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Posted by Russell Blackford on Jan 20, 2013 in Culture, Diversions, History, Personal | 3 comments

Sunday Supervillainy – Why “The Hellfire Club”?

Now and then, I am asked why I named this blog “The Hellfire Club” (it was originally “Metamagician and the Hellfire Club”, but that’s...

Posted by Russell Blackford on Jan 2, 2013 in History, Philosophy, Religion, Science | 23 comments

Christianity and the rise of science – some further thoughts

Many Christian apologists argue that we should somehow feel grateful to Christianity for its contribution to the rise of modern science. We might well feel sceptical...

Sunday Supervillainy – Why “The Hellfire Club”?

Christianity and the rise of science – some further thoughts

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Don’t demonize Sam Harris

Greta Christina on puritan atheists

Farewell, friends

Transhumanism and The Journal of Evolution and Technology

Greg Lukianoff’s Freedom from Speech

Wonderful new review of 50 Great Myths About Atheism

Sydney meetup with Darrel Ray

My schedule at the World Science Fiction Convention

First bloke in joke furor

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