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ATHEISM
Atheists find strength in
numbers
Bloomington Pantagraph - IL, USA
"Mother
Teresa: Come Be My Light" has led some high-profile atheists to say
that her spiritual wavering was actually atheism. "She couldn't
bring herself to ...
Denominations see decrease in
participation
Baylor University The Lariat Online -
Waco,TX,USA
"There are more of us than recorded," Waco sophomore
Joe Seaman said, who was raised Baptist but is now an atheist. There
is a stigma attached to atheism, ...
Atheist for president of the United
States?
The Cheers - Paikuse,Estonia
United States,
the most democratic country in the world, or at least that’s what we
are made to believe, would end the presidency of its first atheist
...
Students plan atheist club to challenge,
educate
StateHornet.com - Sacramento,CA,USA
Steve
Owen, a graduate English major, is spearheading the Atheist Student
Organization, a new student club at Sacramento State which will pose
the question ...
Atheist's wish to lead prayer draws
queries
Port Huron Times Herald - Port
Huron,MI,USA
DM: "I don't understand why atheist Khalil Chaudry
would want to lead the Port Huron City Council's pre-meeting prayer.
My belief is in praying to a higher ...
BOOKS, FILM, THEATRE, TV, YOU
TUBE
Freedom For Religion
New York Sun
- New York,NY,USA
In his magisterial 2004 study, "Separation of
Church and State," Columbia law professor Philip Hamburger
underscored the ways in which Black's long-standing
...
EVOLUTION, CREATIONISM, I.D.
Talkin' about some
evolution
University of North Carolina The Daily Tar
Heel - Chapel Hill,NC,USA
19 mandating that Charles Darwin's
theory of evolution be taught in every public classroom. The
somewhat controversial caveat of the act is that it
...
SCIENCE
Sneak peek at Darwin's crab
haul
BBC News - UK
A rarely-seen collection of crabs
from Charles Darwin's voyage aboard HMS Beagle has been given a new
lease of life on the web. The University of Oxford has ...
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Fossil Doesn't Support Bat
Evolution!
Fossil does not support bat
evolution
Pravda - Moscow,Russia
By Babu G. Ranganathan
Recently evolutionists have discovered a fossil of a bat which which
they claim indicates that bats learned to fly before they
...
SEPARATION CHURCH / STATE
A Pragmatist and a Lobbyist on
Atheism
New York Times - United States
A new law
risked eroding the separation of church and state. In her search for
allies, she made sure to discuss issues like same-sex marriage and
...
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ACLU files suit against Iowa town over parking
regulations
Mason City Globe Gazette - Mason
City,IA,USA
The lawsuit alleges that the Leon City Council
violated constitutional separation of church and state and religious
discrimination rights when they passed
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Endorsement prompts IRS to investigate
California pastor
Dallas Baptist Standard -
Dallas,TX,USA
Americans United for Separation of Church &
State filed a complaint with the IRS. Drake referred reporters’
questions regarding the investigation to his
...
Lord's Prayer' does not belong at Queen's
Park
Timmins Daily Press - Timmins,Ontario,Canada
If
people can't discern the difference between declining to fund
religiousbased schools in Ontario and providing for the separation
of church and state in ...
Officials will end prison treatment
program
DesMoinesRegister.com - Des
Moines,IA,USA
Americans United for the Separation of Church and
State in Washington, DC, has waged a court fight since 2003 against
the Newton program. ...
Federal Government Should Block Earmarks For
Religious Work, Says ...
Americans United -
Washington,DC,USA
Americans United for Separation of Church and
State today urged federal agencies to block constitutionally suspect
earmarks directing tax dollars to a ...
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topic
Religious freedom group questions grant to W.
Pa. group
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader - Wilkes
Barre,PA,USA
The grant to the Holy Family Institute in Emsworth
is among 26 that the Americans United for Separation of Church and
State in Washington, DC, ...
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MISCELLANEOUS
Oxford to Study Faith in god
The
Associated Press -
"One implication that comes from this is that
religion is the default position, and atheism is perhaps more in
need of explanation," he said. ...
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