Nobody could regret the great benefits that have been brought to mankind by capitalism

Nobody could regret the great blessings that have been brought to mankind by capitalism.  You only have to visit a supermarket to marvel at the abundance of its capacity to supply.  Yet history would suggest that it will have...

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The theory was that oil would peak by 2014 and renewables…

The theory was that oil would peak by 2014 and renewables come into their own, thus saving the world from global warming.   It was a myth.  More oil has been discovered in the US in the last two years...

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Atheists like setting fire to scarecrows they have themselves constructed. Marooned forlornly in their fields

Atheists like setting fire to religious scarecrows they have themselves constructed.   Marooned forlornly in their fields, with odd bits of straw sticking out at absurd angles, and arms held straight out in crucified position, crowned by  vacuous cartoonish faces...

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The Church is both right and wrong about contraception

The Church is both right and wrong about contraception There are so many reasons why  a reasonable person might think the Catholic Church is wrong about contraception  they can hardly be listed.   If you wanted an example for why atheists...

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As a fervent supporter of Vatican 2 I was horrified to find that…

As a fervent supporter of Vatican 2 I was horrified to find that there are some Catholics who want to undo all that the Council  stood for, but I see now that I was wrong.   As I get older...

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Rationalists pride themselves as being more rational than…

The irrationality of rationalists Rationalists pride themselves on being more rational than religious believers but I am not sure that they are, perhaps even less so.  What do you do if you are faced with a proposition that is highly...

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Believing in God is nothing to do with proving or disproving…

Believing in God is nothing to do with proving or disproving h(i)r existence… Illicit processes of the major and undistributed middles have nothing to do with it (‘With respect Professor but might I point out that if p equals q...

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Freedom is not the ability to choose to have a coffee rather than a tea

Freedom is not the capacity to choose to have a coffee rather than a tea.  There can be little doubt that such choices are dictated by determinist physical processes, and only feel free because they are too complex for...

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Christ was right about marriage or at least that’s my experience.

Christ was right about marriage or at least… Christ was right about marriage or at least that’s been my experience.  In Darwinian terms sex is about the spreading of genes.  It makes sense therefore for males to impregnate as many...

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Things in which I hear the greater voice of the universe speaking

Things in which I hear the greater voice of the universe speaking although not in words: Sweet peas                                            ...

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