Farewell Christopher Hitchens: The World Is Less Without You
I haven’t had a drink in 16 yrs, but I’m very tempted to buy a bottle of scotch tonight, drink it and talk philosophy, politics and morality all night, in honor of Hitch.
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December, 2011
Tim Tebow – You Are Being Rude
A fundamental aspect of being American is freedom of conscience. This idea is the bedrock of classical liberalism and of individual sovereignty. We respect the individual’s right to make up his/her own mind about one’s relationship with God, and other important moral decisions. Some traditions have emerged over time in the U.S. with regards to how religious life and secular life intermingle. It seems to me that we’ve tacitly agreed that certain spaces are ‘cosmopolitan’, i.e.; we recognize that people of conflicting beliefs will all want to participate in such areas of civic life and accordingly, as a matter of politeness, we keep our religion to ourselves in the. Most of us know what these places are. For example, in a diner, you don’t stand up and ask everyone to say grace. You don’t preach at a dinner party of many strangers, realizing that there may be people of many faiths present who don’t want to be subjected to religious hectoring. Conversely, at gatherings in which most people are known to share the same faith, it’s quite appropriate to engage in overt displays of religious expression. I won’t drag this out – hopefully you readily recognize that this is traditional in the U.S.
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