Ayaan Hirsi Ali
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a recurring person in the Astral Codex Ten archive, appearing 2 times across 2 issues between December 12, 2023 and October 04, 2024. The archive places it in contexts such as “But I’ve been reading Ayaan Hirsi Ali”; “I think it’s sort of where Ayaan Hirsi Ali is coming from”. It most often appears alongside Catholicism, Israel, 1880 - 1930 period.
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- Category: People
- Mention count: 2
- Issue count: 2
- First seen: December 12, 2023
- Last seen: October 04, 2024
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- Catholicism (2 shared issues)
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Recovered passages from the original issue text. When the raw archive preserved outbound links inside the source passage, they are listed directly under the quote.
“Dawkins makes some good points,” says Nishin. “But I’ve been reading Ayaan Hirsi Ali, and I think I agree with her more. Now I’m a pragmatist. Religion isn’t about who created the world when. It’s about what kind of ethical and social commitments it takes to run a flourishing society.”
Therefore (continues the argument), atheists should be cultural Christians. While they can continue to privately disbelieve, they should support an overall Christian society, which they can dwell contentedly on the fringes of. I think this is sort of where Ayaan Hirsi Ali is coming from.