THE FOCUS
SEPTEMBER 1, 2006 Volume 2, Issue 35
Published by the Center For
Atheism (CFA)
Editor: Suzy
Lanza
Email:
THEFOCUS@CENTERFORATHEISM.ORG
The Focus will provide links to articles collected from major newspapers & magazines, and will be emailed weekly.
TABLE OF
CONTENTS:
This Week's Featured Articles
Section #1: News
Articles
Section #2: CFA
Programs
Section #3: Special
Notices
Section #4: Legislation Alerts
Please email any comments and suggestions to THEFOCUS@CENTERFORATHEISM.ORG
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THIS WEEK'S FEATURED ARTICLES:
... believing. But if we’re right, you [the atheist/agnostic/skeptic/heathen] have everything to lose.” (Nudge, nudge, wink, wink.). ...
... turned into an ordeal remains one of the most readable testaments to the personal toll exacted when the wall of separation between church and state is violated ...
... barbaric attitudes of that age," says Austin Cline, a regional director for the Council for Secular Humanism and About.com's Guide for Agnosticism and Atheism. ...
(some publications may require that you sign up for membership to view their article)
Doing Away with God - National Review Online Blogs
... America that had prevented another attack on the homeland.” That sort of religious “triumphalism,” she says, is offensive to atheist conservatives and ...
... The question they are both asking: Does god exist? While atheist Zhao Qizheng wants proof, preacher Luis Palau's answer is a resounding "Yes!". ...
... By Michael Shermer. Evolution isn't hard to understand; you don't need to know about thermodynamics or the unique property of the speed of light. ...
| JERUSALEM—Millions of Middle Easterners are turning to one thing to make sense of the seemingly endless violence between Israelis and Arabs: religion. |
... Isbell`s study appears in the Journal of Human Evolution. Scientists believe primates developed near-vision to capture bugs or pluck a fruit. ...
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... ". Harris also said the separation of church and state is a "lie we have been told" to keep religious people out of politics. ...
The sisters at the Monastery of the Angels pray for the strangers on Hollywood Boulevard, just two blocks away.
... three times a week; the school prides itself on turning out "champions of Christ" who take the Bible literally, believe in creationism, political conservatism ...
SECTION TWO: CFA PROGRAMS
The Center for Atheism (CFA) was established by the New York City Atheists as a separate and independent national organization to propose, develop and be a catalyst for new national activities supporting the objectives of atheists, agnostics, humanists, freethinkers, skeptics, secularists and separation-of-church/state advocates.
CFA will accept and review suggestions from individuals and other secular
organizations that will foster our goals.
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SECTION THREE: SPECIAL
NOTICES
No special notices for this week...
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SECTION FOUR: LEGISLATION
ALERTS
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description
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your elected officials
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ACTION ALERT!
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