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By: Alain de Botton: “Religion für Atheisten” | Deutschlandradio Kultur | Moment Mal

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:12:31 +0000

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By: Dear Judy,One o… « judyverna

Dear Judy,One o… « judyverna — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 14:09:49 +0000

[...] that one of the brilliant revelations from Alain de Botton, in his Atheism 2.0 talk (found here: http://blog.ted.com/2012/01/17/atheism-2-0-alain-de-botton-on-ted-com/), was the ridiculous need for people to constantly be reminded of the things we have already [...]

By: John Brown

John Brown — Thu, 23 Aug 2012 11:31:01 +0000

Very amusing, particularly the application of concepts from commerce, like “branding” to religion.
But what I find is that there is just so much Science out there that I need to know about, that I don’t want to spend time on systems of thought that are 1400 years or more old.
I need to know about machine learning, Bayesian statistics, anti-oxidants, neuroscience, ontologies, linguistics, mathematical evolution, and lots more.
What we need are more scientists who can explain how the way they look at the world is motivated by the theoretical models they learn within their specialist fields.
We are getting there, slowly. Discovery TV no longer tells us more about sharks than we want to know, but does now explain how ecosystems function.
Give us diversity in modelling. That way we can switch our models of the world to find those that work, and to develop new ones. Look what a mess the climatologists have made of selling us their current models. I cringe every time they assure us that “all 6 of the main climatic models agree on climate change”, without ever explaining the fundamentals of these models. Climatology already wants to be a new religion. We should discourage that sort of thing. And as for Economics, well all predictions have turned out wrong, haven’t they?

By: A reflective review of Desiring the Kingdom « young evangelical

A reflective review of Desiring the Kingdom « young evangelical — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 21:04:38 +0000

[...] afflicts the world view people. In fact, one helpful observer of this is an atheist by the name of Alain de Botton. He sees in Christianity (and other religions) what enlightenment modernism can’t account for: [...]

By: Lynn Sawtelle

Lynn Sawtelle — Sun, 24 Jun 2012 11:20:50 +0000

Refreshing to hear an atheist acknowledge the strong points of religion. As one who thinks the jury is still out on this issue, it’s good to see an intelligent argument from an atheist that we should avoid throwing the baby out with the bath water.

By: on religion | Cobb

on religion | Cobb — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 03:05:43 +0000

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By: sunkissedmandarin

sunkissedmandarin — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 02:43:19 +0000

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By: thefelinegirl

thefelinegirl — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 06:41:11 +0000

Reblogged this on Finding the "I". and commented: Alain de Botton, one of my favourite writers on TED, talking about the new atheism. He calls it Atheism 2.0. It is indeed a new way to look at things.

By: Joe Coffee

Joe Coffee — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 04:27:17 +0000

Terrible idea IMO. The minute atheism becomes a club with rules and guidelines and traditions with which members can judge, oppress, and terrorize each other, then it becomes a religion, whether god is involved or not. The beauty of atheism is that it’s not a club. It’s not even really a philosophy. It’s just a simple assertion–that there is not god. It’s that simple. I know our monkey instincts demand that we elaborate on that idea and turn it into an excuse to hate, control, and exclude, but we have to fight that urge, The day I have to listen to other atheists lecture me about the “rules” and how I’m not a “proper” atheist is the day this wonderful thought becomes just another church

By: 4 March | CUUF

4 March | CUUF — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 02:51:47 +0000

[...] recording played at the last meeting can be heard here: http://blog.ted.com/2012/01/17/atheism-2-0-alain-de-botton-on-ted-com/ Questions for consideration from the first meeting: A) Botton’s starting premise is “Of [...]