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		<title>A.C. Grayling in Australia and the way forward</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 00:48:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A.C. Grayling talks in Sydney.
How to get atheist voices heard in a world dominated by religious rhetoric.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelasttavern.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5976794&amp;post=76&amp;subd=thelasttavern&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Realistic Religion</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like to consider myself conservative (economically) and a social liberal. I also believe that we need to think realistically about the world and that sometimes our idealism about how the world should be, must be tempered with how the world actually is. Many, particularly European countries, have been debating recently whether to allow Muslim [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelasttavern.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5976794&amp;post=71&amp;subd=thelasttavern&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Art and Religion</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jan 2010 02:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently listened to a podcast by Camille Paglia, an American author, teacher and Professor of the Arts in Philadelphia. What I found very interesting about this talk was her argument that religion should be taught. Which is surprising, coming from someone who is an avowed atheist and feminist. I started listening with some skepticism, but you know what? By [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelasttavern.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5976794&amp;post=59&amp;subd=thelasttavern&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Airport baggage</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 06:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was reading this article this morning on a bungled terrorism training exercise in Europe. Essentially police in Slovakia placed explosives in the luggage of a number of airline passengers then proceeded to go find them (the explosives that is). Unfortunately, explosives placed on one unsuspecting passenger, who was travelling to Ireland, was missed and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelasttavern.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5976794&amp;post=53&amp;subd=thelasttavern&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Humanist Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:53:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why not make new years eve a global day of celebration? Religious faiths have their own day of glory. It would be good if there could be a day where the whole world comes together to celebrate life. The foundations are already there and it has many advantageouses over christmas. Firstly there is not the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelasttavern.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5976794&amp;post=52&amp;subd=thelasttavern&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m back</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Dec 2009 05:36:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m back after a very long absence. A whole year has passed since I last wrote a blog; too long. It seems that whenever I get out of the work mindset for a while, the urge to write and think about the world rears it&#8217;s head again and so it is again this summer. I&#8217;ve [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelasttavern.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5976794&amp;post=47&amp;subd=thelasttavern&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Public Nudity, the beach and a bit of controversy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jan 2009 09:53:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don't you find it odd that some people find nudity offensive? Attempts to ban topless sunbathing at Sydney beaches by christian conservative politicians,<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelasttavern.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5976794&amp;post=35&amp;subd=thelasttavern&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Einstein&#8217;s blackboard</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 09:32:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Why do we educate? Governments spend large portions of thier budgets educating the population in standardized mass education programs, but to what end? There are many discussions on how we educate our children, lots of choice of the type of school, ciriculum to be taught and techniques used to teach it. However, before these questions [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelasttavern.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5976794&amp;post=31&amp;subd=thelasttavern&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Existance of God?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:09:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does a god (God) exist? Does it matter whether He (he) exists or not? Some thoughts on possible ramificaitons of answering the question.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelasttavern.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5976794&amp;post=14&amp;subd=thelasttavern&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Human responsibilities</title>
		<link>http://thelasttavern.wordpress.com/2008/12/29/human-responsibilities/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 00:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Scott</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A declaration of human responsibilities. We write a lot about human rights, where they come from, what they are and how to enforce them. What we hear very little of are a declaration of human responsibilities. The first question to ask ourselves is why do we need such a declaration? Well I believe that we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelasttavern.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5976794&amp;post=7&amp;subd=thelasttavern&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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