http://blog.oup.com/2008/05/trigg/ Academic insights for the thinking world. Tue, 21 May 2013 22:08:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://blog.oup.com/2008/05/trigg/#comment-147597 huge Wed, 15 Oct 2008 05:21:42 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1780#comment-147597 the treaty of tripoli completely contradicts the above. the treaty of tripoli completely contradicts the above.

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/05/trigg/#comment-145643 Keith Thu, 08 May 2008 12:57:06 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1780#comment-145643 There are lots of people who believe in a supreme being but do not belong to organised religions because they find the doctrine without provenance and in some cases plain unethical. Religion just doesn't seem to be about goodness and even Athiests support goodness and morality and ethics. We should forget the supernatural which we cannot prove and concentrate on community gatherings where people come together without religion to sing and chant and enjoy socialising and do good for its own sake. Certainly we can benefit from moral lessons in scripture as we can benefit from Aesop's fables but there was no real dog in a real manger. I think that in future politicians are going to be judged by their proven integrity not their unproven claim to belief. There are lots of people who believe in a supreme being but do not belong to organised religions because they find the doctrine without provenance and in some cases plain unethical. Religion just doesn’t seem to be about goodness and even Athiests support goodness and morality and ethics.
We should forget the supernatural which we cannot prove and concentrate on community gatherings where people come together without religion to sing and chant and enjoy socialising and do good for its own sake. Certainly we can benefit from moral lessons in scripture as we can benefit from Aesop’s fables but there was no real dog in a real manger.
I think that in future politicians are going to be judged by their proven integrity not their unproven claim to belief.

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/05/trigg/#comment-145614 One Nation Under God? Wed, 07 May 2008 07:48:07 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1780#comment-145614 [...] Andrew Yoon wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptCoins proclaim ‘In God We Trust’, and the Pledge of Allegiance now refers to one nation ‘under God’. From the beginning of the Republic, there were examples of official religious observance. Presidents proclaimed days of prayer. … [...] [...] Andrew Yoon wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptCoins proclaim ‘In God We Trust’, and the Pledge of Allegiance now refers to one nation ‘under God’. From the beginning of the Republic, there were examples of official religious observance. Presidents proclaimed days of prayer. … [...]

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