Tag Archives: R. Joseph Hoffmann

The Bloody, Awful, Horrible Catholic Church

by admin Posted on January 19, 2012

The Bloody, Awful, Horrible Catholic Church by rjosephhoffmann N ELEMENTARY school my class watched Robert Frost stammer through part of a poem he couldn’t quite read on a snowy and bitterly cold Washington day. The occasion was the inauguration of John F. Kennedy, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged abortion, celibacy, criticism of religion, Humanism, R. Joseph Hoffmann, Rick Santorum, Vatholic church | Leave a comment

Accommodationist of the Year!

by admin Posted on January 3, 2012

I’d like to thank the Academy. Jerry Coyne has just awarded me the Mooney Prize for “Accommodationist of the Year” and pays a lot of attention to why, he says, no one is paying attention to me. He defends his fellow … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Greta Christina, Jason Rosenhouse, Jerry Coyne, new atheists, Ophelia Benson, p z myers, R. Joseph Hoffmann, Richard Dawkins, zombies | 3 Comments

Re-Made in America: Remembering the New Atheism (2006-2011)

by admin Posted on January 1, 2012

UPDATE: Apologies are due to Greta Christina who was in fact ranked by an atheist website as one of the top ten popular atheist bloggers. rjh Hain’t we got all the fools in town on our side? And ain’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Eric MacDonald, Jason Rosenhouse, Jerry Coyne, Mark Tawin, new atheism, p z myers, R. Joseph Hoffmann, Richard Dawkins, scientism | 19 Comments

A Bright New Year

by admin Posted on December 31, 2011

The scholars of the history-of-religions school realized, in the nineteenth century, that most religions were organized in cyclical patterns. The arrival of a new year was the pivot for these liturgical rotations and was always commemorated by fasting … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Christmas, history of New Year's, new Year's Day, R. Joseph Hoffmann | 3 Comments

A Free Man’s Worship

by admin Posted on December 29, 2011

Happy New Year! Religious folk have the advantage of hearing their sacred texts read out, as in a story, during a liturgical year. Unbelievers and humanists have no such advantage, because we believe that no story is so sacred that … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged atheism, Betrand Russell, christianity, freethought, freethoughyt, new Year's Day, R. Joseph Hoffmann, religion, science, unbelief | 2 Comments

Merry Christmas from China

by admin Posted on December 25, 2011

AM in China this year. I love China. Food, people, culture, history. Public toilets, not so much. When I was in America I loved “Chinese” food. Now I love Chinese food. There may be things to criticize about China, … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged agnosticism, American politics, American secularism, arts and culture, atheism, China, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chinese Government, Christmas, Graduate University, Humanism, Nestorians, R. Joseph Hoffmann, war against Christmas | 4 Comments

Christopher Hitchens

by admin Posted on December 17, 2011

HERE is no reason to eulogize Christopher Hitchens except that, had he stuck around to read the tributes, some of what is being said might have amused him. So we will read each what the other writes knowing he … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged atheism, Christpher Hitchens, death and dying, English writers of the twentieth century, God is Not great, language, new atheism, R. Joseph Hoffmann, religion | 1 Comment

Faith, Practice, and Religious Illiteracy

by admin Posted on December 14, 2011

“Religion is the outcome neither of the fear of death, nor of the fear of God. It answers a deep need in man. It is neither a metaphysic, nor a morality, but above all and essentially an intuition and a … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged atheism, Barna, Baylor 2006, Butterflies and Wheels, catholic church, Comment is free, Jerry Coyne, Julian Baggini, Pew Forum, R. Joseph Hoffmann, Religion polls, The Guardian (UK), why evolution is true | 5 Comments

Genetics 101

by admin Posted on December 9, 2011

A recent response from a reader aptly named “Hunt” about atheist criticism and tactics quotes one of the mavens of the movement (now that new atheism is not new they seem to want the name back), Greta Christina, who runs … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged agnostic, american humanist association, Amish, atheism, Butterflies and Wheels, Catholicism, Center for Inquiry, Greta Christina, Institute for Science and Human Values, new atheism, New oxonian, p z myers, Paul Kurtz, R. Joseph Hoffmann, why evolution is true | 3 Comments

An Essay on Criticism

by admin Posted on December 8, 2011

”The right question is whether it is rational for the religious man himself, given that his religious experience is coherent, persistent, and compelling, to affirm the reality of God. What is in question is not the rationality of an inference … Continue reading →

Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged agnosticism, atheism, catholic church, Committee for the Scientific Examination of Religion, Darwin, Humanism, New oxonian, R. Joseph Hoffmann, religion, Religion's Little idea, secularism | 2 Comments

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