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FEATURED ARTICLES Catholics ordered to keep quiet over Virgin visions By Jerome Taylor and Simon Caldwell Tuesday, 13 January 2009 Catholics who claim they have seen the Virgin Mary will be forced to remain silent about the apparitions until a team of psychologists, theologians, priests and exorcists have fully investigated their claims under new Vatican guidelines aimed at stamping out false claims of miracles... http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/catholics-ordered-to-keep-quiet-over-virgin-visions-1332016.html US Catholic contract unconstitutional: ACLU suit Reuters - USA The suit filed in US District Court in Boston said the Department of Health and Human Services violated the separation of church and state by giving the US ... http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE50B6W820090112 Atheist ad campaign spreads to Italy after Spain, Britain AFP ROME (AFP) Atheists in predominantly Catholic Italy said Monday they plan to begin a bus advertising campaign denying the existence of God following ... http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5idhoNwIX5uGkKdwwzmNcUHCCaOWQ Atheist's quest to remove God from presidential oath rejected Washington Examiner - Washington,DC,USA By Freeman Klopott Atheist Michael Newdow's most recent attempt to eliminate the phrase "so help me God" from the presidential oath failed when a US ... http://www.dcexaminer.com/local/011609-Atheists_quest_to_remove_God_from_presidential_oath_rejected.html =========================================== ATHEISM Why worry? Be atheist Globe and Mail - Canada Sherine, who was raised a Christian but is now an atheist, found this intensely off-putting: Didn't nearly a quarter of Britons describe themselves as .. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20090109.wrenzetti0110/BNStory/Entertainment Atheist bus leads to first non-religious version of Thought for ... Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom The BBC has agreed to broadcast a non-religious version of Thought for the Day for the first time, following the success of the atheist bus adverts. ... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/4208815/Atheist-bus-leads-to-first-non-religious-version-of-Thought-for-the-Day-on-BBC.html BBC Radio 4 to broadcast its first atheist 'Thought for the Afternoon' guardian.couk - UK Ariane Sherine, the creator of the controversial Atheist Bus Campaign, will give the first atheist "Thought for the Afternoon" on BBC Radio 4 tomorrow. ... http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jan/09/bbc-radio Former Archbishop of Canterbury: atheists use 9/11 as excuse to ... Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom "The argument for intelligent design may have some appeal for many Christians but is ultimately a negation of what science is about, which is to make a ... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/religion/4218676/Former-Archbishop-of-Canterbury-says-atheists-use-911-as-an-excuse-to-attack-all-religions.html Richard Dawkins on board with a pro-atheist message Los Angeles Times - CA,USA By Henry Chu REPORTING FROM OXFORD, ENGLAND -- All they are saying is give atheism a chance. Earlier this month, 800 buses rolled out of depots across ... http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-dawkins-qa12-2009jan12,0,3974830.story Atheists want to prevent 'So help me God' from being said during ... News & Observer - Raleigh,NC,USA And that has rankled leaders in the atheist and humanist communities. So they've sued. A hearing is scheduled for Thursday. "Our Founding Fathers knew that ... http://www.newsobserver.com/2178/story/1364534.html Atheists advertise on buses in Barcelona PerthNow - Perth,WA,Australia They were paid for by the Catalan branch of Spain's Union for Atheists and Free Thinkers (UAL). The same message was plastered on roughly 800 buses and in ... http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,24905239-5012756,00.html Bishop criticises atheist bus ads Bath Chronicle - Bath,England,UK The Bishop of Bath and Wells has attacked an atheist advertising campaign which declares: "There's probably no God". The Rt Rev Peter Price said the bus ... http://www.thisisbath.co.uk/news/Bishop-criticises-atheist-bus-ads/article-605588-detail/article.html Calif. atheist activist to argue in Washington, D.C., court that prayer should be removed from inauguration By JENNIFER GARZA - McClatchy Newspapers SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- The traditional element of prayer at the presidential inauguration can't seem to find universal blessing this year... http://www.newsobserver.com/2178/story/1367595.html Atheist appears in Washington court to argue against inaugural prayer guardian.co.uk - UK Today, Sacramento, California, resident and atheist activist Michael Newdow will argue in Washington, DC, District Court that prayer and any reference to ... http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/15/obama-inauguration-religion BOOKS, FILM, THEATRE, TV, YOU TUBE School Officials to Face Federal Judge Indiana's NewsCenter - Fort Wayne,IN,USA By Brien McElhatten HUNTINGTON, Ind. (Indiana's NewsCenter) - The battle over the separation of church and state is alive and well in Huntington. ... http://www.indianasnewscenter.com/news/local/37483599.html Noted atheist, Christopher Hitchens, underwent 'waterboarding' *WARNING: SOME VIEWERS MAY CONSIDER THIS VIDEO TO BE GRAPHIC IMAGERY* Examiner.com - USA by Trina Hoaks, Atheism Examiner Almost a year ago, Christopher Hitchens subjected himself to the widely controversial "waterboarding." Nearly a year ago, ... http://www.examiner.com/x-2044-Atheism-Examiner~y2009m1d15-Noted-atheist-Christopher-Hitchens-underwent-waterboarding EVOLUTION, CREATIONISM, I.D. 150 Years After 'Origin of the Species', Science and Religion ... YubaNet - Nevada City,CA,USA 9, 2009 - When Charles Darwin published his landmark book On the Evolution of Species in 1859, his theories on evolution were quickly accepted by the vast ... http://yubanet.com/life/150-Years-After-Origin-of-the-Species-Science-and-Religion-Remain-in-Conflict-Over-Evolution.php Like it or not, you pay for faith in evolution WND.com - Grants Pass,OR,USA The site, funded by a federal grant and aimed at influencing teachers to promote evolution, excludes and ridicules perspectives and religious groups that ... http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGEview&pageId=85537 'Banquet at Delmonico's' by Barry Werth Los Angeles Times - CA,USA Herbert Spencer promoted evolution as a progression in nature and society. By Art Winslow In his spirited and comprehensive 2005 analysis "Darwinism and Its ... http://www.latimes.com/features/books/la-ca-barry-werth11-2009jan11,0,3658663.story For God's sake, have Charles Darwin's theories made any difference .. Times Online - UK And, finally, although Darwin showed micro-evolution most famously in the variations of the forms of the beaks of Galapagos finches his leap to the ... http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article5488488.ece BESE OKs rules on teaching 'controversial' science Shreveport Times - Shreveport,LA,USA "I'm satisfied that you cannot teach creationism or intelligent design" with other language in the rules," Pastorek said. A provision stating "The materials ... http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20090113/NEWS04/90113017 Debate over science lesson content expected today The Times-Picayune - NOLA.com - New Orleans,LA,USA The proposed BESE rules essentially repeat that language, including the statement that "materials that teach creationism or intelligent design or that ... http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2009/01/debate_over_science_lesson_con.html SCIENCE POLICY SHIFTS: State decision rekindles creationism vs ... The Daily Advertiser - Lafayette,LA,USA All the students have taken biology, the class where students learn about evolution. Seventeen-year-old Kiera Sam said she wouldn't have a problem with ... http://www.theadvertiser.com/article/20090114/NEWS01/901140332/1002 Creationism ban stripped from rules 2TheAdvocate - Baton Rouge,LA,USA The section removed said: "Materials that teach creationism or intelligent design or that advance the religious belief that a supernatural being created ... http://www.2theadvocate.com/news/37554394.html Louisiana Creates: New Pro-Intelligent Design Rules for Teachers Science Now - Washington,DC,USA The Discovery Institute, a Seattle-based think tank, is a proponent of Intelligent Design. In a statement on the institute's Web site, its education analyst ... http://blogs.sciencemagorg/scienceinsider/2009/01/louisiana-creat.html SCIENCE Research Ties Human Acts to Harmful Rates of Species Evolution New York Times - United States Atlantic cod and Bighorn sheep are generally harvested by humans as mature adults, whereas predators would target the smaller or weaker. ... http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/13/science/13fish.html?_r=1&ref=science Ecstasy For Treatment Of Traumatic Anxiety ScienceDaily (Jan. 10, 2009) Treatment with a pharmacological version of the drug ecstasy makes PTSD patients more receptive to psychotherapy, and contributes to lasting improvement. Norwegian researchers explain why... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108121656.htm How Did Life Begin? RNA That Replicates Itself Indefinitely Developed For First Time ScienceDaily (Jan. 10, 2009) One of the most enduring questions is how life could have begun on Earth. Molecules that can make copies of themselves are thought to be crucial to understanding this process as they provide the basis for heritability... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090109173205.htm Milky Way A Swifter Spinner, More Massive, New Measurements Show ScienceDaily (Jan. 9, 2009) Fasten your seat belts -- we're faster, heavier, and more likely to collide than we thought. Astronomers making high-precision measurements of the Milky Way say our home Galaxy is rotating about 100,000 miles per hour faster than previously understood... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090105131208.htm Smoking During Pregnancy Fosters Aggression In Children ScienceDaily (Jan. 9, 2009) Women who smoke during pregnancy risk delivering aggressive kids according to a new Canada-Netherlands study published in the journal Development and Psychopathology. While previous studies have shown that smoking during gestation causes low birth weight... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090106100011.htm Brown Dwarfs Don't Hang Out With Stars ScienceDaily (Jan. 9, 2009) Brown dwarfs, objects that are less massive than stars but larger than planets, just got more elusive, based on a study of 233 nearby multiple-star systems by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090106140143.htm Macbeth's Curse: Link Between Sleeplessness And Paranoia Identified ScienceDaily (Jan. 9, 2009) Research funded by the Wellcome Trust has identified a link between sleeplessness and paranoid thinking, a theme highlighted in Shakespeare's 'Macbeth'. In a study published online in the journal 'Schizophrenia Research'... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090108150857.htm Jupiter-like Planets Could Form Around Twin Suns ScienceDaily (Jan. 9, 2009) Life on a planet ruled by two suns might be a little complicated. Two sunrises, two sunsets. Twice the radiation field... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090105120322.htm Volcanoes Cool The Tropics, But Global Warming May Have Helped Override Some Recent Eruptions ScienceDaily (Jan. 9, 2009) Climate researchers have shown that big volcanic eruptions over the past 450 years have temporarily cooled weather in the tropicsbut suggest that such effects may have been masked in the 20th century by rising global temperatures... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090105175356.htm SEPARATION CHURCH / STATE Texas AG fights to keep prayer at inauguration Montgomery County Courier - Houston,TX,USA "I personally do not see that separation of church and state means that there should be no prayer at public gatherings," Seracuse said. ... http://www.hcnonline.com/articles/2009/01/09/conroe_courier/news/prayer0109.txt Federal judge to hear arguments that Antioch library discriminated ... San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA A separation of church and state argument is not applicable in this case, Chandler said. "The Supreme Court has said for more than 25 years that you must ... http://www.mercurynews.com/crime/ci_11411328?nclick_check=1 Gay bishop Gene Robinson to lead prayers at Barack Obama inauguration Times Online - UK I wonder how a bishop can do something that his church forbids. A gay bishop does not practise what he preaches. Sep. of church and state is a distorted ... http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article5504882.ece Suit decries US funding of Catholic outreach Boston Globe - United States "We think this is a blatant violation of the separation of church and state," said Brigitte Amiri, the lead ACLU attorney in the lawsuit against Health and ... http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2009/01/13/suit_decries_us_funding_of_catholic_outreach/ NEWS: Supreme Court Asked to Nullify Prop. 8 Opposing Views - Los Angeles,CA,USA By Americans United - 8 Hours Ago Americans United for Separation of Church and State has joined a legal brief asking the California Supreme Court to ... http://www.opposingviews.com/articles/news-supreme-court-asked-to-nullify-prop-8 MISCELLANEOUS DARWIN AWARDS Darwin Awards And now...what you've all been waiting for............. http://www.darwinawards.com/darwin/ | ||
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