CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Two months after the local atheist organization here put up a billboard saying "Don't Believe in God? You Are Not Alone," the group's 13 board members met in Laura and Alex Kasman's living room to grapple with the fallout.
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Atheist group has foothold in S. Carolina
Are atheists becoming the hot new political force?
40 Million Nonbelievers in America? The Secret Is Almost Out
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Atheists campaign by bus in Indiana
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Astronomers Spy Oldest Object In Universe
(CBS/AP) Astronomers have spotted a burst of energy from a dying star, setting a record for the oldest and most distant object seen by Earth yet.
The 10-second blast was from when the universe was only 630 million years old.
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Hubble Survey Reveals Formation Of Universe's First Massive Galaxies
Cosmic 'Fountain Of Youth' Spied By Hubble Space Telescope
The 10-second blast was from when the universe was only 630 million years old.
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Hubble Survey Reveals Formation Of Universe's First Massive Galaxies
Cosmic 'Fountain Of Youth' Spied By Hubble Space Telescope
Charlotte Pop Fest 2009
Pop Fest is a multi-day music festival that will feature well-established internationally known artists in addition to local and regional indie artists in the "power pop" genre. The event will take place in the Fall of 2009 in Uptown Charlotte, North Carolina.
Proceeds from Charlotte Pop Fest will be used to support rational and scientific education at all ages, and to oppose the subversion of scientific education, for example by the well-financed efforts to teach pseudoscience in science classes. This includes advanced tickets sold through the Charlotte Pop Fest Web site; tickets sold at the door during the event; this year's edition of the compilation CD; and any other event-specific merchandise like t-shirts, posters, etc.
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Proceeds from Charlotte Pop Fest will be used to support rational and scientific education at all ages, and to oppose the subversion of scientific education, for example by the well-financed efforts to teach pseudoscience in science classes. This includes advanced tickets sold through the Charlotte Pop Fest Web site; tickets sold at the door during the event; this year's edition of the compilation CD; and any other event-specific merchandise like t-shirts, posters, etc.
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Proposed 'Christian' License Plates In Florida May Spark Lawsuit
Americans United for Separation of Church and State has urged the Florida Senate to reject a bill creating two "Christian" license plates for state motorists and warned that a lawsuit may result if the measure becomes law.
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State/Church Watchdog Objects To Largo Mayor's Prayer Breakfast
After the national Freedom From Religion Foundation lodged a formal objection to Largo's unconstitutional practice of hosting a city mayor's prayer breakfast, the Largo/Mid-Pinellas Chamber of Commerce announced today it has belatedly taken over sponsorship.
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Quebec Parents Protest Ethics And Religion Course
MONTREAL -- Hundreds of parents gathered in Drummondville, Que. Saturday to protest a controversial mandatory ethics and religious culture course that has been taught since the beginning of the school year.
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Berlin 'Pro-Religion' Referendum Soundly Defeated
BERLIN (Reuters) - A proposal to give religion lessons the same status as ethics classes in Berlin schools was defeated in a referendum on Sunday, having sparked a debate across Germany on tolerance and the integration of Muslims.
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Swastika Priest
A priest has shocked parishioners by welcoming them to church wearing a swastika armband.
Fascist Father Angelo Idi, 51 - who once saw off a charity box thief with a truncheon at his church in Vigevano, Italy - confessed: "I am proud of my right wing beliefs. But people shouldn't care about my politics, they should care about how good a priest I am."
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Fascist Father Angelo Idi, 51 - who once saw off a charity box thief with a truncheon at his church in Vigevano, Italy - confessed: "I am proud of my right wing beliefs. But people shouldn't care about my politics, they should care about how good a priest I am."
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Israeli Official: Swine Flu Name Offensive
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The outbreak of swine flu should be renamed "Mexican" influenza in deference to Muslim and Jewish sensitivities over pork, said an Israeli health official Monday.
Deputy Health Minister Yakov Litzman said the reference to pigs is offensive to both religions and "we should call this Mexican flu and not swine flu," he told a news conference at a hospital in central Israel.
Both Judaism and Islam consider pigs unclean and forbid the eating of pork products.
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Deputy Health Minister Yakov Litzman said the reference to pigs is offensive to both religions and "we should call this Mexican flu and not swine flu," he told a news conference at a hospital in central Israel.
Both Judaism and Islam consider pigs unclean and forbid the eating of pork products.
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Bomb Blasts Rip Baghdad, Over 40 Killed
(AP) Two car bombs tore through a crowded commercial district in Baghdad's main Shiite district on Wednesday, killing at least 41 people, Iraqi police said.
The blasts went off in quick succession less than a week after bombings claimed more than 150 lives over a two-day span. The attacks have raised fears that suspected Sunni insurgents are regrouping and trying to reignite sectarian strife as the U.S. military begins to withdraw.
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Bombings in Iraq kill at least 50
Another Deadly Day In Baghdad
Iraq: 87,215 Citizens Killed Since 2005
The blasts went off in quick succession less than a week after bombings claimed more than 150 lives over a two-day span. The attacks have raised fears that suspected Sunni insurgents are regrouping and trying to reignite sectarian strife as the U.S. military begins to withdraw.
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Bombings in Iraq kill at least 50
Another Deadly Day In Baghdad
Iraq: 87,215 Citizens Killed Since 2005
Taliban Threatens Attacks Over U.S. Surge
KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A Taliban leader has instructed fighters in Afghanistan to target U.S. and other coalition troops in response to the United States sending more troops into the war.
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Pakistan Paramilitary Force Routed As Taliban Militants Extend Control Towards Islamabad
International alarm at the Talibanisation of parts of northern Pakistan near Islamabad was mounting last night after militants ambushed a convoy of soldiers deployed to prevent extremists taking over a district only 60 miles from the capital.
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Taliban Threat Near Islamabad Cools
Pakistan Clamps Down On Border Militants
Pakistani Troops Push Back Against Taliban
Taliban driven from key Pakistani town
Music has died in the Swat valley
Taliban Declares Truce "Worthless"
"Everyone Here Is Happy With The Taliban"
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Taliban Threat Near Islamabad Cools
Pakistan Clamps Down On Border Militants
Pakistani Troops Push Back Against Taliban
Taliban driven from key Pakistani town
Music has died in the Swat valley
Taliban Declares Truce "Worthless"
"Everyone Here Is Happy With The Taliban"
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Fossil Evidence Of Missing Link In The Origin Of Seals, Sea Lions, Walruses Found
ScienceDaily -- Researchers from the United States and Canada have found a fossil skeleton of a newly discovered carnivorous animal, Puijila darwini. New research suggests Puijila is a "missing link" in the evolution of the group that today includes seals, sea lions, and the walrus.
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Tyrannosaur 'Missing Link' Found In China
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Complex molecules seen in space
Lightest Exoplanet Yet Discovered
Features Of Early Martian Environment And Presence Of Water Drive Search For Life Forms
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Tyrannosaur 'Missing Link' Found In China
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Complex molecules seen in space
Lightest Exoplanet Yet Discovered
Features Of Early Martian Environment And Presence Of Water Drive Search For Life Forms
Gore Vidal Accepts Title Of American Humanist Association Honorary President
Washington, D.C. -- Humanist leaders are pleased to announce that Gore Vidal -- the preeminent novelist, essayist, and playwright who is frequently described as America's best-known public intellectual -- has accepted the honorary presidency of the American Humanist Association.
"We're delighted and privileged to have Gore Vidal as our honorary president," said Roy Speckhardt, executive director of the American Humanist Association. "Vidal is a sharply intelligent advocate for individual liberty, separation of church and state, and reason and rationality. He has a reverence for earthly inquiry -- as opposed to doctrine or dogma -- that embodies the mission of the AHA. We're very excited about working with him."
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"We're delighted and privileged to have Gore Vidal as our honorary president," said Roy Speckhardt, executive director of the American Humanist Association. "Vidal is a sharply intelligent advocate for individual liberty, separation of church and state, and reason and rationality. He has a reverence for earthly inquiry -- as opposed to doctrine or dogma -- that embodies the mission of the AHA. We're very excited about working with him."
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America Is Not A Christian Nation
Is America a Christian nation, as many conservatives claim it is? One American doesn't think so. In his press conference on April 6 in Turkey, President Obama explained: "One of the great strengths of the United States is ... we have a very large Christian population -- we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values."
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Most US Christians don't believe Satan, Holy Spirit really exist
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Most US Christians don't believe Satan, Holy Spirit really exist
Campaign Officially Launches
Bloomington, IN. --The Indiana Atheist Bus Campaign has formed in Bloomington to spread the word: "You can be good without God."
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Americans United Files Suit To Block Public School Graduation Ceremonies In Wisconsin Church
Americans United for Separation of Church and State today filed a lawsuit in federal court to block a Wisconsin public school district from holding graduation ceremonies in the sanctuary of an evangelical church.
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Texas School Standards: Age Of The Universe Erased
(PhysOrg.com) -- The fight over the new education and curriculum standards for the public schools in Texas has been long and publicized. Most of the publicity, though, focuses on the school board's focus on "intelligent design" as it relates to the biological question of evolution. Because evolution has long been contested in public schools, it is no real surprise that this has gotten the most play from the media. But one thing that hasn't been mentioned as much is the fact that the Texas school standards also remove mention of the age of the universe. Long-standing ideas of cosmology are being challenged as well.
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De-Baptism Gains A Following In Britain
More than 100,000 former Christians have downloaded "certificates of de-baptism" in a bid to publicly renounce the faith, according to the London-based National Secular Society (NSS).
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