Category: Religion
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New Star Trek series confirms there is no God in the Trek universe
After the nonsense of the “wormhole Gods” in DS9 I’m glad to read that there is no God in the new Star Trek series. It’s no surprise that Star Trek TNG was a God-free zone, given creator Gene Roddenberry was an ardent atheist. Some of his thoughts on religion were worthy of so-called “New Atheists”:…
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When secularism is not secularism: when it’s French (or European)
It’s disappointing that the European Court of Hunan Rights has upheld the French ban on full-face veils. Some call this a ‘victory for secularism’ but it is no such thing. Secularism is about equality for all. Freedom of religion, and freedom from religion. It is not about curtailing individual liberties for some misguided notion about…