Yesterday a friend of mine emailed me a link to this article about Phil Robertson, the star of that cultural phenomenon Duck Dynasty, a program which features intimidating men with long beards who have a dynasty that pertains somehow to waterfowl. (I’m guessing here as I haven’t watched the program.) The article features an audio clip from […]
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Is Peter Boghossian guilty of hate speech?
Over the last day my good readers have drawn to our attention a couple passages on Peter Boghossian which are worth spotlighting on the main stage. To begin with, Derek M pointed out a truly bizarre fact that Boghossian’s promotional blurb mentions that he was kicked out of a doctoral program. For example, in the […]
Is Paul the Apostle guilty of hate speech against atheists?
? Thus far I’ve diganosed the objection to atheism as being different than Maitzen supposes. But what about that objection itself? Is it plausible? Let’s take a closer look at Romans 1:18-21 and unpack what it is affirming, at least on the “atheists are rebels” view. To begin with, in verse 18 Paul is referring […]
