Dan Arel's Blog, page 114
January 13, 2015
My journey to understand Islamic extremism in a maze of ideological battles
A few months ago I wrote a blog called, My evolving views on Islam, terrorism, and the Middle East in which I discussed how my views on Islam had shifted over time from “blame religion” to “blame politics” but I never fully jumped over to the Glenn Greenwald and Reza Aslan camp of letting Islam off the hook. Though many accused me of doing such a thing.
“Global Disrespect of Religious Traditions”
In a recent interview regarding the attacks on Charlie Hebdo, a Buddhist Teacher, by the name of
Tomb of Jesus?
In a recent article from Huffington Post, it appears that the burial place of Jesus, and his family, was discovered. Setting aside criticisms of whether Jesus existed or not, let us take a look at the claims. The find, an ossuary in a family tomb in Jerusalem dating to the first century CE, has an [Read More...]
Greetings!
What better way for me to start out International Skeptics Day than by introducing myself and starting my writing here on Danthropology! My name is Matthew O’Neil; I am an atheist, a teacher, and the author ofYou Say That I Am: Jesus and the Messianic Problemfrom Dangerous Little Books (2014). I also will be releasing [Read More...]
January 12, 2015
A Brief Introduction
Hello, fellow heathens and readers of all stripes! It’s my sincere pleasure to give you an introduction of myself. My name is Joshua Kelly and, though this may come as no surprise, I am an atheist author and a friend of Dan Arel’s who has kindly asked me to contribute a few words from time [Read More...]
Jerry Coyne explains multiculturalism to Reza Aslan
In a recent video on Real Clear Politics, Reza Aslan, one of the loudest voices defending Islam and seemingly defending violence against Charlie Hebdo by blaming France and Europe and well, anything but Islam for the terrorist attacks has put his foot in his mouth once again.
January 8, 2015
Victim Blaming and Charlie Hebdo
In the aftermath of the shooting at Charlie Hebdo, there’s been grief, outrage, an outpouring of new art about the event, and replication after replication of old pieces from the magazine itself. If the goal of the terrorists was to silence the magazine, it is pretty obvious by now that they’ve instead canonized it. No [Read More...]
An update on Parenting Without God
My first book, Parenting Without God was released in August of 2014 on a small imprint called Dangerous Little Books (DLB).The book, in my opinion was a success, reaching Amazon's Best Seller status on more than one occasion.About 3 months ago I was informed that my publisher DLB had been sold to another publishing company and my current contract was void, but that I would be offered a new one.
January 7, 2015
Both Salon and The Blaze would rather attack Richard Dawkins than discuss Islam
Cowards.That is the best word I have right now to describe both Salon and The Blaze who both published pieces today about the terrible terrorist attack in Paris, France at the offices of Charlie Hebdo in which twelve people were murdered over cartoons depicting Mohammad, that did nothing to mention the atrocities, but instead attacked Richard Dawkins for daring to blame Islam for the actions of Islamic extremists.
January 5, 2015
What I am reading and what I have read, a look forward and back
I love reading, but since I started writing full time and also wrote a book (and am now writing another) I don’t have all the time I used to have to finish 50 or more books a year, so instead I have to carefully select what I read to make sure I can “make it count”.
