MachineMachine /stream - tagged with islam http://machinemachine.net/stream/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Sweetcron therourke@gmail.com Does It Matter Whether God Exists? http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/22/does-it-matter-whether-god-exists//does-it-matter-whether-god-exists-nytimescom John Gray is probably wrong about religion, but does it matter? http://t.co/mdv8yZih ]]> Fri, 23 Mar 2012 01:51:43 -0700 http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/22/does-it-matter-whether-god-exists//does-it-matter-whether-god-exists-nytimescom Rebellion Against Pluralism http://nplusonemag.com/rebellion-against-multiculturalism Anders Behring Breivik, who has admitted responsibility for the death of seventy six innocents, is undoubtedly a madman. But madmen can be spurred on by anything in their environment they are able to construe as legitimation or encouragement—and, in recent years, there was plenty of that to go around in Europe.

If we are to make sense of the horrific terror attack that shook Norway this past Friday, we must try to place it in the context of recent European politics. That context, in turn, points to one fact more than any other: over the last decade,… ]]> Wed, 27 Jul 2011 15:08:18 -0700 http://nplusonemag.com/rebellion-against-multiculturalism The Nightline Face-Off: Does God Have a Future? (1 of 12) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-8-Yxdphsg&feature=youtube_gdata ]]> Fri, 26 Mar 2010 05:21:00 -0700 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-8-Yxdphsg&feature=youtube_gdata Obama’s Address to the State of Non-belief http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2009/01/obamas-address-to-the-state-of-nonbelief.html

“We know that our patchwork heritage is a strength, not a weakness. We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus - and non-believers.”

Barack Hussein Obama, 20th of January, 2009

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(Originally published at 3quarksdaily)

As a British citizen I watched the inauguration speech of America’s 44th President with a warm but distanced interest. But as someone who was brought up in a non-religious family, and has thrived without a belief in a deity, I listened to Barack Obama’s… ]]> Tue, 05 May 2009 08:31:00 -0700 http://www.3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily/2009/01/obamas-address-to-the-state-of-nonbelief.html