ATHEISM

Minnesota college instructor under fire over communion wafer comments
Minneapolis Star Tribune - Minneapolis,MN,USA
A Minnesota university instructor and avowed atheist is jousting with a national Catholic watchdog group over a smuggled communion wafer, ...

http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/faith/24313139.html?location_refer=Nation

Gov't wants atheist soldier's lawsuit dismissed
The Associated Press -
(AP) — An atheist soldier who claims the military violates religious freedoms should have complained through the chain of command instead of civilian courts ...
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iTPjkhPtGfRjsMUS9Q_F95TRAdcQD91R8KMG1

Party Faithful
nextbook - New York,NY,USA
By Nelly Reifler Born in the Bronx in 1927, Mitchell Berkowitz has vivid memories of his Yiddish-speaking neighbors and the early-morning sound of ...
http://www.nextbook.org/cultural/feature.html?id=875

 

BOOKS, FILM, THEATRE, TV, YOU TUBE
CNN: Soldier's life threatened for atheist beliefs
Raw Story - Cambridge,MA,USA
Army Spc. Jeremy Hall was a Baptist before he served two tours of duty in Iraq, but in the course of his service he became an atheist and now says he no ...
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/CNN_Soldiers_life_threatened_for_atheist_0709.html

EVOLUTION, CREATIONISM, I.D.

Bobby Jindal, the Ball is In Your Courts
Huffington Post - New York,NY,USA
(THe quote is not from the bill itself, but from a supporter, a "senior fellow" at the pro-intelligent design Discovery Institute) Jindal had openly ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/harry-shearer/bobby-jindal-the-ball-is_b_110954.html

FOSSIL JACKPOT IN COAL MINE
Bangkok Post - Thailand
The more we find, the more we will know about human evolution. However, there are still many missing links between modern mankind and their ancestors. ...

http://www.bangkokpost.com/070708_Outlook/07Jul2008_out49.php

Evolution: The Answer to All Questions
MWC News - Vancouver,Canada
Daniel Dennett has called evolution the "universal solvent". Anyone who has read widely in both science and social sciences will readily understand what he ...
http://mwcnews.net/content/view/23727/26/

Origin of the thesis: At the bottom of Darwin's garden
Independent - London,England,UK
This is the popular image of Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882), the Victorian naturalist whose observations and theory of evolution helped crack the code of ...
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/origin-of-the-thesis-at-the-bottom-of-darwins-garden-862876.html

Professors back her, saying it's state's job to squash 'religion ...
WorldNetDaily - Grants Pass,OR,USA
... job for opposing intelligent design theory and that the TEA's dictate on neutrality toward ID violates a constitutional separation of church and state. ...

http://worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=69074

Flatfish evolution was neither fluke nor turbot-charged
AFP -
The two fossils "deliver the first clear picture of flatfish origins, a hotly contested issue in debates on the mode and tempo of evolution," said Friedman. ...
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gJC_2mz-DvT0QQ3KtsaZiPvOjV_g

 

SCIENCE
'Mind's Eye' Influences Visual Perception

(July 4, 2008) -- Letting your imagination run away with you may actually influence how you see the world. New research has found that mental imagery -- what we see with the "mind's eye" -- directly impacts our visual perception.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080703145849.htm

Einstein Was Right, Astrophysicists Say

(July 4, 2008) -- Researchers have confirmed a long-held prediction of Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity, via observations of a binary-pulsar star system. Eclipses in a unique system of two dead stars, called pulsars, has shown that one of the pair is 'wobbling' in space - just like a spinning top.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080703140721.htm

New Pathway For Methane Production In The Oceans Discovered

(July 4, 2008) -- A new pathway for methane production has been uncovered in the oceans, and this has a significant potential impact for the study of greenhouse gas production on our planet.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080703113642.htm

Agriculture Linked To Frog Sexual Abnormalities

(July 5, 2008) -- A farm irrigation canal would seem a healthier place for toads than a ditch by a supermarket parking lot. But scientists have found the opposite is true. In a study with wide implications for a longstanding debate over whether agricultural chemicals pose a threat to amphibians, zoologists have found

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080703160749.htm

Women Over 90 More Likely To Have Dementia Than Men

(July 5, 2008) -- Women over 90 are significantly more likely to have dementia than men of the same age, according UC Irvine researchers involved with the 90+ Study, one of the nation's largest studies of dementia

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080702160957.htm

Scientists Set Out To Measure How We Perceive Naturalness

(July 5, 2008) -- Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory are working towards producing the world's first model that will predict how we perceive naturalness. The results could help make synthetic products so good that they are interpreted by our senses as being fully equivalent to

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080703101324.htm

Puzzle In The Control Of Cell Division Unraveled

(July 5, 2008) -- A puzzle in the control of cell division, one of the most fundamental processes in all biology, has been unraveled. Although the steps of cell division are familiar to all pupils studying biology in schools, the details of how cell division is controlled and errors avoided have still

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/07/080703181839.htm

 

SEPARATION CHURCH / STATE

Invocation stirs concerns
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin - Ontario,CA,USA
"I believe in the separation of church and state," she said. "They cross the line at every meeting they have. I'd have the same problem with a rabbi. ...
http://www.dailybulletin.com/ci_9798496

Former Congressman In Town
KTRE - Lufkin,TX,USA
Scarborough said, "Every time I walk into a polling booth I'm mixing church and state because I am the church and I am the state. Whenever I drive down the ...
http://www.ktre.com/Global/story.asp?S=8625564&nav=2FH5Xjmr

Church should let people 'govern themselves'
Salt Lake Tribune - United States
"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints holds to the doctrine of the separation of church and state; the non-interference of church authority in ...

http://www.sltrib.com/Opinion/ci_9794761

Turbulent Tag: Minister Says South Carolina Should Drop Christian ...
Americans United - Washington,DC,USA
.. and a Hindu organization in a lawsuit against the state of South Carolina, filed on our behalf by Americans United for Separation of Church and State. ...
http://blog.au.org/2008/07/07/turbulent-tag-minister-says-south-carolina-should-drop-christian-license-plate/

Secular rule benefits the faithful, too
Boston Globe - United States
Religious people, that is, need the separation of church and state as much as atheists do. That separation, in fact, is why religion thrives in America. ...

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2008/07/07/secular_rule_benefits_the_faithful_too/

South Carolina plan to offer Christian license plate draws legal ...
Raw Story - Cambridge,MA,USA
A similar plate was recently proposed in Florida but was rejected because of concerns over the separation of church and state. South Carolina Governor Mark ...
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/State_plans_to_offer_Christian_license_0708.html

Rerun Separation of Church and State
Shelbyville Times-Gazette - TN,USA
The organization of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State was founded in the 1940s by a Baptist Minister and the current leader is an ...

http://www.t-g.com/blogs/1199/entry/19342/

Labor government introduces draconian police powers for Pope's visit
World Socialist Web Site - Oak Park,MI,USA
... including separation of church and state, are being trampled, with the state Labor government acting as a virtual arm of the Vatican. ...

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2008/jul2008/woyd-j10.shtml

Separation of church, state - and marriage?
Boston Herald - United States
"This way the clergy and the couple can focus on the spiritual blessings the church has to offer and not the political stuff." The proposal has intrigued ...
http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/lifestyle/view.bg?articleid=1106092&format=&page=2&listingType=life#articleFull

Circuit clerk stands by his poster
News-Leader.com - Springfield,MO,USA
"My personal view of the separation of church and state is the state stays out of the church," he said. "It's fundamentally wrong to try to drive everything ...
http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080709/NEWS01/807090498/1007

Mr. Madison's Momentous Missive: Correcting That 'Old Error' About ...
Americans United - Washington,DC,USA
Writing 186 years ago today, the Father of our Constitution insisted that church-state separation has been a triumph for democracy and a boon to religious ...
http://blog.au.org/2008/07/10/mr-madisons-momentous-missive-correcting-that-old-error-about-religion-and-government-2/

 

MISCELLANEOUS

Sheesh. What a mess.
Chicago Tribune - United States
Putting ANY belief system, Christian or Atheism, before your family is shameful. I think this situation is best described by what his ex-wife said 'He does ...
http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/religion_theseeker/2008/07/satanist-puts-f.html#comments

Today in History, July 10: Electricity, Evolution, and the Battle ...
U.S. News & World Report - Washington,DC,USA
1925—The trial of 24-year-old high school teacher John Scopes, accused of teaching evolution, begins in Dayton, Tenn. He would ultimately be found guilty ...
http://www.usnews.com/articles/news/2008/07/10/today-in-history-july-10-electricity-evolution-and-the-battle-of-britain.html