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...matter only briefly, and the political not at all, but that, in a sense, is the point. For Wilson, what matters is our moral obligation to the natural world, an obligation borne of an unceasing appreciation for its beauty, complexity, and diversity. Together, Wilson argues, science and religion, the two most influential forces on Earth today, “can save the Creation.” In the book’s final chapters, he focuses on the importance of cultivating “savage” children appreciative of the natural world; he cites the efficacy of so-called...
Like a revision released in December, yesterday’s proposal did not include an explicit requirement in the study of religion...
...racism laws over the magazine's February 2006 publication of those Danish caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad that caused a global uproar. The complaint describes the decision to reprint the drawings as "born of a simplistic Islamophobia and purely commercial interests"; as having "insulted people on the basis of religion"; and as a "provocation aimed against the Islamic community...
...This trial is medieval," said grim-faced Charlie Hebdo publisher Philippe Val before the court case opened. "If we can't criticize religion anymore, there will be no women's rights, no birth control and no gay rights...
...other ironies in this case. First among them is that this collision of religious and secular values is being sorted out in a court of the French Republic - whose own quasi-theological ideology insists matters of faith stay far removed from public life. To that end, the Republic encourages religions to organize themselves into "official" organizations with which the state can interact - the co-plaintiff Union of Islamic Organizations of France being the largest member of France's "official" Islamic structure, which Sarkozy himself was instrumental in founding in 2003. The politicians might also check out a new poll published...