Cultural relativism: a moral standard that which maintains that cultural norms are good simply because they are cultural norms, and a person cannot judge the norms of one culture by the standards of another. A standard that is, in my view, complete bullshit. And if you thought a little more about what its logical implications … Read more
Richard Dawkins in a still from The Root of All Evil? No, you don’t have to have read the Qur’an to have opinions about Islam.Legitimate opinions.Even scientific opinions.There, I said it. Look, I understand that there’s this common assumption that a religion can be summed up in its text. That all believers in a religion believe that … Read more
…comes from James Sweet, in a comment on Dispatches: For some people, marriage is still an institution that is defined by proscribed roles. The man has certain rights and responsibilities (mostly the former), and the woman has certain rights and responsibilities (mostly the latter), and these are handed down by God and should not be … Read more