Archive for July, 2007
An Atheist Responds
Stefan Monsaureus - 14 July 2007
In his characteristically eloquent and unequivocal response to Michael Gerson’s “What Atheists Can’t Answer” op-ed (13 July 2007), Christopher Hitchens lays to rest the long-dead but oft repeated notion that religion is a prerequisite to morality.
Here is my challenge. Let Gerson name one ethical statement made, or one ethical action performed, by a believer that [...]
Declaration of Religious Independence
Stefan Monsaureus - 2 July 2007
On 4 July Americans celebrate the 231st anniversary of their birth as an independent nation, and the creation of a government of, by and for the people. Born of the enlightenment, the American Declaration of Independence embodied many of the principles that are today recognizably humanistic in outlook (even if, at the time it was [...]
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