Religion

Católico vs. Ateu, Parte 1: Vale a pena discutir religião? [Portuguese translation]

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[This is a Portuguese translation of Part 1 of the Theist vs. Atheist debate series between Stephen R.C. Hicks and John C. Wright, originally published in English at EveryJoe.] Vale a pena discutir religião? Por Stephen Hicks Tradução e Revisão de Matheus Pacini Minha resposta é: certamente, vale a pena discutir sobre religião. Todos nós […]

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St. Thomas Aquinas on whether sinners should be killed or heretics tolerated

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[In the excerpts below from Summa Theologica (written 1265-1274), St. Thomas Aquinas takes up two questions: Whether it is lawful to kill sinners? and Whether heretics ought to be tolerated? A PDF version of this text is here.] Whether it is lawful to kill sinners? [II II Q. 64 A.2] Objection 1. It would seem

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Galileo on religion and science (Introduction to Philosophy this week)

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[This week in my Introduction to Philosophy course, we’re reading Galileo’s “Letter to the Grand Duchess Christina” — published exactly 400 years ago — in which he argues that free inquiry in the sciences is compatible with religion rightly understood. Here is a re-posting of my Galileo and the Modern Compromise.] IN HIS OPEN LETTER

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Religion and the Verdict of History [new Theist vs. Atheist series column]

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The opening of my final column in the Theist vs. Atheist debate series at EveryJoe: “To evaluate religion’s track record we need to specify our evaluative benchmarks and identify whether we are evaluating religion generically or a particular religion. “A religion is a set of beliefs and practices, and my primary benchmark is this: Does it

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Has Religion Been on Balance Good or Bad for Humanity? [new Theist vs. Atheist series column]

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The opening of John C. Wright’s final column in the Theist vs. Atheist series debate at EveryJoe: “The question for this final column of the debate between Catholic and Atheist is this: Has religion been on balance good or bad for humanity? “Alert readers may have noticed in previous columns that nearly every question contains

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Is Political Evil Built Into Religion? [new Theist vs. Atheist series column]

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The opening of my latest column in the Theist vs. Atheist debate series at EveryJoe: “We live in good times for religion and politics. The great majority of us are free to practice or not religion as we choose. That has been rare in human history, as politicians have generally enjoyed using religion as a

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