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We Get Mail: On Ann Coulter; Health Care; Landfills; Seal Hunt; Saving The Universe
Focus On: Science Vs Religion – Part 2
Common Misconceptions About Evolution And Natural Selection
Is Religion Innate? John Macmurray On The Necessity Of Religion
Rules To Live By – Religion, Freedom, Law, State
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The ‘God Spot’ – Looking For God In All The Wrong Places
Faith In Science? Reason In Religion?
John Macmurray On Reality In Science – Reality In Religion
Superstitious Religion – Superstitious Science
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Free Speech, Political Correctness, Human Rights Commissions
Liberal Trends – United States And Canada
Abortion – Right Vs Right Wing
Religious Right / Godless Right – Who’s Right?
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The Pope Vs Capitalism: Two Encyclicals – Caritas In Veritate (2009), Populorum Progressio (1967)
Obama Vs Capitalism
The Public Vs Capitalism
Church And State – Together Again
Religion Vs Morality
The Morality Of Capitalism
Just Wrong! Dedicated to peace? – Army recruiting in schools and the London Free Press coverage of opposition to it.
Guest: Karen Selick on Marc Emery’s pending extradition to US
Atheism: Suicide atheist bombers?
Religion and virtue: Mutually exclusive?
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Reality anchors thinking far more securely than chasing abstract truth ever could. Philosophers from Plato onward demonstrate how easily fixed doctrines detach from evidence, producing rigid positions that ignore contradictory facts. John Macmurray’s insight captures this perfectly: real thought welcomes revision as experience demands it.
Government overreach reveals similar unreality in public debates. Taser controversies fixate on the device’s “safety” rather than proper use and policy. Car regulations escalate the pattern—bans on smoking with children, mandatory seatbelts, even airbag mandates that carry hidden lethal risks in certain crashes. Statistics show airbags save lives yet also claim others, particularly when deployed improperly. Mandating such devices overrides personal choice under the guise of protection.
Pope Benedict’s encyclical challenges modern Christianity’s emphasis on individual salvation, contrasting it with earlier communal approaches. This critique echoes collectivist themes that downplay independent reason. Hope, too, comes under scrutiny—when it substitutes for action, it paralyzes rather than empowers.
Japan’s robotics surge offers a forward-looking contrast, with Toyota and Honda developing humanoid machines for everyday assistance. These innovations highlight economic and technological shifts worth watching closely.
Exploring these intersections of philosophy, policy, and progress proves consistently illuminating and just right.
In our exploration of faith and reality, questions arise that challenge the very foundations of belief: Is God a literal creator or a symbolic representation of existence itself? Society clings to notions of divinity that influence everything from politics to personal choices, with statistics revealing how North Americans envision God as authoritarian, benevolent, critical, or distant—shaping views on issues like abortion, wealth distribution, and even war.
These conceptions often blur the line between mysticism and reason, prompting a deeper look at creation myths versus the axiom that existence simply exists, without beginnings or ends. Concepts like nothingness prove illusory, as even zero in mathematics serves as a placeholder, not an absence of reality. Religion, in its essence, promotes self-restraint and discipline, yet literal interpretations can lead to conflicts with knowledge and free thought.
Morality emerges not from divine decree but from human choice and awareness, navigating the debate between determinism—where every action seems predestined—and free will, which affirms our power to shape destinies. Historical ties between religion and state power, from ancient councils to modern policies, underscore how faith becomes a tool for control.
Politics and religion intertwine inescapably, raising provocative inquiries: Can true freedom of religion exist without freedom from it? Listeners tuning in discover perspectives that provoke thought and challenge assumptions, where understanding these dynamics keeps society balanced in a way that is just right.