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July 31, 2009
Volume 5, Issue 31
Published by the Center For Atheism (CFA)
Editor: David Birnkrant
The Focus provides links to articles collected from major newspapers and magazines, and is emailed weekly.
This Week in Atheism is a cable show that discusses
the articles featured below, every Wednesday at 6:30 PM (EST),
Manhattan Cable station 57.
Live streaming is available at: http://www.mnn.org.
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FEATURED ARTICLES
Atheist gives invocation at Cobb meeting
Atlanta Journal Constitution
By
MARCUS K. GARNER That's what Smyrna atheist Edward Buckner told people
before leading the invocation Tuesday night at the Cobb County Board of
..
http://www.ajc.com/news/cobb/atheist-gives-invocation-at-103965.html
ATHEISM
Atheist group wins battle to put ads on city buses
Fox 28
AP
- July 27, 2009 11:14 PM ET BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - An atheist group
can post "You can be good without God" ads on Bloomington city buses.
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http://www.fox28.com/Global/story.asp?S=10800236
Kumbaya replaced by John Lennon's Imagine at atheist summer camp ...
Daily Mail
Camp
Quest, backed by some of the country's most prominent atheists, hosted
two dozen youngsters, teaching them what its sponsors believe is the
futility of ...
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1202754/Kumbaya-replaced-John-Lennons-Imagine-atheist-summer-camp-kids.html
Atheist Group Wins Battle To Put Ads On City Buses
Indiana's NewsCenter
By
Rachel Agler BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - An atheist group can post "You
can be good without God" ads on Bloomington city buses. ...
http://www.indianasnewscenter.com/news/local/51861812.html
Summer camp for atheists: Camp Quest offers secular alternative to ...
New York Daily News
Would
you send your kids to an 'atheist' summer camp? Yes. It's about time
there was an alternative to religion-based camps. No. There's nothing
wrong with ...
http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/2009/07/29/2009-07-29_summer_camp_for_atheists_camp_quest_offers_secular_alternative_to_religiousbased.html
Summer camp offers 'godless' alternative for atheists
guardian.co.uk
"I'm an atheist. I believe in the big bang. I don't believe in God. I
don't sing hymns and I don't pray. I'm the only non-Christian in my class at school ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/jul/29/atheist-summer-camp-somerset
IndyGo Denied Atheist Ad Seen In Bloomington, South Bend
INDYchannelcom
INDIANAPOLIS
-- An atheist group that recently won its fight to buy ad space for
signs on Bloomington city buses was denied in Indianapolis. ...
http://www.theindychannel.com/news/20210894/detail.html
BOOKS, FILM, THEATRE, TV, YOU TUBE
"Atheism: A Threat to Society"
**COMEDY**
**SATIRE, designed to make you think** can't believe I actually had to
say that. oh, and Your children are in DANGER!!! song by ...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6IOcVIDAMA
Separation of Church & State
ABC2 News
Separation
of church and state, it's an issue that's brewing in one part of Howard
County. The Glen Mar United Methodist Church in Ellicott City is asking
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http://www.abc2news.com/news/local/story/Separation-of-Church-State/qIGLXx6ydUqE_J1A5UIQGQ.cspx
EVOLUTION, CREATIONISM, I.D.
Darwin survey shows international consensus on acceptance of evolution
Ethiopian Review
A
British Council poll into awareness of Charles Darwin and attitudes
towards evolution has found that there is a broad international
consensus of ...
http://www.ethiopianreview.com/articles/17694
Atheist summer camp launched
BBC News
An
atheist summer camp for children is taking place in Somerset, to offer
a "godless alternative" to religious camps. The five-day camp in
Somerset for ...
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/8171776.stm
Evolution faster in tropics than cooler regions
By Ians
SYDNEY - Mammals living in the tropics are evolving faster than those inhabiting cooler regions, according to a new study.
http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/008200907281131.htm
Scientists
complain to Ed Balls over lack of evolution teaching
Telegraph.co.uk
Professor
Richard Dawkins and 25 other leading British scientists have written to
Ed Balls, the schools secretary, to protest that evolution has been ...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/primaryeducation/5926261/Scientists-complain-to-Ed-Balls-over-lack-of-evolution-teaching.html
SCIENCE
Students Embed Stem Cells In Sutures To Enhance Healing
ScienceDaily
(July 26, 2009) — Johns Hopkins biomedical engineering students have
demonstrated a practical way to embed a patient's own adult stem cells
in the surgical thread that doctors use to repair...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090720191145.htm
'Ballooning' Spiders Grounded By Infection
ScienceDaily
(July 26, 2009) — Money spiders infected with Rickettsia bacteria are
less likely to 'balloon' – that is, to use their silk as sails to catch
gusts of wind and travel long distances...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/06/090618200929.htm
Ants More Rational Than Humans?
ScienceDaily
(July 25, 2009) — In a study released online on July 22 in the journal
Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences, researchers at
Arizona State University and Princeton University show...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090724144524.htm
Hubble Captures Rare Jupiter Collision
ScienceDaily
(July 25, 2009) — The checkout and calibration of the NASA/ESA Hubble
Space Telescope has been interrupted to aim the recently refurbished
observatory at a new expanding spot on the giant planet Jupiter...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090724163030.htm
Indications For Volcanic Eruptions In The Younger Geological History Found In Labrador Sea
ScienceDaily (July 25, 2009) — Scientists from the Alfred Wegener Institute have researched the geology of the seabed in the
Labrador Sea on board of the research vessel Maria S. Merian...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090722100505.htm
The Good Life: Where Psychology Stands On Living Well
ScienceDaily
(July 25, 2009) — Unfortunately for us, there is no formula for
fulfillment or guide to life satisfaction; however, humans have turned
to philosophy...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090722110905.htm
NASA Celebrates Chandra X-Ray Observatory's 10th Anniversary
ScienceDaily
(July 24, 2009) — Ten years ago, on July 23, 1999, NASA's Chandra X-ray
Observatory was launched aboard the space shuttle Columbia and deployed
into orbit...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090723113519.htm
Physicists Create First Nanoscale Mass Spectrometer
ScienceDaily
(July 24, 2009) — Using devices millionths of a meter in size,
physicists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have
developed a technique to determine the mass of a single molecule, in
real time...
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090722142841.htm
SEPARATION CHURCH / STATE
ACLU will check Bible use at charter
Idaho Press-Tribune
Monica
Hopkins, executive director of the ACLU of Idaho, said the state
constitution affords more restrictions on the separation of church and
state than ...
http://www.idahopress.com/news/?2009-07-25-ACLU-will-check-Bible-use-at-charter
Report: US Funded Religious Programs in Africa, Iraq
Beliefnet.com - New York,NY,USA
Rob
Boston, spokesman for Americans United for the Separation of Church and
State, said, "I'll concede the issue is a little murky. ...
http://blog.beliefnet.com/news/2009/07/report-us-funded-religious-pro.php=
THE BIBLE AS A TEXTBOOK: Private school ...
Eurweb.com
The ACLU claims Nampa Classical Academy's use of the Bible as a classroom text could be a violation of separation of
church and state rules. ...
http://www.eurweb.com/story/eur54954.cfm
Heated debate over domestic partnership legislation continues
KUAM.com - Dededo,GU,USA
I
think about our constitution and the separation of church and state,
but I think that because this bill is not forcing anyone to do anything
against their ...
http://www.kuam.com/bm/news/heated-debate-over-domestic-partnership-legislatio.shtml?15194
Behind the Great Mormon-Gay Divide
EDGE Boston
...
"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints holds to the doctrine
of the separation of church and state; the non interference of church
authority ...
http://www.edgeboston.com/index.php?ch=news&sc=&sc2=features&sc3=&id=94160
IRS halts inquiry into Warroad pastor who endorsed McCain from pulpit
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Last year, the Washington-based Americans United for Separation of Church and State filed complaints with the IRS about
pastors who made political ...
http://www.startribune.com/politics/state/52000717.html?elr=KArks:DCiUMEaPc:UiD3aPc:_Yyc:aUU
Report: US funded religious programs in Africa, Iraq
USA Today
The
report raised questions of whether the constitutional principal of
church-state separation applies in other countries, and whether
diplomatic advances ...
http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2009-07-29-usaid-africa-iraq_N.htm
IRS closes inquiry into Warroad church
Grand Forks Herald
Last
year, after Booth publicized his challenge of the IRS rule, the
Washington-based Americans United for Separation of Church and State
asked the IRS to ...
IRS closes inquiry into Warroad church
Grand Forks Herald
Last
year, after Booth publicized his challenge of the IRS rule, the
Washington-based Americans United for Separation of Church and State
asked the IRS to ...
IRS Is Investigating Finances, Pastor of Sterling Church
Says
Washington Post
"We
believe in the separation of church and state," he told The Post then.
In the July 12 discussion, Scott said the IRS is also focusing on what
he calls ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/07/30/AR2009073003799.html?hpid=sec-religion
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