Dusting Off GOD A new science of religion says God has gotten a bad rap.
Posted: August 13, 2012 Filed under: Religion Leave a comment »http://chronicle.com/article/Does-Religion-Really-Poison/133457/
BBC – Will & Testament: Was Jesus an anarchist?
Posted: April 10, 2012 Filed under: Anarchy, Religion, Uncategorized Leave a comment »http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/ni/2011/05/was_jesus_an_anarchist.html
Who Is Most Likely to Oppose Totalitarianism? | The Beacon
Posted: March 29, 2012 Filed under: Religion, Uncategorized Leave a comment »http://blog.independent.org/2012/03/29/who-is-most-likely-to-oppose-totalitarianism/
Not the Messiah
Posted: March 14, 2012 Filed under: Religion, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
Not the Messiah
Rush to Judgment
Posted: March 2, 2012 Filed under: Religion, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
Rush to Judgment
The Audacity of Power: President Obama Vs. The Catholic Church
Posted: February 22, 2012 Filed under: Religion Leave a comment »The Real Trouble With the Birth-Control Mandate
Posted: February 10, 2012 Filed under: Health Insurance, Religion Leave a comment »http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/john.cochrane/research/papers/wsj_health.pdf
The Conquest of the United States by Militant Islam
Posted: December 2, 2010 Filed under: Property Rights, Religion Leave a comment »The Eleventh Commandment: Punish Free Riders – Reason Magazine
Posted: December 1, 2010 Filed under: Cooperation, Religion, Uncategorized Leave a comment »http://reason.com/archives/2010/11/30/the-eleventh-commandment-punis
Rights
Posted: July 19, 2010 Filed under: Religion Leave a comment »http://friendlyatheist.com/2010/07/16/the-response-i-wish-more-christians-would-give/
“The Muslim community, however, often suffers in silence. And around here, I get the sense that the hatred runs deep. It amazes me that the same folks who so loudly champion their rights to guns and free speech guaranteed by the constitution seem to think freedom of religion is negotiable.
As Christians, we must speak up, for it is no coincidence that when Jesus was asked, Who is my neighbor? he chose the most hated religious-ethnic group of the day — Samaritans — to tell his story.
Yes! That’s the type of response more Christians ought to be giving. If they’re going to pick and choose which parts of the Bible to follow, standing up for minorities is a good lesson to get behind. Many pastors talk about this in church, but how rarely do we see Christians actually following through on it? Certainly not the ones opposing the mosque.”
“I want to see more Christians speaking out in favor of these mosques… and against any fellow Christians who disagree. It’s easy to do and it shows you’re not afraid to stand up to the crazier people in your faith. They’re wrong. You’re right. Don’t be afraid to say so”
ROBERT HIGGS: Nothing Outside the State: Part II
Posted: March 29, 2010 Filed under: Intervention, Law, Religion, Slippery Slope, Uncategorized Leave a comment »Sent to you via Google Reader
ROBERT HIGGS: Nothing Outside the State: Part II
“Do the Right Thing:” The Effects of Moral Suasion on Cooperation
Posted: December 7, 2009 Filed under: Cooperation, Morals, Religion Leave a comment »“The use of moral appeals to affect the behavior of others is pervasive (from the pulpit to ethics classes) but little is known about the effects of moral suasion on behavior. In a series of experiments we study whether moral suasion affects behavior in voluntary contribution games and mechanisms by which behavior is altered. We find that observing a message with a moral standard according to the golden rule or, alternatively, utilitarian philosophy, results in a significant but transitory increase in contributions above the levels observed for subjects that did not receive a message or received a message that advised them to contribute without a moral rationale. When players have the option of punishing each other after the contribution stage the effect of the moral messages on contributions becomes persistent: punishments and moral messages interact to sustain cooperation. We investigate the mechanism through which moral suasion operates and find it to involve both expectation- and preference-shifting effects. These results suggest that the use of moral appeals can be an effective way of promoting cooperation.”
http://papers.nber.org/papers/w15559#fromrss
The Evolution of the God Gene
Posted: November 16, 2009 Filed under: Religion, Spontaneous Order Leave a comment »http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/15/weekinreview/12wade.html
The curious economic effects of religion
Posted: November 15, 2009 Filed under: Economic Growth, Religion Leave a comment »
http://www.economics.harvard.edu/faculty/barro/files/Religion_and_Economic_Growth.pdf
