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		<title>Responses to the &#8216;New Atheism&#8217;, Part 1: Ravi Zacharias &amp; Sam Harris</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 03:28:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>metzler</dc:creator>
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A conservative Christian family member recently sent me Ravi Zacharias&#8217;s book The End of Reason: A Response to the New Atheists (2008) and asked that I offer a reply.  The following is my reply.
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1.  Introduction
1.1  The Author
Ravi Zacharias, born in India and now a Canadian/American, is a well known &#8220;international&#8221; Christian apologist. Zacharias preached in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good Creationist Art Illegally Censored</title>
		<link>http://www.poohsthink.com/the-new-enlightenment-part-11-good-creationist-art-illegally-censored/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>metzler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Update: An attorney from the Alliance Defense Fund sent a letter  to the CEO of the rocket center on the behalf of their &#8220;client&#8221; Vision Forum. The CEO of the rocket center in turn welcomed  the use of the facilities.
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Doug Philips&#8217; new movie  The Mysterious Island was banned after initial go-ahead from the theater of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Recent Debate: Is the Catholic Church a force for good in the world?</title>
		<link>http://www.poohsthink.com/a-recent-debate-is-the-catholic-church-a-force-for-good-in-the-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 02:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>metzler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Morality]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ &#8221;Speaking for the motion, Archbishop John Onaiyekan and Ann Widdecombe MP. Speaking against the motion, Christopher Hitchens and Stephen Fry.&#8221; To watch all five segments of the debate, go here.  I have embedded the second segment below (press &#8216;HQ&#8217; if you find pausing):

The audience was polled before the event: 678 people thought the Catholic Church is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The New Enlightenment, Part 9: Something To Die For</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:14:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>metzler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I did make it to the Landmark in L.A. for the premier of Collision.  A good deal into the movie, Hitchens was asked the leading question:
 &#8221;What are you willing to die for?&#8221;
 Hitchens needed no pause for the riposte:
&#8220;Enlightenment.&#8221;
As you watch Hitchens put upside down on a cross, you might want to play this music (update: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The New Enlightenment, Part 8: My interview with Christianity Today &#8211; sort of.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>metzler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can remember my first experience with a journalist.  I was interviewed after an elementary school band performance that traditionally gave me trumpet solo time on center stage.  I suppose this is as close as I have every come to stardom, but despite the lowly context, the media was there to accommodate.  I was asked a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Analytic Outline of My Entries Related to Hitchens, Wilson, and the Movie Collision</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 04:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>metzler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
The following is an index of links to entries I have made &#8211; ordered by date &#8211; related to Hitchens, Wilson, and the Collision Movie.
The Moral Argument Series:
Part 1    (February)
In this entry I introduce the central argument between Hitchens and Wilson: the Moral Argument. According to Hitchens, morality is innate and based on empathy, thereby [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The New Enlightenment, Part 7: Collision Movie Premiers in L.A. Thursday Evening</title>
		<link>http://www.poohsthink.com/the-new-enlightenment-part-7-collision-movie-premier-in-l-a/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:23:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>metzler</dc:creator>
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You can keep up with Hitchens and Wilson in the media at the Collision website.  For more information about the movie, the Collision website has a well done summary  (perhaps too well done).  You can also find the link to buy tickets for Thursday&#8217;s premiere in Los Angeles (29th); or, you can go directly to the ticket [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The New Enlightenment, Part 6: My Reply to Hithens&#8217; Reply to Miller</title>
		<link>http://www.poohsthink.com/the-new-enlightenment-part-5-my-reply-to-hithens-reply-to-miller/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 04:19:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>metzler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the last 15 years, I have not been fond of the thought of stumbling upon an old high school buddy at the airport who knows just enough about my Pioneering days &#8211; now, thankfully, finally placing me in San Diego, California &#8211; to say, &#8220;So why did you move from Orlando, Florida to north [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The New Enlightenment, Part 4: Newsweek&#8217;s Prattle</title>
		<link>http://www.poohsthink.com/the-new-enlightenment-part-4-newsweeks-libel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>metzler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, now, somebody finally did it. I must roll up my sleeves for a brief moment and allow pooh bear, Part 1, to express a few sentiments.
Lisa Miller&#8217;s Newsweek commentary on Collision is unfortunate (for context, see part 3). One would have thought that journalism involving a colleague that writes for the same magazine would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The New Enlightenment, Part 3: Mind Science and the Humanism of Christopher Hitchens, Flannery O&#8217;Conner &amp; C.S. Lewis</title>
		<link>http://www.poohsthink.com/the-new-enlightenment-part-3-mind-science-and-the-humanism-of-christopher-hitchens-flannery-oconner-c-s-lewis/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>metzler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[5.1 Tarwater, The Schoolteacher, &#38; The Unconscious Mind
&#8220;Children may be attracted to mad eyes. A grown person could have resisted. A child couldn&#8217;t. Children are cursed with believing.&#8221;
        The boy recognized the sentence. &#8220;Some ain&#8217;t&#8221; he said.
        The schoolteacher smiled thinly. &#8220;And some who think they aren&#8217;t are,&#8221; he said, feeling that he was back in [...]]]></description>
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