Word: agnosticism
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His third suggestion, the Overpowering Assumption, I think is best. But not for the reasons he suggests—that the assumption is so cosmic that it might be accepted. It is rarely “accepted;” we aren’t here to accept or reject?...
Singh is enjoying yet another spell under the spotlight, thanks to his new novel Burial at Sea, a fantasia on an alleged sexual escapade by Nehru. The central character, Jai Bhagwan, "is a takeoff of Nehru," says Singh. Bhagwan, like Nehru, is a Brahman from Kashmir, British-educated, brilliant, agnostic...
The tiger-loving godwoman is soon joined by a yoga-teaching godman who has mastered the recondite science of breaking wind unaromatically. As a journalist, Singh extensively investigated and exposed godmen, whom he regards as one manifestation of a dangerous surge of Hindu fundamentalism in India. "Religious fascism has taken...
But it's clearly not enough, at least not for Prince. Why else would he have launched his Musicology download store, an iTunes rip-off that makes his music available to the agnostic, non-NPG fan for 99 a song? Why would he be touring with the come-on--aimed...
The misuses of “love” don’t end there. “Love thy neighbor as thyself” (Leviticus 19:18) has emerged as a cliché of biblical proportions in modern society—with good reason. One could hardly imagine a...