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Rediscovering Secular America The Nation. - New York,NY,USA In addition to advocating for the separation of church and state, he was active on children's issues, and founded and managed the Maine Discovery Museum, ... http://www.thenation.com/blogs/edcut/448533/rediscovering_secular_america ATHEISM Come on up: it's the atheist game show Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South Wales,Australia IT SOUNDS like the beginning of a joke: what do you get when you put a Muslim imam, a Greek Orthodox priest, a rabbi, a Buddhist monk and 10 atheists in the ... http://www.smh.com.au/world/come-on-up-its-the-atheist-game-show-20090703-d7s6html Turkish TV gameshow looks to convert atheists Reuters India - Mumbai,India By Daren Butler ISTANBUL (Reuters) - What happens when you put a Muslim imam, a Christian priest, a rabbi and a Buddhist monk in a room with 10 atheists? ... http://in.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idINIndia-40789120090703 Faiths compete on Turkish game show CBC.ca - Toronto,Ontario,Canada Others think the show will fuel a widespread intolerance of atheism in Turkey, where a large majority profess a deep religious belief despite the state's ... http://www.cbc.ca/arts/tv/story/2009/07/03/turkey-gameshow-religion-atheists.html 06/07/2009Mont-Saint-Michel welcomes atheist ramblers Expatica Switzerland - Switzerland 1300 years on, Mont-Saint-Michel is now open to followers of all faiths, agnostics and atheists. France's stunning Mont-Saint-Michel, the coastal abbey set ... http://www.expatica.com/ch/leisure/travel_tourism/Mont_Saint_Michel-welcomes-atheist-ramblers_13031.html BOOKS, FILM, THEATRE, TV, YOU TUBE Daniel Radcliffe: a cool nerd Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom In an interview with Esquire magazine, Radcliffe risked the US box office prospects of the new Harry Potter film by declaring himself to be an atheist ... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/harry-potter/5734000/Daniel-Radcliffe-a-cool-nerd.html The Case for God by Karen Armstrong guardian.co.uk - UK Our ancestors, who were obviously right, would have been surprised by the crude empiricism that reduces faith to fundamentalism or atheism. .. http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2009/jul/07/karen-armstrong-case-for-god Our 'caveman logic' embraces ESP over evolution EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA We believe in ESP, ghosts, and angels over the scientific theory of evolution. While science offers a wealth of rational explanations for natural phenomena, ... http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-07/pb-ol070809.php EVOLUTION, CREATIONISM, I.D. Evolution F...ed Your Shit Up The World's 50 Freakiest Animals ... PHOTOS of the 50 Freakiest, Strangest, Weirdest animals in the world - many of which you probably don't even know exist... http://www.jamesgunn.com/evolution-fucked-your-shit-up-the-worlds-50-freakiest-animals Creationism question in 'misleading' science GCSE Telegraph.co.uk - United Kingdom They should also have identified intelligent design as theory based on the "complicated way in which cells work". A spokesman for AQA said: "Merely asking a ... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/science/evolution/5749730/Creationism-question-in-misleading-science-GCSE.html Myanmar fossil may shed light on evolution North County Times - Escondido,CA,USA By MICHAEL CASEY - AP | Monday, July 6, 2009 12:10 AM PDT Dr. Chris Beard, a paleontologist at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, talks about newly ... http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2009/07/07/science/z4f859144f1d1ebbd882575e600819024.txt Scientists, public differ in outlooks USA Today - USA By Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY file By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY Scientists and the public don't see eye-to-eye on animal research, evolution or moneymaking, .. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/science/2009-07-09-science-survey_N.htm SCIENCE Testing Evolution's Role in Finding a Mate New York Times - United States But the scientists suggest that the explanation for the gap lies in social conditioning rather than evolution. By making the first move, a person gains ... http://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/07/health/07dating.html?ref=health Study finds role for parasites in evolution of sex EurekAlert (press release) - Washington,DC,USA What's so great about sex? From an evolutionary perspective, the answer is not as obvious as one might think. An article published in the July issue of the ... http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2009-07/uocp-pmh070609.php Researchers Describe The 90-year Evolution Of Swine Flu ScienceDaily (July 5, 2009) — The current H1N1 swine flu strain has genetic roots in an illness that sickened pigs at the 1918 Cedar Rapids Swine Show in Iowa.. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090629200641.htm Coolest Spacecraft Ever In Orbit Around L2 (-273 Degrees Celsius) ScienceDaily (July 4, 2009) — On July 2 the detectors of Planck's High Frequency Instrument reached their amazingly low operational temperature of -273°C, making them the coldest known objects in space... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090703142158.htm Super-energetic Bursts Discovered Near Giant Black Hole ScienceDaily (July 4, 2009) — Using a worldwide combination of diverse telescopes, astronomers have discovered that a giant galaxy's bursts of very high energy gamma rays are coming from a region very close to the supermassive black hole at its core... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090702140839.htm Shape Matters In The Case Of Cobalt Nanoparticles ScienceDaily (July 4, 2009) — Shape is turning out to be a particularly important feature of some commercially important nanoparticles—but in subtle ways... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090617123431.htm The Problem With Self-help Books: The Negative Side To Positive Self-statements ScienceDaily (July 3, 2009) — In times of doubt and uncertainty, many Americans turn to self-help books in search of encouragement, guidance and self-affirmation... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090702110503.htm Triple Fossil Find Puts Australia Back On The Dinosaur Map ScienceDaily (July 3, 2009) — Scientists have discovered three new species of Australian dinosaur discovered in a prehistoric billabong in Western Queensland... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090703070846.htm Return To The Moon: First Images Kick Off Mapping Mission ScienceDaily (July 3, 2009) — NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) has taken and received its first images of the Moon, kicking off the year-long mapping mission of Earth's nearest celestial neighbor... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090702170135.htm SEPARATION CHURCH / STATE Separation anxiety Boston Globe - United States Between the comic moments, Wexler critiques how the Supreme Court has defined the separation of church and state under the First Amendment. ... http://www.boston.com/ae/books/articles/2009/07/05/separation_anxiety/ Tea Bagging Protestors Decry Government Spending Policies TriCities.com - Johnson City,TN,USA Speakers at the rally addressed the issues of hate-crime legislation, health care reform and opposition to the separation of church and state. ... http://www.tricities.com/tri/news/local/article/tea_bagging_protestors_decry_government_spending_policies/28180/ Camp Verde cross controversy still grows Camp Verde Bugle - Camp Verde,AZ,USA Following a citizen complaint and a request by Americans United for Separation of Church and State, the cross, owned by the Bread of Life Mission and on ... http://campverdebugleonline.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&subsectionID=1&articleID=23654 Council to look at prayer practice Newstreamz San Marcos - San Marcos,Texas,USA San Marcos City Councilmembers received a letter last month from Americans United for Separation of Church and State (AU) and the American Civil Liberties ... http://www.newstreamz.com/2009/07/06/council-to-look-at-prayer-practice/ Group asks Tracy to drop religion from invocations San Jose Mercury News - CA, USA In her letter, Kratz said her nonprofit works to protect the constitutional principle of separation of church and state. Bill Sartor, the city's deputy city ... http://www.mercurynews.com/breakingnews/ci_12787381 Sally Kern heckled by protesters as she launches morality campaign 365Gay.com - USA Ever hear of the separation of Church and State or did you miss that day at school? IGNORANCE and RELIGION are the biggest threats to this nation, ... http://www.365gay.com/news/sally-kern-heckled-by-protesters-as-she-launches-morality-campaign/ Kerns blames it on the gays Dallas Voice - Dallas,TX,USA McAffrey points out that Jefferson coined the phrase “separation of church and state” in a letter he wrote in 1802 to the Danbury Baptists assuring them “a ... http://www.dallasvoice.com/artman/publish/article_11550.php Orthodox Church Gets a Say on Duma Bills The Moscow Times - Russia It raises questions about separation between church and state, which is enshrined in the Constitution, and promises to raise new concerns about the growing ... http://www.moscowtimes.ru/article/1010/42/379444.htm Americans United Urges Senate Judiciary Committee to Ascertain ... Common Dreams (press release) - Portland,ME,USA WASHINGTON - July 9 - Americans United for Separation of Church and State today reiterated its call for the Senate Judiciary Committee to question Supreme ... http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2009/07/09-10 MISCELLANEOUS None ================================ |
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