Gauguin’s Blue
In 1891 Paul Gauguin sailed for Tahiti, in search of a civilization purer than his native France, and in 1897, after a month of feverish work, he completed his most […]
Tag Archives: religion
Liberating Freedom
Hey, gotta’ solution: why choose? To anyone surveying our current cultural scene, and its splintered breadth of options political, artistic, religious and social, an easy attitude rises from the pack: […]
The Power of a Click
There seem to be moments, every now and then, which grab us. An idea pops up in our mind, and it shines so bright and obvious that we wonder why […]
Dinner Party Politics
Sex, religion, and politics: three inexhaustible yet potentially awkward and provocative topics of dinner party conversation. I addressed the first two topics in earlier articles for Wondering Fair, so with […]
Do Science and Religion Contradict One Another?
“Does there truly exist an insuperable contradiction between religion and science?”, asked Albert Einstein. This question has dominated some of the most important debates of the last centuries, yet today […]
Anthropologie and Its Graces
Every month my roommates and I receive in our mail a catalogue from the company Anthropologie. This is a bit strange considering that I live with a bunch of guys […]
The Da Vinci Conspiracy
Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code sold millions of copies a few years ago with a riveting subplot: the Church manipulated the biblical accounts of Jesus’ life after a few […]
An Atheist’s Guide to Historical Reconstruction
Jesus was a nationalist wandering preacher. He did not claim to be divine in any way. Christianity was created actually by the apostle Paul, who devised an universal religion to […]
The Christian Conspiracy
In the mood for a conspiracy theory? The menu is vast: Russian hackers, Trump’s election, the landing on the moon, Area 51. But I have a biggie: the rise of […]
Is Expertise Needed for Wisdom?
[Note: Ask John has a fresh question answered, featured here too.] Q. I ask you questions because I’ve studied with you. Other people, I assume, ask you questions because they […]
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