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=================================== FEATURED ARTICLES After years of silence, Nate Phelps faces off with his anti-gay father Globe and Mail The move to atheism was “a journey,” he explains. In his 18-year marriage, he went to a garden-variety Christian church, but when his description of hell ... http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/family-and-relationships/after-years-of-silence-nate-phelps-faces-off-with-his-anti-gay-father/article1621441/ Atheist group's billboard vandalized Charlotte Observer NORTH CAROLINA SECULAR ASSOCIATION The "Under God" spray-painted by vandals onto an atheist billboard on Billy Graham Parkway over the weekend won't be ... http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/06/29/1531934/atheist-groups-billboard-vandalized.html Christopher Hitchens to undergo chemotherapy for cancer of the oesophagus Daily Mail The controversial writer and fervent atheist whose most recent book 'Hitch-22' is a best-seller, posted a message on his publisher's website last night ... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1291056/Christopher-Hitchens-undergo-chemotherapy-cancer-oesophagus.html Italy appeals rights court's school crucifix ban AFP "All children in Europe, atheist or believers, learn that the right to believe and the right not to believe are realities," he said, pointing out that not ... http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5i9OoPLHYvLeAyzYxPWQyn7NmAaVA ATHEISM Atheist-agnostic coalition promotes its patriotism Winston-Salem Journal AP A statewide coalition of atheists and agnostics has placed billboards in six cities, including Winston-Salem, to show that the nonreligious also are ... http://www2.journalnow.com/content/2010/jun/25/atheist-agnostic-coalition-promotes-its-patriotism/news/ Sleep-away camp offers usual summer fun with nonbeliever's twist Columbus Dispatch Her dad is an atheist, she said, and her mom was raised Catholic and still prays sometimes. "I'm not really anything right now," she said. ... http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/faith_values/stories/2010/06/25/kids-wrestle-with-religion-at-camp-quest.html?sid=101 Atheist billboards in Asheville, elsewhere get support and slammed Asheville Citizen-Times The group cites as an example a challenge to the election last year of City Councilman Cecil Bothwell, an atheist. “The knee-jerk criticism of the billboard ... http://www.citizen-times.com/article/20100626/NEWS/306260030/1009 A quiet place for free thinkers on the Internet Charlotte Observer ... was a lot of buzz in the blogosphere about whether there should also be a New Atheist on the panel and there was a lot of griping that there wasn't. ... http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/06/27/1529251/a-quiet-place-for-free-thinkers.html Son of Fred Phelps speaks out about his 'hateful' anti-gay father PinkNews.co.uk Speaking to Canadian Newspaper, Globe and Mail, he said, "I don't accept the argument that growing up in a twisted environment is what led me to atheism . ... http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2010/06/28/son-of-fred-phelps-speaks-out-about-his-hateful-anti-gay-father/ Atheist billboard a 'great advertisement for God' KVUE by MARTIN BARTLETT / KVUE News PFLUGERVILLE – Southbound drivers along Interstate 35 in Pflugerville are getting a little roadside religion from a ... http://www.kvue.com/news/Billboard-a-great-advertisement-for-God-97346999.html Call for PM to outline her inspiration Sydney Morning Herald ... of a wider cross-section,'' she said. The Atheist Foundation predicted Ms Gillard would suffer little political fallout because of her lack of faith... http://www.smh.com.au/national/call-for-pm-to-outline-her-inspiration-20100628-zf9u.html Jesus! Our PM's an atheist Same Same Australia's new Prime Minister has revealed she does not believe in God, and will not try to court the Christian vote by pretending to have faith. ... http://www.samesame.com.au/news/local/5566/Jesus-Our-PMs-an-atheist.htm Of Sacred and Secular Austin American-Statesman (blog) “The point of our nationwide awareness campaign is to reach out to the millions of atheists, agnostics, freethinkers and humanists living in the United ... http://www.statesman.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/faith/entries/2010/06/29/dont_believe_in_god_join_the_c.html?cxntfid=blogs_of_sacred_and_secular Australia's new PM an atheist Radio Australia As a child, she was a Baptist, now she's an avowed atheist. But does it really matter to Australians? MOTTRAM: Mentions of god are few and far between in ... http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/connectasia/stories/201007/s2941974.htm Will God cost Gillard votes? Sunshine Coast Daily “We've had quite a few people contact us to express a concern that she has said she is an atheist,” Mr Slipper said. “It is my view that her admission will ... http://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/story/2010/07/01/heavens-god-cost-gillard-votes-/ Son of 'God Hates Fags' preacher Fred Phelps speaks out DigitalJournal.com Nate Phelps (51) is an atheist father of four, living in Calgary. He has told a Canadian newspaper: “I don't accept the argument that growing up in a ... http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/294031 Author Christopher Hitchens diagnosed with cancer The Guardian In his 2008 book "God Is Not Great", Hitchens put himself on a collision course with major religions through his advocacy of atheism. ... http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2010/jul/01/aurtho-christopher-hitchens-diagnosed-cancer Group complains about Boy Scouts Worcester Telegram The BSA maintains that homosexual conduct is inconsistent with its values and that atheism and agnosticism fly in the face of one of the organization's key ... http://www.telegram.com/article/20100630/NEWS/6300453/0/NEWS04 Defaced 'atheist' billboard is repaired Charlotte Observer By Tim Funk 7/1/10 - The defaced billboard, sponsored by an atheist group, was repaired today. DIEDRA LAIRD -dlaird@charlotteobserver.com It took a few ... http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2010/07/01/1537319/defaced-atheist-billboard-is-repaired.html Atheist ads appear on billboards New Zealand Herald Controversial billboards promoting atheism today appeared in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch, after NZ Bus refused to run the ads on bus sides. ... http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10655826 BOOKS, FILM, THEATRE, TV, YOU TUBE The Heresies of Christopher Hitchens Religion Dispatches I read with particular attention to Hitchens' new loyalties to atheism and secularism. As a committed atheist and secularist, I often worry that loyalty to ... http://www.religiondispatches.org/archive/atheologies/2807/the_heresies_of_christopher_hitchens___/ "Agora" Review - An Ambitious Amenábar Reel Loop (satire) (blog) Set in Alexandria in 391 AD, the movie follows several characters – mainly the female philosophy professor and atheist Hypatia (Rachel Weisz), ... http://blog.reelloop.com/11543/reviews/agora-review-ambitious-amenbar/ EVOLUTION, CREATIONISM, I.D. Evolution made easy through cartoons for schoolkids Expressindia.com Raghunathan used cartoons of Mickey Mouse to explain the complex theories of evolution. “Just as Mickey Mouse has changed from the time Walt Disney created ... http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/evolution-made-easy-through-cartoons-for-schoolkids/639335/ SCIENCE New Clues Suggest Wet Era on Early Mars Was Global ScienceDaily (June 26, 2010) — Minerals in northern Mars craters seen by two orbiters suggest that a phase in Mars' early history with conditions favorable to life occurred globally, not just in the south... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100624141343.htm Novel Radiotracer Shines New Light on the Brains of Alzheimer's Disease Patients ScienceDaily (June 26, 2010) — A trial of a novel radioactive compound readily and safely distinguished the brains of Alzheimer's disease patients from healthy volunteers on brain scans and opens the doors to making such imaging available beyond facilities that can manufacture their own radioactive compounds... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100624214318.htm Gene Therapy a Step Closer to Mass Production ScienceDaily (June 26, 2010) — EUREKA project E! 3371 Gene Transfer Agents has made great advances in the development of novel non-viral carriers able to introduce genetic material into the target cells. These new agents, derivatives of cationic amphiphilic 1,4-dihydropyridine (1,4-DHP), avoid the problems of the recipient's immune system reacting against a viral carrier... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100624122058.htm Galaxy Encounter Fires Up Quasar ScienceDaily (June 25, 2010) — Using two of the world's largest telescopes, an international team of astronomers have found evidence of a collision between galaxies driving intense activity in a highly luminous quasar. The scientists, led by Montserrat Villar Martin of the Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucía-CSIC in Spain, used the Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile and the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC) on La Palma in the Canary Islands, to study activity from the quasar SDSS J0123+00... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100624122444.htm Tactile Sensations Influence Social Judgments and Decisions ScienceDaily (June 25, 2010) — Psychologists report in the journal Science that interpersonal interactions can be shaped, profoundly yet unconsciously, by the physical attributes of incidental objects: Resumes reviewed on a heavy clipboard are judged to be more substantive, while a negotiator seated in a soft chair is less likely to drive a hard bargain... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100624140908.htm NASA Radar Images Show How Mexico Quake Deformed Earth ScienceDaily (June 25, 2010) — NASA has released the first-ever airborne radar images of the deformation in Earth's surface caused by a major earthquake -- the magnitude 7.2 temblor that rocked Mexico's state of Baja California and parts of the American Southwest on April 4... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100624141524.htm New 'Fix' for Cosmic Clocks Could Help Uncover Ripples in Space-Time ScienceDaily (June 25, 2010) — An international team of scientists have developed a promising new technique which could turn pulsars -- superb natural cosmic clocks -- into even more accurate time-keepers... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100624140910.htm Researchers Develop Living, Breathing Human Lung-on-a-Chip ScienceDaily (June 25, 2010) — Researchers from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University, Harvard Medical School and Children's Hospital Boston have created a device that mimics a living, breathing human lung on a microchip. The device, about the size of a rubber eraser, acts much like a lung in a human body and is made using human lung and blood vessel cells... http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100624144059.htm SEPARATION CHURCH / STATE Credo: Barry Lynn Washington Examiner For nearly 20 years, he has served as the executive director of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, where his battles have included ... http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/local/Credo_-Barry-Lynn-97172034.html City delivers 'Lordless' diplomas to graduates New Haven Register (subscription) Once you do that, you disenfranchise a certain part of the population and it violates separation of church and state,” she said. For her, it's also a legal ... http://www.nhregister.com/articles/2010/06/26/news/new_haven/aa1_new_haven_diploma_2062610.txt Belgium urges Vatican to stay out of child sex abuse investigations Independent ... Steven Vanackere, reminded Rome of the principle of separation of church and state yesterday, pointing out that the church should not try to impede the ... http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/belgium-urges-vatican-to-stay-out-of-child-sex-abuse-investigations-2013073.html Church-State Separation Activists Urge Questioning of Kagan Religion Dispatches Americans United for the Separation of Church and State did not oppose Kagan's nomination, but sent a letter to the Judiciary Committee urging it to ... http://www.religiondispatches.org/dispatches/sarahposner/2863/church-state_separation_activists_urge_questioning_of_kagan/ Court Says No to High School Graduations in a Church ABC News But last fall, the American Civil Liberties Union and Americans United for Separation of Church and State, a nonprofit, nonsectarian organization that ... http://abcnews.go.com/US/court-bars-connecticut-schools-holding-graduation-church/story?id=11013102 High Court Ruling on Hastings Law School Upholds Separation of Church and State AlterNet (blog) Baylor's argument was flatly rejected by the Reverend Barry Lynn, executive director of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State. ... http://blogs.alternet.org/skeeterbitesreport/2010/06/29/105/ Supreme Court ruling supports Hastings College of Law's student groupspolicy The Underground By the same reasoning, Democrats would have to allow the election of Republicans, and an atheist could lead a Bible study group, the ADF Media said. ... http://theundergroundsite.com/index.php/2010/06/supreme-court-ruling-supports-hastings-college-of-laws-student-groupspolicy-12737 ECHR Grand Chamber hears crucifix case di-ve.com He also stressed that there was a difference between secularism and atheism, and that the countries who brought third-party proceedings against Ms Lautsi ... http://www.di-ve.com/Default.aspx?ID=72&Action=1&NewsId=74158&newscategory=34 Catholic Church evades abuse scandals Press TV ... Policy in Focus Ian Williams believes that Vatican tries to escape its child abuse scandals by misusing the principle of Separation of Church and State. ... http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=132735 Family presses appeal of prayer ruling The News Journal ... the Delaware chapter of the ACLU, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Union for Reform Judaism, Hindu American Foundation, ... http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100630/NEWS/100630048/Family-presses-appeal-of-prayer-ruling Italy, allies fight court's school crucifix ban Reuters UK Defending the ban, lawyer Nicolo Paoletti said Italy's Constitutional Court considered the separation of church and state was so fundamental that it removed ... http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE65T3ZV20100630 Chaplain link will include disclaimer Tbo.com ... Ken Fagan complained Martin broke "ethics rules" with his website and that he has "crossed the line regarding the separation of church and state. ... http://www2.hernandotoday.com/content/2010/jul/01/chaplain-link-will-include-disclaimer/ School district being sued over Bibles Wink News Mihet said the separation of church and state does not apply in this case. "Because it is not the school board who is distributing these Bibles. ... http://www.winknews.com/Local-Florida/2010-07-01/School-district-being-sued-over-Bibles MISCELLANEOUS Catholic Church Finds Innocent Priest, Excommunicates Him Glossy News (satire) It seems that during all the festivities, Father O'Daily let slip that he is actually an Atheist. “This sort of thing, really shouldn't affect how well I do ... http://glossynews.com/society/religion/201006270358/catholic-church-finds-innocent-priest-excommunicates-him/ =============================================== |