Icelanders under the age of 25 don’t believe that God had a hand in creating the world, according to a new poll. The poll carried out on behalf of Icelandic atheists suggests that Icelanders under the age of 25 don’t believe in God. It suggests that the vast majority of the under 25’s in Iceland already know how the world came into being, with the remainder owning up honestly to the fact that they don’t know much about heavenly matters.
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Here’s an extraordinary essay by the architect professor Christopher Alexander, author of the well-known book A Pattern Language. In the piece, Alexander talks about how his work over the decades, studying which architectural patterns produce buildings that please us. Here is how it begins, audaciously:
I’m about to walk out the door, headed to Wichita for the Eighth Day Institute’s symposium. I won’t be able to check in until tonight, so please be patient. Before I go, here’s something to think about: Kenneth Minogue’s 2003 essay on what “Christophobia” — the fear and loathing of Christianity — has to do with the West and its future. Excerpts:
Jonathan Aigner says that the “contemporary worship” style is in decline, and ought to be pushed off the cliff.Why is it declining? Here are a couple of reasons: