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The Long View 2005-08-05: Police Powers; The Skeptical Assassin; The Ironies of ID; The Travelog Not To Be Described

The Aga Khan reportedly protested that the Assassin's Creed series falsified the history of his sect, the Nizaris. I am entirely sympathetic. But falsification may be more than the series is truly capable of, since it features an unusually insipid storyline. I am also sympathetic to John'

The Long View: The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity

The basic demographics of religion across the world remain unchanged from twelve years ago. The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity By Philip Jenkins Oxford University Press, 2002 270 Pages, US$14.95 ISBN 0-19-516891-7 Often enough, books on important topics are published almost simultaneously with historical events that

The Long View: Is Mathematics Constitutional?

A recent popular [well, as popular as a massive book full of equations can be] exposition of mathematical Platonism is Roger Penrose's The Road to Reality. It even has practice problems in it with devoted communities of amateurs trading tips on how to solve them. Mathematical Platonism, or

The Long View: Religion and Governance: A Response

I can't find fault with John's notion that future has a tendency to turn out otherwise than expected. Religion and Governance: A Response by John J. Reilly This comment is in reply to the paper, "Religion and Governance," produced by Harlan Cleveland and Marc

The Long View: The Obvious Proof

I think there are better arguments for classical theism than the Argument from Design, but as eminent a philosopher as Antony Flew was eventually convinced by it. Philosophical atheism is a respectable position, but many of atheism's most vocal defenders are not actually espousing that position, but rather

Linkfest 2017-06-03

Speaking from experience: a note on mysticism and religion Niall Gooch's attempt to expand on a distinction between a mystical experience and a religious one. Three Polish Poems BD Sixsmith agrees with Niall in poetic form. Working memory training in healthy young adults: Support for the null from

The Long View: The Politics of Meaning

I don't think I can improve on this concluding paragraph. The Politics of Meaning: Restoring Hope and Possibility in an Age of Cynicism By Michael Lerner Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1996 $24.00, 355 pages ISBN: 0-201-47966-4 The '60s Left Tries God Remember back in 1993 when First