ATHEISM
No God but atheists want a church
Times of India - India
Groups
like American Atheists have functioned primarily as litigants in the
fight for church-state separation, not as atheist social clubs. ...
Op-Ed: Why Atheists Should Start Their Own Religion-Free Churches
DigitalJournal.com - Toronto,Ontario,Canada
An
American atheist points out many people misunderstand why church is so
popular with practicing Christians. Tim Gorski said: “It isn’t the
specific ...
Atheist Soldier Faces
Anti-Gay Harassment
Gay City News - USA
..
by the Army because of the threats he has received over his open
atheism and his lawsuit against the military for the retaliation he has
suffered. ...
Censoring Ourselves
PoliGazette - Netherlands
Sam
Harris, author of The End of Faith, today posted an intense
condemnation of the western practice of censoring itself in regards to
Islam and the ...
Religious Contempt Among Americans May Foreshadow Actions Overseas
Recorder - New Britain,CT,USA
I’m
sure many were surprised to hear that there even was an atheist
soldier, as stereotypes would hold that they are unpatriotic. ...
The greatest development in modern religion is not a religion at
...
Atlantic Online - USA
"I
used to call myself an atheist," I said, "and I still don't believe in
God, but the larger truth is that it has been years since I really
cared one way ...
Humanists come out against bias
Metro.us - New York,NY,USA
The
lawmaker’s public disclosure of nonbelief comes at a time when books by
so-called “New Atheist” authors — Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Tufts
professor ...
BOOKS, FILM, THEATRE, TV, YOU TUBE
An Atheist Goes Undercover to Join the Flock of Mad Pastor John Hagee
AlterNet - San Francisco,CA,USA
By
Matt Taibbi, RollingStone.com. Posted May 5, 2008. In this excerpt from
his new book, Matt Taibbi shares his experiences at a Hagee's boot camp
for new ...
Swedish songwriter's taste for authenticity and atheism
AFP -
LONDON
(AFP) — In an age when even hard-up musicians can create studio quality
from a bedroom, and producers like Timbaland and Mark Ronson are
becoming ...
Propaganda Expelled
SBIndependent
- Stony Brook,NY,USA
Some
of the subjects interviewed have lost their job due to their
self-prescribed inclusion of intelligent design into their students'
curriculum; and some, ...
John Derbyshire on "Expelled," or How to Review a Movie without ...
Discovery Institute - Seattle,WA,USA
Yes,
Western civilization: This is what Derbyshire feels is at stake in the
debate over Intelligent Design, and it is "creationists" who threaten
it. ...
EVOLUTION, CREATIONISM, I.D.
Biology Professor Addresses Evolution and its Opponents
New University Online - CA,USA
The
fossil record, to some extent, mirrors geological evolution. As
geologists discovered patterns in rock layers showing millennia of
change and ...
Evolution: There’s just no substitute
Destin Log - Destin,FL,USA
Several
recent letters to the Daily News assert that Florida’s “Evolution
Academic Freedom Act” is good because it allows teachers to
“objectively present ...
University professors are protesting
bills under consideration in ...
Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) - USA
The
Discovery Institute, which promotes the teaching of intelligent design,
supports the passage of the legislation. In a news release it said that
many of ...
SCIENCE-US: Evolution Under Siege in Classrooms
Inter Press Service (subscription) - Rome,Italy
By
Mark Weisenmiller TAMPA, Florida, May 7 (IPS) - Darwinian evolution --
the 19th century geologist and naturalist Charles Darwin's acclaimed
theory of ...
Evolution? Darwin Day? Big Problem
Tampa Tribune - Tampa,FL,USA
12
is Charles Darwin Day, marking the birthday of the pioneer scientist
who developed the theory of evolution. You might say in egghead
circles, ...
Mock trial puts theories of
evolution in hot seat
Indianapolis Star - United States
The
defense attorney made her opening statement in the trial arguing
Charles Darwin's theory of evolution versus Jean- Baptiste Lamarck's
theory of ...
Evolution Bills Die in Florida Legislature
Christian Broadcasting Network - Virginia Beach,VA,USA
CBNNews.com
- Two bills that would have allowed teachers to challenge the theory of
evolution has failed to pass in the Florida state legislature. ...
'Evolution News & Views: Another Intelligent Design Prediction ...
Discovery Institute - Seattle,WA,USA
In
this regard, features like functionless eyes on blind cave fish are
probably best explained by Darwinian evolution. This poses no challenge
to the ...
SCIENCE
Platypus Genome Explains Animal's Peculiar Features; Holds Clues ...
Science Daily (press release) - USA
An
analysis of the genome, published today in the journal Nature, can help
scientists piece together a more complete picture of the evolution of
all mammals ...
When genetics and geology meet
Dal News - Halifax,NS,Canada
By
Marilyn Smulders When Charles Darwin first set foot on Patagonia, he
was a fresh-faced 22-year-old yet to finesse his revolutionary theory
of evolution ...
Darwin and deduction
Scientist - UK
One
of the most remarkable but insufficiently noted features of Charles
Darwin's conception of evolution is that its logical implications are
still being ...
SEPARATION CHURCH / STATE
Star Hill decision looms
Holmen Courier - Holmen,WI,USA
Rather
than get involved in protracted and expensive litigation over the
separation of church and state issue, the board looked instead to sell
the property ...
Atheism, Religion And Discrimination
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
The
role of religious differences (including atheism) in our lives is a
vital reflection of a vibrant population of diversity along a dimension
of pursuit
Union defends 'anti-Christian' teacher
OneNewsNow - Tupelo,MS,USA
"The
California Teachers Association has jumped in on the side of this
teacher who was preaching atheism to tenth-grade students at a public
high school, ...
Bob Menamin: Only religious
test for pols should be 'golden rule'
The Capital Times - Madison,WI,USA
If
you are agnostic, atheist, non-Christian or someone who does not want
to make this declaration publicly, you could not be a serious candidate
for ...
Taxpayers' sacrifice to the churches
The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
Australia
believes in the separation of church and state. It would thus be highly
desirable to do away with all unfair tax concessions to religious ...
Faith and Science
bestofneworleans.com - New Orleans,LA,USA
The
notion of separation of church and state is so fundamental to our
system of government that the Founding Fathers — most if not all of
whom were men of ...
Pope not really a head of state
Yuma Sun -
Yuma,AZ,USA
Here
our government that claims separation of church and state "gushed" over
the head of a state but who is in reality the elected head, pope, ...
New Group to Focus on Church-State Issues
Free Times - Columbia,SC,USA
On
May 3, the Columbia chapter of Americans United for Separation of
Church and State held its first organizational meeting at the Unitarian
Universalist ...
Frankenmuth leaders stick with cross on city shield; resident ...
The Saginaw News - MLive.com - Saginaw,MI,USA
He
first plans to consults with national organizations such as American
Atheists or Americans United for the Separation of Church and State. ...
Britain cannot become a "God-free zone" says head of the Catholic ...
Times Online - UK
The
Cardinal, who came under attack this morning from the academic atheist
Professor Richard Dawkins and secularist organisations such as the
British ...
MISCELLANEOUS
Protesters at Methodist conference in Fort Worth decry take on gays
Fort Worth Star Telegram - Fort Worth,TX,USA
The
rationale was that the Bush library on the campus would be a violation
of the constitutional principle of separation of church and state. ...
The Complete Works of Darwin Online
Reverse Evolution
The Week Daily - USA
Good
week for: Round buns, after a Canadian company introduced the male
equivalent of the Wonderbra: Bottoms Up padded boxer briefs, for men
with scrawny, ...
Photo of the Day (05/05/08)
Gadling - Santa Monice,CA,USA
He/she
really seems to take the job to the next level. How is the real estate
market down there? What about the house on Mothership St and Atheist
way?