THE   FOCUS
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March 30, 2007 Volume 3, Issue 13
Published by the Center For Atheism (CFA)
Editor: Suzy Lanza

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

This Week in Atheism is a cable show that discusses the articles featured below, every Wednesday at 6:30 PM (EST), Manhattan Cable station 57.

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          This Week’s Featured Articles

           Can We Face Death Without Faith? - BeliefNet
     
          The last taboo in politics - Greensboro News Record
 

         Atheist Author Urges godless to go Mainstream - Emediawire
 
        Creation "Science" Is the Christian Right's Trojan Horse Against ReasonAlterNet:
 

 

          News Articles
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          ATHEISM

           Pondering the role of genetics in faith - Albany Times Union 

        The Ultimate Taboo Truthdig - Reports - 


         
BOOKS, MOVIES, THEATRE, TELEVISION, VIDEOS, DVDS

          Blind Faith - washingtonpost.com

       Early Christianity's Martyrdom Debate | TIME 

       Evolution myths - TLS Highlights - Times Online

       Essays: 'The mystery of consciousness' by Paul Broks | Prospect Magazine 3  

       
       SCIENCE

       Mammals Took Their Sweet Time to Flourish, Study Shows - New York Times 
                     
         A World Where Lies Are TrueTruthdig - Reports

      Why do we sleep? - By Amanda Schaffer - Slate Magazine 

      
      SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE

       Lawmakers encourage Americans to pray for nation | Battle Creek Enquirer -   

       Blog Against Theocracy - Political Cortex:

     Dispatches from the Culture Wars: Farah and the Founding Fathers

     Church sues state News 10 Now | 24 Hour Local News | 

     What Separation Of Church And State Really Means The Liberty Papers

     Ohio administration cuts contract with faith group, investigates office


    MISCELLANEOUS

      Man Who Says He’s Jesus Says He’s the Antichrist - Religiousnewsblog.com

    Brain Teasers - Wired

      Greeks revive ancient ritual Northwest Herald - 

      Generations of Light, Randy Wilson Purity Ball Colorado Springs | 

      The world's first self-help book. - By David Plotz - Slate Magazine

 

 

          CFA Programs

ATHEISTS TO COUNTER ‘NATIONAL DAY
OF PRAYER’ WITH BLOOD DONATIONS
Lifesaving Action, Not Passive Prayer, Is the Message

          What do you do on May 3, 2007, the “National Day of Prayer,” if you are an atheist, do not believe in prayer, and are opposed to the observance of a prayer day being imposed on all American citizens? 
          While believers are praying on May 3, groups of atheists will go to Blood Banks in scores of US locales to donate their blood and sign up for organ donation programs. It is a nationwide action which we hope will point out that there are alternatives to silently beseeching a deity to perform miracles.
           “We want to make a public statement about how nonreligious people can observe the so-called National Day of Prayer, which we have renamed Gift of Life Day.”
          If you want to start A Gift of Life Day in your localation, contact Ken Bronstein at centerforatheism@aol.org.

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-and-state advocates.

CFA will accept and review suggestions from individuals and other secular organizations that will foster our goals.

 

 

          Special Notices

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          Legislation Alerts

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