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Link blog: philosophy, atheism, sean-carroll, edinburgh
"Don't Talk to the Police" by Professor James Duane Of course, in the UK, we don't have an unqualified right to silence, but this stuff's interesting anyway. There's a follow-on video where a police officer responds and says the professor is right :-)
(tags: law video police legal lectures rights)
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Link blog: uk, anglican, new-atheism, anglicanism
Paul Haggis Vs. the Church of Scientology : The New Yorker Just in case you were in any doubt that Scientology is a massive con.
(tags: religion scientology cult)
Clergy told to take on the 'new atheists' - Telegraph The Archdruid is going to fight the Dawkinsator. This will be epic.
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Books: the Greg Mandel trilogy, by Peter F Hamilton
Peter F Hamilton's Greg Mandel books are the only cyberpunk stories I know of set in and around Peterborough. As my memories of the place are of being dragged around the big shopping centres there as a kid, it's hardly a name to conjure with: it's like setting your story in Milton Keynes, or something (though Charles Stross did that successfully). ( Read more... ) -
Book: The Magicians by Lev Grossman: Harry Potter and the postgraduate ennui
Lev Grossman's The Magicians is Harry Potter meets Narnia meets Brideshead Revisited meets Douglas Coupland.
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The Reason for God: part 2
One of my friends did that "grab the nearest book to you and post the Nth sentence on page M" meme. I grabbed the nearest book (Keller's The Reason for God) and her sentence was the same as mine! This is clearly a sign from God that I should finish my review of the book ( the first part of my review is already generating a lot of discussion in the ( Read more... ) -
Book: The Reason for God, by Timothy Keller
Timothy Keller is pastor of Redeemer Presbyterian Church, a successful church in New York. He's written a book, The Reason For God, which he says is for people doubting Christianity, and for Christians wanting to answer questions from their non-Christian friends. nlj21 lent me the book, and I read it while on holiday recently. If you'd like to see ( Read more... )