Author Archives: David Glass
Stephen Fry, God, Evil and Critical Thinking
Stephen Fry’s recent outburst against God generated a huge amount of discussion, much of it critical but some rallying to his defence. At Saints and Sceptics we’ve already had two articles on it (here and here), but here I want to look at Fry’s argument and some types of responses in terms of the subject of ‘critical thinking’.
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All Religions Are Not Equally (Ir)rational
Many people think that religious belief should be private and have little or no role in public life. One of the reasons given for this is that permitting a role to religious belief would lead to irresolvable disagreements and so, when it comes to public life, only secular arguments should be considered.
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