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Atheists cite resurgence as they gather on Easter weekend CNN Silverman will join about 300 atheists in a Newark, New Jersey, hotel ballroom to proclaim another message: The atheist movement in America is growing. ... http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/04/03/easter.atheists/?hpt=Mid ATHEISM Atheists hit back at clergy criticism of non-belief Sydney Morning Herald Atheists have hit back at criticism by religious leaders, claiming the clergy have made non-believers a scapegoat for declining church congregations. ... http://www.smh.com.au/national/atheists-hit-back-at-clergy-criticism-of-nonbelief-20100402-rjmr.html Atheists' Collection Plate, With Religious Inspiration New York Times By SAMUEL G. FREEDMAN Four or five Sundays in 2005, his own atheism notwithstanding, Dale McGowan took his family into the neo-Gothic grandeur of St. Mark's ... http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/03/us/03religion.html Atheists respond to church leader attacks The Age ATHEISTS have hit back at Easter attacks by church leaders, saying claims they ''hate God'' are nonsense, because God does not exist. ... http://www.theage.com.au/national/atheists-respond-to-church-leader-attacks-20100403-rkvx.html Lecture to explore atheism La Crosse Tribune Brandt, now 35, left the Christian faith and became an atheist at age 20 after deciding the Bible stories he learned growing up didn't make much sense. ... http://www.lacrossetribune.com/news/local/article_cd1808e4-4133-11df-907f-001cc4c002e0.html Atheists target commercial confirmations The Copenhagen Post The Atheist Society has sent information leaflets to 2200 schools across the country in an effort to provide more options for children about to be confirmed ... http://www.cphpost.dk/news/national/88-national/48670-atheists-target-commercial-confirmations.html BOOKS, FILM, THEATRE, TV, YOU TUBE 'Einstein's God' author finds spirit and science mix USA Today Speaking of Faith radio show host Krista Tippett doesn't find the science blogosphere's frequent fisticuffs over science, religion and atheism all that ... http://content.usatoday.com/communities/sciencefair/post/2010/04/einsteins-god-author-finds-spirit-and-science-mix/1 Art, evolution, and an extinct talking fish Boston Globe But the discussions of work/life balance don't sink “Orchids'' under arid talk any more than does Lopez's lucid, lively treatment of evolution and its ... http://www.boston.com/ae/theater_arts/articles/2010/04/06/art_evolution_and_an_extinct_talking_fish_in_from_orchids_to_octopi/ Is Satan A Catholic? YouTube Pat Condell rails against the church and it's abuses... http://www.youtube.com/user/philhellenes#p/a/f/2/LKg4HLsu5gE Why To Ditch Religion CNN Sam Harris raises a few points worth considering... http://www.cnn.com/video/data/2.0/video/living/2010/03/25/sam.harris.ted2010.cnn.html EVOLUTION, CREATIONISM, I.D. Fossil could rewrite human evolution Telegraph.co.uk The discovery of a nearly-complete early human skeleton is set to revolutionise scientists' understanding of human evolution. ... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/evolution/7550058/Fossil-could-rewrite-human-evolution.html Fossil Discovery Offers New Look at Evolution Wall Street Journal The bones may require scientists to revise the history of human evolution again. Previous fossil finds in Africa, Asia and the Middle East in recent decades ... http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304830104575171692309050062.html?mod=googlenews_wsj SCIENCE Mars Rover Spirit May Have Begun Months-Long Hibernation ScienceDaily (Apr. 3, 2010) — NASA's Mars Exploration Rover Spirit skipped a planned communication session on March 30 and, as anticipated from recent power-supply projections, has probably entered a low-power hibernation mode... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100401165158.htm Neuroscientists Show How Brain Stores Memories of Specific Fears ScienceDaily (Apr. 3, 2010) — The brain is capable of holding and retrieving memories for specific fears, revealing a more sophisticated storage and recall capacity than previously thought, neuroscientists have found. The study, which appears in the journal Nature Neuroscience, may have implications for treating post-traumatic stress syndrome... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100402110137.htm NASA Mars Spacecraft Snaps Photos Chosen by Public ScienceDaily (Apr. 3, 2010) — The most powerful camera aboard a NASA spacecraft orbiting Mars has returned the first pictures of locations on the Red Planet suggested by the public... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100401164957.htm Nanoscale 'Stealth' Probe Slides Into Cell Walls Seamlessly, Say Engineers ScienceDaily (Apr. 2, 2010) — A nanometer-scale probe designed to slip into a cell wall and fuse with it could offer researchers a portal for extended eavesdropping on the inner electrical activity of individual cells... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100401143123.htm Smoking Is Dumb: Young Men Who Smoke Have Lower IQs, Study Finds ScienceDaily (Apr. 2, 2010) — "Only dopes use dope," goes the memorable warning about drugs. Now a Tel Aviv University researcher cautions that the same goes for cigarettes... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100401151746.htm Ocean Acidification: 'Evil Twin' Threatens World's Oceans, Scientists Warn ScienceDaily (Apr. 1, 2010) — The rise in human emissions of carbon dioxide is driving fundamental and dangerous changes in the chemistry and ecosystems of the world's oceans, international marine scientists have warned... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100330092821.htm Ashes to Ashes, Dust to Dust: Space Telescopes Image Remains of Collapsed Star ScienceDaily (Apr. 1, 2010) — A new image from NASA's Chandra and Spitzer space telescopes shows the dusty remains of a collapsed star. The dust is flying past and engulfing a nearby family of stars... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100329153927.htm New Path to Solar Energy Via Solid-State Photovoltaics ScienceDaily (Apr. 1, 2010) — A newly discovered path for the conversion of sunlight to electricity could brighten the future for photovoltaic technology. Researchers with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have found a new mechanism by which the photovoltaic effect can take place in semiconductor thin-films... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100331091147.htm SEPARATION CHURCH / STATE Atheist group considers lawsuit against city governments ABC Action News That's exactly why Atheist of Florida is now preparing for a fight. "It looks as though we may have no recourse. We're meeting with our attorney on ... http://www.abcactionnews.com/content/news/local/polk/story/Atheist-group-considers-lawsuit-against-city/1Oqx7B4U7EqipYlVxnJ2Zw.cspx Senate panel pushes vote to drop ban on state funds for religious institutions Tampabay.com By Cristina Silva, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Tallahassee — Separation of church and state is a celebrated American principal, but Republican lawmakers ... http://www.tampabay.com/news/education/k12/senate-panel-pushes-vote-to-drop-ban-on-state-funds-for-religious/1085535 Abortion and gay marriage new hot-button issues in Mexico Public Radio International PRI Mexico is more than 90 percent Catholic, but it's also a country with a historically strong separation of Church and State. "The fact that the President of ... http://www.pri.org/world/abortion-and-gay-marriage-mexico1939.html MISCELLANEOUS An evil with many masters Miami Herald - By LEONARD PITTS JR. A few words about Christian terrorism. And I suppose the first words should be about those words: ``Christian terrorism.'' The term will seem jarring to those who've grown comfortable regarding terrorism as something exclusive to Islam... http://www.miamiherald.com/2010/04/07/1566736/an-evil-with-many-masters.html =================================== |