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Burning The Koran And The Ground Zero Mosque
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Is it Weird That I?m Ambivalent About Qur?an Burning?
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Pastor Chester King arrested
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Biases confirmed!
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BBC panned for bias in support of stoning
Maryam
Namazie, from IHEU member organization the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain, is protesting against ?gross
inaccuracies? and ?biased reporting? in a BBC TV show on stoning in Iran. Namazie is especially concerned that the show
will add legitimacy to the Iranian government?s planned execution of Sakineh
Mohammadi Ashtiani, who has been the focus of an international campaign since she was sentenc…
Veterans for Park 51
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Stargazing vacations
A couple of years ago I sailed to the Galapagos Islands with a boat full of skeptics. We toured the islands by day, of course, but at night we also took a gander at the Equatorial skies, in which we could objects (like Alpha Centauri) you can?t see from the US. We had a great [...]13 Vote(s)
Catholics, it's you this Pope has abused - Johann Hari - The Independent
It is my conviction that if you review evidence of the suffering he has inflicted on your fellow Catholics, you will stand in solidarity with them - and join the protestersI want to appeal to Britain's Roman Catholics now, in the final days before Joseph Ratzinger's state visit begins. I know that you are overwhelmingly decent people. You are opposed to covering up the rape of children. You are o16…
Iran calls for Terry Jones? arrest
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BHA mourns Sir Kenneth Clucas (1921-2010) Distinguished Supporter of Humanism
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Pastor Steven Rowe arrested
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What Argument Convinced The Christian?
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Biases confirmed!
The OKCupid site dug deep into their database of users and analyzed?a lot of stuff. The interesting one is this chart of reading/writing level by religious belief.
Look there: the godless users of OKCupid score higher than the religious users; and furthermore, being more serious about agnosticism/atheism is correlated with better scores, while the more devout you are within a religious tradition, th…
Louie CK On God
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Relief-O-Matic kicks off week of Pope?s UK visit
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The New War Between Science and Religion
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Things we know because of science: Two asteroids will pass between the Earth and the Moon today
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Politics and Utopianism
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Weekly Poll: Is Islam a Religion of Peace or Violence?
Defenders of Islam today argue that it is really a religion of peace which has been hijacked by extremists who kill in its name. Extremists, however, see themselves as the only true and proper Muslims. Who is right? Is Islam really a religion of peace or is it as violent and brutal as the Islamic extremists?
The Arabic word islam is related to the Syriac 'aslem which means "to make peace, surrender…
Burn Koran Day ? A Somewhat Different Focus
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Catholics, it's you this Pope has abused - Johann Hari - The Independent
It is my conviction that if you review evidence of the suffering he has inflicted on your fellow Catholics, you will stand in solidarity with them - and join the protesters
I want to appeal to Britain's Roman Catholics now, in the final days before Joseph Ratzinger's state visit begins. I know that you are overwhelmingly decent people. You are opposed to covering up the rape of children. You are opp…
Pastor Alejandro Flores sentenced
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Class Ranking
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Getting away with murder ? ?Honour killing? in Pakistan
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Introducing The Incredible Blog
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The new ?free? faith schools: unregulated and discriminatory, says Andrew Copson
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The Pope should not be immune, says new book by Geoffrey Robertson QC
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?Catholics: it?s you this Pope has abused? argues Johann Hari
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What Books Were Helpful in Debunking Ghosts, Demonic Possession, and Other Woo?
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Where Are the Christians with Real Courage?
I?ve been reading several articles this week about Pastor Terry Jones and how his church plans to burn Korans on 9/11. Christians don?t want to be associated with this guy. Clergy members, academics and elected officials in Gainesville have planned nearly a dozen events to counter the plan, starting on Wednesday with an interfaith prayer [...]7 Vote(s)
?Why should I pay for the Pope?? asks Peter Tatchell
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Gender Desegregation Wednesdays
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Where Are the Christians with Real Courage?
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Gender Desegregation Wednesdays
By Sarah Braasch
In loving memory of my baby brother, Jacob Michael Braasch (01/28/86 ? 02/02/10)
Kat and I were working on an English translation of a section of the French website for the women's rights organization, Ni Putes Ni Soumises (NPNS ? Neither Whores Nor Submissives). We were struggling with the word mixité. We toyed with [...]
Welcome new book ?unmasks fiction? of Vatican statehood
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The Stupid! It Burns! (San Francisco edition)
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Where Are the Christians with Real Courage?
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Albany?s Own Cult
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curvation
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curvation
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Blasphemer who desecrated a cracker should have received a million lashes
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Into the Mind of a Suicide Bomber
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BBC Newsnight - Professor Stephen Hawking
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Papal Protest
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JW against Atheist!
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Send Pastor Terry Jones to Afghanistan to Burn a Quran
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Louie?s Episode About God
Comedian Louis CK?s show Louie aired a wonderful episode dealing with God and Catholic school last week. It?s finally available on Hulu. The episode starts out downright scary (inside the Catholic school) but gets much better toward the end. (How awesome is the mother?) As usual, Louis CK?s comedy bits are awesome (Sorry to non-US [...]23 Vote(s)
Louie?s Episode About God
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Florida Minister Still Plans Koran Burning
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the VLT at night
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Daily Hilarity: Fake Ad For ?Burn A Quran Day?
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Another Video!
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Louie?s Episode About God
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Wednesday Funny ? Family Guy
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the VLT at night
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Restoring the Koran
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Restoring the Koran
The Military Religious Freedom Foundation plans to run this full-page ad in the Gainesville Sun on Friday, in response to Pastor Terry Jones burning Korans: Well, it?s definitely a gesture of goodwill. I wonder if it?d be more useful, though, to donate a certain amount of money to a non-profit/charity organization for each Koran burned [...]15 Vote(s)
Closure on Nicole Williamson
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Restoring the Koran
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PSA: Restore a Quran Day
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?Rendering unto God that which is Caesar?s?: the fatal flaw at the heart of the Vatican - Paula Kirby - RichardDawkins.net
Thoughts prompted by The Case of the Pope: Vatican Accountability for Human Rights Abuse, by Geoffrey Robertson QCIn March of this year expectations were rising. After years of denial, silence, inaction and apparent incomprehension of the anger felt by decent people around the world, Pope Benedict XVI was due to write a pastoral letter to the Catholics of Ireland in which he would - at last - co23…
Con Crud?
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?Rendering unto God that which is Caesar?s?: the fatal flaw at the heart of the Vatican - Paula Kirby - RichardDawkins.net
Thoughts prompted by The Case of the Pope: Vatican Accountability for Human Rights Abuse, by Geoffrey Robertson QC
In March of this year expectations were rising. After years of denial, silence, inaction and apparent incomprehension of the anger felt by decent people around the world, Pope Benedict XVI was due to write a pastoral letter to the Catholics of Ireland in which he would ? at last ? conf…
ALMA 16-17 June 2010
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Time to lift taboo on atheism
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Is One Really Superior??
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Reminder: Carnival of the Godless this Sunday!
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"The Greatest Show On Earth" paperback - #34 on Indiebound bestseller list - Indiebound - Indiebound
The New York Times Book Review - Sept 19th, 2010THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH: The Evidence for Evolution, by Richard Dawkins. (Free Press, $16.99.) Evolution is "a fact in the same sense as it is a fact that Paris is in the Northern Hemisphere," Dawkins asserts. He demonstrates the explanatory power of evolutionary ideas while demolishing creationists' arguments.link to pdf19 Vote(s)
Is One Really Superior??
Islam and Christianity are both frightening at times, full of false hope, and capable of even more destruction than they?ve already caused. Mr. Fish draws the truth: It?s incredible to hear some Christians talk about how superior their theology is to that of any other faith? maybe because they sing songs in massive churches and [...]13 Vote(s)
ALMA 16-17 June 2010
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Is One Really Superior??
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Controversial billboard turns eyes upward
(September 8. 2010) - Nick Singer with the Oklahoma City Coalition of Reason says, "Churches advertise all the time. They recruit people however they can, so we're just doing similarly."
"The Greatest Show On Earth" paperback - #34 on Indiebound bestseller list - Indiebound - Indiebound
The New York Times Book Review - Sept 19th, 2010
THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH: The Evidence for Evolution, by Richard Dawkins. (Free Press, $16.99.) Evolution is ?a fact in the same sense as it is a fact that Paris is in the Northern Hemisphere,? Dawkins asserts. He demonstrates the explanatory power of evolutionary ideas while demolishing creationists? arguments.
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Just what Canterbury needs right now ? a fucking prayer-wheel!
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Oratory of Division: A Humanist Response - Sikivu Hutchinson - the new Humanism
Newt Gingrich's new book, To Save America: Stopping Obama's Secular-Socialist Machine, has harsh words for nonbelievers-or at least those who in his view are complicit with the president in a "secular-socialist" conspiracy that imperils the nation's survival. Since the election of Barack Obama in 2008, conservatives have been relentless in their vilification of Obama as a mortal enemy of American13…
Oratory of Division: A Humanist Response - Sikivu Hutchinson - the new Humanism
Newt Gingrich's new book, To Save America: Stopping Obama's Secular-Socialist Machine, has harsh words for nonbelievers?or at least those who in his view are complicit with the president in a "secular-socialist" conspiracy that imperils the nation's survival. Since the election of Barack Obama in 2008, conservatives have been relentless in their vilification of Obama as a mortal enemy of American d…
BBC Newsnight: The Pope's Back Against the Wall
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Botanical Wednesday: It?s almost like tentacles and a mouth?
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Slave food
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Ahhhhh.
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Clinton Calls Koran Burning Plan "Outrageous," Urges Church to Cancel
(Septmber 8, 2010) - Today Secretary of State Hillary Clinton joined a chorus of senior U.S. officials in calling on a tiny church in Florida to cancel its plans to burn copies of the Koran on the ninth anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
Glenn Shadix has died
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Burning Korans, drawing Mohammed, avoiding hypocrisy, creative vs. destructive protests ? religion just makes the whole frickin? world crazy!
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Outrageous Quotes Day 4 (This one is just silly)
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Scientists Create New Process to 'Program' Cancer Cell Death - ScienceDaily Staff - ScienceDaily
Thanks to Crapsquire for the linkResearchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have engineered a fundamentally new approach to killing cancer cells. The process -- developed by Niles Pierce, associate professor of applied and computational mathematics and bioengineering at Caltech, and his colleagues -- uses small RNA molecules that can be programmed to attack only specific canc11…
FFRF Billboard Salutes First Atheist Senator
Oklahoma + FFRF + politics = surefire publicity, right? A new billboard places in Tulsa, Oklahoma yesterday pays tribute to Democrat Thomas Gore, one of the first two Senators from Oklahoma. He served from 1907-1921 and 1931-1937. The idea for the billboard came from FFRF member Bill Dusenberry ? he heard about Gore?s atheism while [...]9 Vote(s)
Botanical Wednesday: It's almost like tentacles and a mouth?
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Ron Jeremy likes Christian music
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FFRF Billboard Salutes First Atheist Senator
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Scientists Create New Process to 'Program' Cancer Cell Death - ScienceDaily Staff - ScienceDaily
Thanks to Crapsquire for the link
Researchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have engineered a fundamentally new approach to killing cancer cells. The process -- developed by Niles Pierce, associate professor of applied and computational mathematics and bioengineering at Caltech, and his colleagues -- uses small RNA molecules that can be programmed to attack only specific cancer…
Police warn anti-pope protesters: Don?t you dare attempt to arrest Joseph Ratzinger
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Visiting the Buddhist Monks
Among the traditions of Tantric Buddhism, perhaps none is more striking than that of Mandala Sand Painting. Although steeped in magical thinking, the practice can nevertheless be appreciated by the most rational of us for its cultural insights, as well as its breathtaking artistry.My wife, Diana Gawen Harris, and I were able to watch such an artwork being painstakingly made during a two-day visit16…
God is no longer male
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Jesus Loves Me. Hates You.
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Don?t burn the Quran (or the Bible). Read it.
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FFRF qualifies again for federal charitable campaign
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FFRF Billboard Salutes First Atheist Senator
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Myth: Atheism is a Crutch, Opiate of the Egotistical, Prepackaged Worldview
It's not uncommon for atheists to argue that religion and theism are a sort of crutch that makes it easier for people to deal with problems in life, so perhaps ...Read Full Post
Now we?re leading an onslaught!
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Jehovah?s Witnesses Are Hypocrites and Cowards
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More on the Koran burning: Let the games begin
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Christopher Hitchens debates Berlinski - Greg Garrison - Birmingham News
Thanks to Saikat Biswas for the link. If the video becomes available, we'll post a link to it. What follows is a newspaper account of the debate.Bestselling atheist author Christopher Hitchens showed plenty of spunk and energy in a debate tonight in Birmingham despite undergoing recent chemotherapy for esophageal cancer.Hitchens, author of "God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything," defe17…
What is matter? What is materialism?
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Mutations and Complex Adaptations
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How should anarchists deal with unwelcome elements in an online community?
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Bravo, Harriet Hall!
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Religious Prejudice in Hawaiian Campaign Ads
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Two words that translate to run away
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