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  • Remember This Line?

    Remember This Line?0

    • August 28, 2015

    “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” Spoken by Kevin Spacey’s character Verbal Kint, it’s probably the most oft-quoted line from the 1995 movie The Usual Suspects. Some people mistakenly attribute it to C.S. Lewis’ Screwtape Letters, which involves a dialogue between two demons who are trying to bring about the

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  • Remember the Black Death and Be Thankful This Isn’t It

    Remember the Black Death and Be Thankful This Isn’t It0

    As an example of biomedical catastrophe, the Black Death of the 14th century stands unmatched. The coronavirus, whatever global havoc it might wreak, is not even remotely in its league. During a four-year period between 1347 and 1351, one quarter to one half of Europe’s population died of the plague, with great variations by region.

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  • Religion or Party

    Religion or Party0

    • October 16, 2018

    American politics suffers a dearth of prudent, clear-eyed thinking. Theoretically, in a representative democracy each of us should examine the political world and support the person and the party that promises to fight for the policies that best match our needs. Few of us probably conform to this ideal, however, and instead our party identities

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  • Religion Isn’t the Enemy of Science: It’s Been Inspiring Scientists for Centuries

    Religion Isn’t the Enemy of Science: It’s Been Inspiring Scientists for Centuries0

    Take notice of any debate in the media and you’ll see that science and religion are, and always were, at loggerheads. Science is about evidence-based fact, religion is about faith-based belief. But repeating statements endlessly in the media doesn’t make them true. The actual entanglements of religious tradition and the development of science are far

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  • Religion is Not Going Away

    Religion is Not Going Away0

    • September 7, 2017

    In 1966, just over 50 years ago, the distinguished Canadian-born anthropologist Anthony Wallace confidently predicted the global demise of religion at the hands of an advancing science: ‘belief in supernatural powers is doomed to die out, all over the world, as a result of the increasing adequacy and diffusion of scientific knowledge’. Wallace’s vision was

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  • Religion is Down, Spirituality is Up

    Religion is Down, Spirituality is Up0

    An interesting conundrum was raised by Pew Research earlier this week. Writing for Pew, David Masci and Michael Lipka noted that although religion is on the decline in America, the number of individuals who experience “spiritual peace and well-being” and “wonder about the universe” has seen a dramatic increase in the last several years. “The

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