rossdouthat.theatlantic.com - 2/10/2009
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Jim Manzi and Alan Jacobs have already commented on Jerry Coyne's brief for the utter incompability of science and religion, and I basically share their view of the difficulties with Coyne's argument. The core problem, it seems to me, is that Coyne wants to contrast scientific rigor with ...
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"I'm pretty sure that Mother Teresa doubted the truth claims of Christianity more frequently than, say, Howard Dean has ever doubted the truth claims of the Democratic Party," - Ross Douthat. ...
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Denial.
Fasting as feasting.
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Approaching the end.
900 days.
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Accepting the Taliban?
Epistemic modesty.
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