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Shameful Acts: 3. Flirting with creationism

By On April 12, 2009 · 1 Comment

When asked by The Globe and Mail if he accepted evolutionary theory, Conservative Minister of State for Science and Technology Gary Goodyear offered a curious response.

I’m not going to answer that question. I am a Christian, and I don’t think anybody asking a question about my religion is appropriate.

Around the country, scientists were [...]

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Counter-attack

By On September 6, 2008 · 1 Comment

Daniel Dennett and Richard Dawkins, authors of Breaking the Spell and The God Delusion respectively, are perhaps most responsible for what is popularly called “new atheism”. With Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris, they have added the concerns of atheist thinkers to popular Western discourse, unapologetically, with no sensitivity for the bruised feelings of theists. Perceived [...]

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