I owe this quote to the prolific Edward T Babinski who commented in response to my article “The Bible and Violence: A Biblical Bibliography“: “Randal, One person’s ‘wrestling’ with tales of mass murder in their ‘holy book’ is another person’s belly laugh.” I really enjoyed this quote because it concisely summarizes a village atheist (or village […]
perspectivalism
Flushing pseudo-objectivity out of the bushes
Ever hunted for pheasants? I haven’t. I’m not much for killing animals. But ideas? You bet. That brings me back to The Atheist Missionary’s criterion for discerning which experts to listen to. As I noted last time around he claimed: “The best experts are those with no vested interest in the outcome (or preconceived notion […]
The most outrageous thing I’ve heard all day
Atheist Missionary: “The best experts are those with no vested interest in the outcome (or preconceived notion of the outcome) and just go where the evidence leads them.” Really? Raul Hilberg was a Jewish historian. His magnum opus is the three volume, 1200 page work The Destruction of the European Jews. His family was evicted by gun […]
