Monthly Archives: December 2011

What do we take for granted?

As I write this, it’s the tail end of 2011. I know it’s an arbitrary point in the earth’s annual journey around the sun, but even if only for a little while, it’s as good a time as any to … Continue reading

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Christian fundamentalism and US politics

I have a question that’s been bumping around in my head for a while. Over the past 20 years or so, there’s been a resurgence of support for fundamentalist Christian theology in the United States, especially in politics. I believe … Continue reading

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The source of morality (part 3)

OK, Morality: Part Three. So we all have a sense of right and wrong. Or most of us anyway, and those who lack that sense are considered abnormal (sociopaths, or at the farthest end of that aberration, psychopaths). In any … Continue reading

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