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15 hrs ago | The Tennessean

Atheism has become a religion of its own

We've all heard the standard Christian response if we are treated disrespectfully or hurtfully: 'turn the other cheek.' What's more, we are to pray for our offenders.

6 comments

Related Topix: Religion

Sun Nov 08, 2009

New Statesman

It's official: faith in science is a belief

A judge has just ruled that green beliefs should be safeguarded under employment law designed to protect religious and philosophical beliefs in the workplace.

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Related Topix: Religion

Fri Nov 06, 2009

New York Times

Looking to Other Faiths, and to Atheism, for Clarity

A month ago, when this column traced the argument of a book with the intriguing title of " Without Buddha I Could Not Be a Christian," it was tempting to mention another recent book.

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Related Topix: World News, Croatia

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Deseret News

Is 'new atheism' really new?

Dinesh D'Souza loves to debate the big names in the new atheism such as Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins.

7 comments

Related Topix: Religion, Brigham Young University

Wed Nov 04, 2009

www.knoxnews.com | NightSerf

Students given choice to admit cheating or risk "hell"

Admit cheating or risk eternal damnation: That's the choice students were given in one MTSU professor's course recently.

22 comments

Related Topix: Business News

Tue Nov 03, 2009

The Sydney Morning Herald

A plague of atheists swoops, and Catholics are the target

Attacking Christians is not really clever, witty or funny. F ROM time immemorial, this world has been troubled by plagues.

37 comments

Related Topix: Australia, World News, Oceania, Opinion

Mon Nov 02, 2009

Atlantic Monthly

Is Atheism Scientific?

Massimo Pigliucci argues that atheism is philosophical, not scientific. Jerry Coyne differs : I'll call "weak sense atheism" the position that, I think, most atheists hold.

32 comments

Related Topix: Religion

The Observer

State of grace

Are there some words of thanks that you and yours intone before eating? And what would a good secular grace sound like? A family saying grace at Thanksgiving.

31 comments

Related Topix: Thanksgiving, Life, Holidays, Religion

Sat Oct 31, 2009

About.com

C.S. Lewis vs. Atheism and Atheists: Why Does Lewis Ridicule Atheists?

C.S. Lewis is often described as an "apostle" to the skeptics - that he somehow has a special affinity for the arguments, sensibilities, and perspectives of religious doubters and can therefore more easily reach them than other apologists.

11 comments

Related Topix: Religion

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Discover

Why Dawkins Gets Asked About His Atheism

Josh had a very good post yesterday , and not only because it defended us from some ongoing misrepresentations.

9 comments

Related Topix: Religion

China Daily

Can we leave atheism to non-believers? 'A million New Yorkers are good without God. Are you?'

By Op Rana The ads are written simply on a background of blue sky with nebulous clouds, say news agency reports.

17 comments

Related Topix: Religion, Agnosticism, New York Government, New York

Wed Oct 28, 2009

WHDH

Atheist group releases ad campaign on Boston subways

A controversial new ad campaign hitting "The Hub" is encouraging people to "stop believing." Ads promoting atheism are showing up on many Boston MBTA trains and some commuters are wondering if they go too far.

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Related Topix: Religion

About.com

Atheism in Iraq: Can Atheism & Secularism Grow in the Middle East?

Middle Eastern nations are, with great justification, associated very closely with Islam and Islamic nationalism.

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Related Topix: Religion

American Chronicle

the Bridge Between Dogma and Atheism

Does spirituality bridge the gap between religious dogma and atheism? Is it the golden mean between an all powerful dictatorial super being that creates good and evil, demands sacrifice and unquestioning obedience and the totally mechanistic belief of the atheist? Can the two even be reconciled? We are all familiar with religious dogma.

7 comments

Related Topix: Religion, Opinion

Tue Oct 27, 2009

www.knoxnews.com | NightSerf

Testimony begins in Knox County Schools Bible lawsuit

A federal trial began today to determine if school students can read and discuss the Bible during recess time.

71 comments

Mon Oct 26, 2009

NBC New York

Atheism At A Subway Station Near You

Are you good without God? That's the question ads, plastered on the walls of a dozen subways stations, are asking straphangers.

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Related Topix: Religion, New York Metro

Sun Oct 25, 2009

Ararat.yourguide.com.au

Celebrity atheists expose their hypocrisy

A flurry of books bashing religion are making best-seller lists and grabbing a lot of attention a ' so much so that anti-religion publications seem to have become a lucrative genre all their own.

44 comments

Related Topix: Religion, Judaism, University of Rochester

About.com

Santi Tafarella: Atheism is Respectable Only if Outraged at God's Absence

The so-called "new" atheists are only "new" in terms of their popularity and the amount of general popular attention they get -- a strong testimony to the effectiveness of their approach, all the criticisms notwithstanding.

25 comments

Fri Oct 23, 2009

Washington Square News

Coalition promotes atheism in subway stations

An advertisement sponsored by a coalition of eight New York City atheist and secularist groups will appear in 12 major Manhattan subway stations starting Monday.

3 comments

Related Topix: Religion

Thu Oct 22, 2009

China Daily

Op Rana: Can we leave atheism to non-believers?

The ads are written simply on a background of blue sky with nebulous clouds, say news agency reports.

41 comments

Related Topix: Religion, Agnosticism, George Bush, Opinion

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