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By: Weekend Link at C64GLeN – The blog of Glen McNamee

Weekend Link at C64GLeN – The blog of Glen McNamee — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:02:19 +0000

[...] Jesus and Mo share there thoughts on their latest reading material [...]

By: dave

dave — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 10:43:24 +0000

This “ineffable” line reminds me of the old saying: “those who know don’t tell, and those who tell don’t know”.

By: David The Astronomer

David The Astronomer — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 05:58:16 +0000

@Bahamut: “The Greatest Show on Earth” is Richard Dawkins’s latest book, published this month. It’s an account of the many different kinds of evidence for evolution by natural selection, aimed at a general audience. It’s an excellent book. Go get a copy. You won’t regret it.

By: MyCatIsGod

MyCatIsGod — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 23:07:35 +0000

Not at all linked to the cartoon, but I wanted to post this link. I remember saying a few weeks ago something along the lines of Yemen being an incredible place, but with things that I hated – and that those things were always linked to religion.

It’s this kind of tragedy that makes me despair with the world. A 7th century figure dictates a book, says it’s the word of God, and uses his position to justify marriage to a child. Thanks entirely to this, the same practice is now common in Yemen, and the justification is emulation of ‘the Prophet’s’ life. It’s perverse, and shocking, and makes me feel helpless in the face of such absurd thinking.

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iKqRuiC7IkWfa2fEuqjfumGUziZAD9ANHIFG1

The ‘lawmakers’ in question will undoubtedly be members of the Islah (“Reform”, ironically) party, a large bloc of which regularly demands that this fabulous country be dragged back to the Stone Age. Mind you, the party in power is a military dictatorship, so the expression ‘rock and a hard place’ comes to mind.

By: Ophelia Benson

Ophelia Benson — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 18:55:05 +0000

Welcome, spoing and pikeamus. Eric MacDonald is a treasure.

By: JohnnieCanuck

JohnnieCanuck — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 17:51:10 +0000

The Greatest Show On Earth gets a good review from PZ. Sounds like something I need to buy. There’s a few evolution doubters in this house that I’d like to have pick it up and get their eyes opened.

By: Unweaving the Ineffable | the evolving mind

Unweaving the Ineffable | the evolving mind — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:30:29 +0000

[...] god) and/or the transcendant/mystical realm is ineffable: you can’t put it in words. A recent Jesus and Mo cartoon humorously depicts characters reading books about the [...]

By: carey

carey — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:19:20 +0000

My favorite Bertrand Russell quote re an ineffable god:

Question: How do you answer the argument that God is beyond the conception of the human mind?
Answer: My answer to that would be that so far as it is true, God becomes quite irrelevant to our thinking, and those who say that God is beyond comprehension of the human mind profess to know a great deal about God. They don’t really mean that God is beyond comprehension… generally they mean that He is beyond the comprehension of your mind and not beyond the comprehension of theirs.
Bertrand Russell, Russell on Religion, 1999, essay “The Existence and Nature of God”

By: What Happens When a Theist Thinks Evolution Leaves No Room for God? « Apple Eaters

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 14:41:34 +0000

[...] PZ Myers, Albert Mohler, President of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, and even Jesus and Mo (you really want to click this one). Even so, I feel the need to say something about it, so [...]

By: pikeamus

pikeamus — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 12:27:13 +0000

That was a great article OB, thanks.