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Atheist Michael Newdow is an embarassment to atheists.

October 16, 2009

Fresh out of getting his last lawsuit thrown out for lack of standing, Newdow pulls another lawsuit out of his hat against the IRS this time.

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PZ Meyers, Design vs. Chance

October 16, 2009

PZ Meyers speaking at the Atheist Alliance International conference in Burbank, CA.

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NC church plans to burn Bibles, Christian books

October 14, 2009

Associated Press CANTON, N.C. — A North Carolina pastor says his church plans to burn Bibles and books by Christian authors on Halloween to light a fire under true believers. Pastor Marc Grizzard told Asheville TV station WLOS that the King James version of the Bible is the only one his small western North Carolina [...]

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Does religion cure or create sex offenders?

October 14, 2009

I was looking at this story about a sex offender who is prevented from attending his church because it has a daycare, and I started thinking. Although this guy seems to think that religion is helping him, I had to ask, “Does religion cure pedophilia or does it cause it?”

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Mormons Getting Political Again?

October 13, 2009

Dallin H. Oaks spoke of getting religion back in government today at a devotional at BYU-Idaho.

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Religion – Root of all evil

October 13, 2009

Dale and Leilani Neumann in Wisconsin epitomize this idea. They allowed their 11 year old daughter, Madeline, die from complications from diabetes in favor of praying for her instead. Although this is extremely tragic, I don’t place the ultimate blame with them.

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Christopher Hitchens on Obama Nobel Peace Prize

October 12, 2009

Hitchens discusses the tragedy of the Nobel committee’s nomination of Obama on Morning Joe on MSNBC.

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Richard Dawkins on O’Reilly Factor

October 12, 2009

Richard Dawkins spoke with Bill O’Reilly about his new book, The Greatest Show on Earth on Friday, and O’Reilly showed his normal lack of understanding about what science really is.

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