The separation of church and state is one of many social and political breakthroughs that resulted from the Enlightenment, aka the Age of Reason, in the 17th and 18th Centuries. It forms the cornerstone Americans cherish;; it’s the essential difference …
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The Arc of the Moral Universe: What Can We Expect?
Here’s a question posed by a certain Steve Charleston: I have a simple question for people of faith around the world: must it always be so? Must human history always be written as the aftermath of competition between the few …
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Most Important Movements in Human History Begin with a Seminal Event
Looking back in time from our current-day perspective, most “movements” along the way are deemed to have started on a certain day, if only as an aid to those who try to make sense of these important turns in the course …
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Science Under Attack
I’ve gotten a great number of fascinating comments on my piece on science’s coming under attack from politics and religion, for example: Like you, I am worried about the religious campaign to undo hundreds of years of scientific development. Unfortunately, …
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