008 |
By Rodrigo Neely |
Category: Commentary
Beneath this print is a transcript of Pat Buchanan’s speech to the 1992 GOP convention, where he defined his idea of culture war, before any discussion can proceed, I ask that all concerned parties read this…
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Dec 18th, 2008 |
By Shalini Sehkar |
Category: Commentary
If you are familiar at all with the usual arguments of the faithful for their religion, you would be well versed with the way they whine about how religion brings families together, helps people be moral,…
Tags: atheism, Hinduism
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Dec 16th, 2008 |
By Rodrigo Neely |
Category: Commentary
Culture War.
The struggle for dominance by secular progressives against religious conservatives.
We have all heard this term, and many of us reject it outright.
My buddy Cooper who is a bit of a political mentor of mine says…
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Dec 12th, 2008 |
By Chris Ray |
Category: Commentary
Note from the editor: Edger columnist Chris Ray is on unpaid leave this month pending the results of an investigation into allegations of defamation of religion. His columns for December will be written by guest contributer…
Tags: Solstice
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Dec 6th, 2008 |
By Shalini Sehkar |
Category: Commentary
“God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good.” —Genesis 1:31
“For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that…
Tags: atheism, christianity, creationism, evolution, satire
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