For those who are interested, my new book, mere atheism: no gods...no problem! , is now available for purchase at online booksellers and should soon be available for ordering at most brick-and-mortar bookstores. Here a a few online sites where the book is listed: Amazon.com, http://www.amazon.com/me...

For those who are interested, my new book, mere atheism: no gods...no problem! , is now available for purchase at online booksellers and should soon be available for ordering at most brick-and-mortar bookstores. I've posted information about places to order mere atheism in a separate thread. George

My question is, outside of the legal arguments which I am sure are also quite nuanced, how do you feel, personally, or dare I say morally, about a minor playing sex scenes in theater or on film? Should the theater/film compromise artistic integrity, hiring only youthful adult actors to play minor r...

...how effective would hunger strikes be if there wasn't an oppressive force demonstrating its injustice by force feeding the strikers? I dunno, corpses on the state's hands wouldn't be good either. I think it is a pretty powerful statement,all on its own, when people are willing to die in such a d...

Those who are interested might want to take a look at the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy's entry for "Metaphysics" at http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/metaphysics/ It opens this way: It is not easy to say what metaphysics is. Ancient and Medieval philosophers might have said that met...

I have no problem with broadening the type of books discussed in the "freethought" category. It's probably a good idea, especially if we take up topics that are basic to understanding how human nature appears to work, etc. However, I will note in passing that for all the complaining about ...

Since I'm not planning to participate in the discussion, I won't cast a vote for any of the selections.

I own and have read all three books. For what it's worth, I think Eller's book is far and away the best of the three.

George

Since I probably won't be participating in the discussion, I'm not going to vote for any of the selections.

For what it's worth, I probably would vote for either A Poisonous Affair or Moral Animal if I were.

George

Actually, I think Harris' suggestion would simply muddy the water. If he wants to stop calling himself an atheist, that's certainly his right. However, I doubt that those who disagree with his stance on things like faith, religion and so on will stop calling him an atheist or that he will no longer ...

No problem George! I rarely change my mind about anything, but when I do, I'm always a little bit happy because it shows that I am actually thinking after all. So congrats on the change of mind! As for the Tigers, I'm thinking of suggesting that we read Robert Pape's Dying to Win early next year. A...