Tag Archives: Islam

It Must Be Christmas: I Agree With Jerry Coyne!

I’ve been quite critical of University of Chicago biologist Jerry Coyne on more than one occasion, so I was quite surprised to find myself nodding in agreement with him today on a religion-related topic. He opened up this blog post saying, There’s a pretty dreadful piece by Tim Padgett in the latest online Time Magazine (I’m …

December 23, 2011 – 6:16 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in New Atheism, Postmodernism/ Relativism, The Faith, Thinking Christianly | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments (3)

“The Irrational Atheist”

First Things has published Anthony Sacramone’s review of Vox Day’s book, The Irrational Atheist: Dissecting the Unholy Trinity of Dawkins, Harris, and Hitchens. It includes: To take just one of many examples, a common trope among atheists is that religion is the No. 1 cause of wars in history. “If religion were an important element …

February 21, 2008 – 10:35 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in New Atheism | Tagged , , | Comments (19)

Jihad and Crusade

“Christians feel guilty about the Crusades, so much so that the very term has become politically incorrect, and the irreligious bring them up often. There are certainly events in the Crusades that no Christian could possibly defend, but they were preceded by Jihad, and the unwillingness of Muslims to admit any error is revealing. Islam …

February 9, 2008 – 7:20 am | By Tom Gilson | Posted in The Faith | Tagged , , | Comments (3)

“Slavery, Christianity, and Islam”

Robert Spencer writes of religion and slavery in world history, including: [T]he pressure to end [slavery] moved from Christendom into Islam, not the other way around. There was no Muslim Clarkson, Wilberforce, or Garrison. In fact, when the British government in the nineteenth century adopted the view of Wilberforce and the other abolitionists as its …

February 7, 2008 – 2:24 pm | By Tom Gilson | Posted in Ethics, The Faith | Tagged , , , , | Comments (3)