On Mon, 29 Oct 2001, jim clark wrote: > > Saying that someone is courageous for a particular act does not, > to my knowledge, imply agreement with how they acted in every > respect. I was referring simply to his speaking out publicly > against religious beliefs, which are often viewed as sacrosanct > in our institutions and cultures. There was a newspaper or > magazine article to that effect on TIPS or the PESTS lists > sometime in the past year.
Jim may be referring to an articulate article by Natalier Angier, science writer for the New York Times and a winner of the Pulitzer prize and the American Association for the Advancement of Science prize for excellence in journalism, In the article, "Confessions of a lonely atheist" (NYT, Jan 14, 2001), she makes this point, among other things citing the biologist Richard Dawkins who said "If I say something offensive to religious people, I'll be universally censured, including by many atheists. But if I say something insulting about Democrats or Republicans or the Green Party, one is allowed to get away with that. Hiding behind the smoke screen of untouchability is something religions have been allowed to get away with for too long". -Stephen ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stephen Black, Ph.D. tel: (819) 822-9600 ext 2470 Department of Psychology fax: (819) 822-9661 Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lennoxville, QC J1M 1Z7 Canada Department web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy Check out TIPS listserv for teachers of psychology at: http://www.frostburg.edu/dept/psyc/southerly/tips/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
