THE FOCUS

CENTERFORATHEISM.ORG

January 19, 2007                                                                   Volume 3, Issue 2/3

Published by the Center For Atheism (CFA)

Editor: Suzy Lanza

 

 

The Focus provides links to articles collected from major newspapers & magazines and is emailed weekly.

Every Wednesday at 6:30 P.M. (EST) a panel of NYC Atheists will discuss some of the featured articles on Manhattan Cable station 57. Live streaming is available at: www.mnn.org.

 

Comments, suggestions and subscription: 

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FEATURED ARTICLES

 

Some Muslim Cabbies in Minneapolis Refusing Service to Passengers With Alcohol, Dogs

 

Wired 14.11: The Church of the Non-Believers

 

Rising numbers of nonbelievers increase popularity of atheism - MSU State News

 

National Park Service Now Distancing Itself from Creationist Book ... - YubaNet

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SECTION ONE: NEWS ARTICLES

(some publications may require that you sign up for membership to view their article) 

 

ATHEISM

 

Consciousness Without Faith - Sam Harris

 

On Faith: Susan Jacoby: No Atheists (Still) Need Apply

 

Center for Inquiry Transnational

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BOOKS / MOVIES / THEATRE / TV / VIDEOS

 

Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly . COVER . THE NEW ATHEISTS . January 5, 2007 | PBS

 

'American Fascists' by Chris Hedges - BOOK REVIEW - Los Angeles Times - calendarlive.com 

 

The New York Review of Books: A Mission to Convert

 

Strung Out - THE TROUBLE WITH ­PHYSICS:

 

YouTube - The Childrens Bible - By Brett Keane

 

Click here: Jonathan Millers Brief History of Disbelief Part I - Google Video

 

Federal Way schools restrict Gore film

 

YouTube - Digitalfreethought's Atheism 101 Part 1 of 6

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EVOLUTION / CREATIONISM / I.D.

 

For Human Eyes Only - New York Times
Trying to explain why the whites of human eyes are larger than those of other primates leads to one of the deepest and most controversial topics in the modern study of human evolution: the evolution of cooperation.
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HUMOR 

Cartoonbank.com - Product Details

 

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SCIENCE

Long-Term Global Forecast? Fewer Continents - NYT

Beautiful asymmetry (October 2006) - Physics World - PhysicsWeb

NOVA | scienceNOW | Dispatches: Bacteria Unite! | PBS

 

Blood and History - NYT

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SEPARATION CHURCH / STATE

 

School won't have Bible as literature class - Livingston Daily

 

Some question why governments start meetings with prayer

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MISC.

 

AlterNet: Sam Harris's Faith in Eastern Spirituality and Muslim ...

 

Ellison (right) takes his oath of office on a Qur'an held by his wife, Kim, during a ceremonial swearing in with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (left) Ellison (right) takes his oath of office on a Qur'an

held by his wife, Kim, during a ceremonial swearing in with House Speaker

Nancy Pelosi (left)

Newsweek - 'I'm a Sunni Muslim' - Newsweek Comments and Discussions

Keith Ellison discusses his position as America's first Islamic House member on Capitol Hill, his views on faith and his agenda for the new session.

The book of nature (December 2006) - Physics World - PhysicsWeb

  

A Church’s Challenge: Holding On to Its Young - NYT

The Universe within 1 billion Light Years - The Neighbouring Superclusters

Fossil skull, artifact, help date human migration - Yahoo! News

 

He died for our sins, but he's not Jesus. Discuss. - By David Plotz - Slate Magazine

Jeremiah and the lustful she-camel. - By David Plotz - Slate Magazine

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 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

 

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SECTION FOUR: LEGISLATION ALERTS

 

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