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The Stuff of Thought: Human Ideas and Where They Come from
The Stuff of Thought: Human Ideas and Where They Come from
by Steven Pinker
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Opus Diaboli Blog Archive- Message to Opus Diaboli blog subscribers[…]Julian Karswell
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- Squalor, incest and $800,000 spent on women, gambling and numismatism - don't you love those crazy Catholics?Two stories in the news today showing the venality and moral vacuum at the heart of the Catholic church.The first almost defies belief - a 40 year-old alcoholic woman has been sentenced to jail after submitting her children to a"harrowing catalogue of neglect, including forcing her 13-year-old son to have sex with her"."The offences took place […]Julian Karswell
- Vicar in deprived area uses church's cash windfall for jewelsThere is an early contender for the 2009 Opus Diaboli 'Man of the Year' award for the person most likely to turn people towards the Dark Lord Satan.The gentleman concerned is the Rev James Milnes of St Mary's, Nether Alderley, Cheshire, SK10 4TW.His church is in the relatively poor rural area of Cheshire in England, where 13% of its inhabitant […]Julian Karswell
- Opus Diaboli Review: Satanic Corpse: Belial / Morbitorium You wait nearly a year for a new Satanic Corpse CD, and then two arrive in your postbox at once – Belial and Morbitorium.  Satanic Corpse’s debut, Allegiance of Darkness, featured an unusual combination of thrash guitar and melodic keyboards, which when put together with Belita Adair’s vocals – ranging from a possessed, raucous snarl to hau […]Julian Karswell
- Orangutans, bananas, basket-case economics and the death of Christian compassion: The Opus Diaboli Christmas MessageA piece of interesting research has recently been made public, which shows how the higher animals have a sense of fairness and the quality of 'calculated reciprocity' which is key idea to showing that there is a natural and essentially selfish role at the root of apparently selfless acts:To summarise the research, which is outlined here:Â http://ne […]Julian Karswell
- Welfare rise creates baby boom among worklessAlmost in vindication of everything Opus Diaboli has been saying since it was first started three years ago, the Daily Telegraph has run this story: Britain's generous welfare system triggered baby boom   outlining data published in the journal Research in Public Policy.Finally, proof of what has been common knowledge for some considerable time. […]Julian Karswell
- The sick faces of compassionThis week Karen Matthews was convicted of a conspiracy which involved pretending to have one of her seven children kidnapped, so that she could get the £50,000 reward that would be inevitably offered by tabloid  newpsapers.Details of the case were troubling.  Not only was there evidence that the child had been drugged during her 'kidnap', there […]Julian Karswell
- Halloween, Satanism and the 9th commandmentI tend not to keep Hallowe'en as a special day for ritual (I prefer Walpurgisnacht and the Winter Solstice) perhaps the reasons I don't hold a ritual on Hallowe'en are:1) the same reasons Christians downplay Christmas - too commercial2) the same reason serious drinkers stay in on New Year's - too many amateurs about.Instead I enjoyed a qu […]Julian Karswell
- Satan Takes a Holiday Pt II: The Gates of HellAmerican cities, on the whole tend to be very different from those of Europ: one of the main ways in which they differ is that in manyAmerican cities, the town centre has become a vapid, empty financial hub of banks and other institutions, with the funkier, more human aspect of the city having moved a long time ago to the outer periphery. Phoenix, AZ is a […]Julian Karswell
- Scum: The faces of Britain's welfare cultureThose following the news in Britain today were treated to no less than three stories showing the depths of depravity which 50 years of the Welfare State has created.These are the stories:1. Â A mother, who won the distinction of being the first woman to be jailed in the UK for not sending her daughter to school, appeared as a witness in a court case because […]Julian Karswell
- The Credit Crunch, Rational Self Interest and SatanismJust a few weeks ago I posted a message here about how the teaching of sport in schools fostered an unhealthy competitiveness, where the need to get ahead of someone else replaced the natural urge to do as well as you can for yourself. I said that the mindless competitiveness encouraged in schools etc was harmful to society and gave the example of the road h […]Julian Karswell
- 'By any means possible' Oxfam's descent into revolutionary politics part two[…]Julian Karswell
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- Playing Silly GamesLeaving aside the point that there would be blood up the walls if a white Republican, rather than Democrat of mixed race had said what Obama did about young black men's chances of a job outside of playing basketball, what Obama did say needed to be said: and it is not just a message for young black people.I recall scores of young white men from my o […]Julian Karswell
- Opus Diaboli Quote of the WeekDavid Sylvian (former Japan front man): "I started wearing make-up and dyeing my hair when I was about 14 or 15. It wasn't the done thing at school. I was naive enough to think that the other kids would side with me against the authorities. But I was wrong - they beat me up instead ... When people don't understand what's going on they tre […]Julian Karswell
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