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Atheism
A Makeshift Synagogue and Me
Hanna Ingber Win | Posted 10.10.2008 | Living
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Sundown Wednesday was Yom Kippur. I don't think I believe in God, and yet, my family, Jewish summer camp -- I don't know what they did to me, but I still have a soft spot in my heart for my religion.
John McCain May Not Believe in God
Evan Derkacz | Posted 10.06.2008 | Home
Over at Religion Dispatches, scholar Kathryn Lofton has, after lengthy research, vigorous examination and a month of analysis, concluded that in all l...
The Ignored Atheist Vote
Jillian York | Posted 08.22.2008 | Home
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"It's sad that 11 % of US voters wouldn't even consider voting for a woman but a majority would never vote for an atheist. Although 92% would vote for a Jew, the question of voting for a Muslim is not even asked!"
Atheists and the Will to Believe
Deepak Chopra | Posted 07.01.2008 | Home
An article in the Washington Post On Faith section in response to their question: "According to a new Pew survey, 21% of American atheists believe in ...
New Book Asks: Where's God While We Suffer?
Sandy Goodman | Posted 06.08.2008 | Living
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Books by three atheists created a firestorm last year. Surprisingly, some of the harshest criticism came from other atheists, scientists and philosoph...
Einstein, Atheism and One Big Bowl of Rice
Derek Beres | Posted 05.19.2008 | Living
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People do not need God. I'd go a step further than Einstein's plea -- one echoing through the New Atheists, as they've been dubbed: not only is the idea too vast for our minds, it's an unnecessary hypothesis.
Dangerous ideas
David Horton | Posted 04.08.2008 | Living
My lovely friend Pamela (of Frogblog fame) brought this item from Illinois to my attention. "Rep. Monique Davis (D-Chicago) interrupted atheist activ...
A Light is Born: Jesus, Jeremiah and Sam
Derek Beres | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics
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Religion has always been about symbolism, and it is in the personification of ideas that we "miss the mark," which is an original meaning of the word "sin."
America's Twisted Marriage of Religion and Politics
Paul Jenkins | Posted 03.19.2008 | Politics
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In a presidential campaign infused like never before with the candidates' efforts to sell their religious beliefs as best-fitting an illusory mainstream, Obama hasn't quite pulled it off.
Am I Raising 'Atheist Children'?
Nica Lalli | Posted 03.19.2008 | Living
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Good parenting has no religious affiliation. How can a parent foster an open and questioning mind in a child who is also told to follow a god -- without question?
Atheism as a Stealth Religion VI: Let's Break Out The Good Stuff!
David Sloan Wilson | Posted 03.09.2008 | Living
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Religion stays with us because so much of the world remains wracked by existential insecurity.
Atheism as a Stealth Religion V: Ineffective, Silly, and Worse
David Sloan Wilson | Posted 02.27.2008 | Living
Sacred texts such as the Bible say so many things that almost any position can be supported by selecting the right passages. So it is with scientific ...
America Needs an Agnostic in the White House
Mike Garibaldi-Frick | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics
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An agnostic president would respect all views, take them into account and than propose the best solutions.
The "Soul Hypothesis" (Part 2)
Deepak Chopra | Posted 01.25.2008 | Living
If you are going to invest in the idea that you have a soul, you need to get a return on your investment.
When Men Become Primates
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach | Posted 01.17.2008 | Living
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This reduction of modern man to nothing more than his animal urges is what is most destroying him. Men like Christopher Hitchens would have us believe that the material is our truest essence.
Atheism as a Stealth Religion III: Four Questions and Six Possible Answers
David Sloan Wilson | Posted 01.14.2008 | Living
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If religions pose a threat in modern life, we need to know what kind of threat so we can respond appropriately. It would be amazing if the six evolutionary hypotheses resulted in the same plan of action for what to do about religion.
Must See Video: Fat Guys Ousted From Buffet, Bill Maher Blasts Religion, Gladiators, Limbo-Skating And More!
Huffington Post | Patrick Waldo | Posted 01.11.2008 | Entertainment
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Leno had Pam Anderson and Ron Paul this week. Letterman had Howard Stern and Mike Huckabee. But no interview was as compelling as Jimmy Kimmel's con...
There Are No Atheists in the White House
Paul Krassner | Posted 01.08.2008 | Politics
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Whenever anybody claims that God talks directly to them, I think they're totally delusional. President Bush is no exception.
Copyright on values
David Horton | Posted 01.04.2008 | Politics
You will all have seen it - whenever an atheist points out that in fact there is absolutely no evidence of any kind that a god or gods exist the belie...
Atheism as a Stealth Religion II: Let's Get Real
David Sloan Wilson | Posted 01.04.2008 | Living
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My complaint about the New Atheism is that it is based on bad science, in the same way that environmentalism is often based on bad science. It doesn't matter that the intentions of the New Atheists might be virtuous -- they have gone the way of stealth religion.
No Evangelicals in Foxholes
David Horton | Posted 12.28.2007 | Politics
The evangelicals would rather vote for someone with the screwy set of beliefs that is Mormonism than for an atheist.
Non-Believing US Voters Feel Demonized
AFP | Posted 12.19.2007 | Politics
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One presidential hopeful is a preacher, another proudly Mormon, and most openly tout their Christianity. In an arena where faith can make or break a p...
Atheism as a Stealth Religion
David Sloan Wilson | Posted 12.14.2007 | Politics
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The conflict between atheism and religion could be the fight of the century. It's science and reason against dogmatism and faith, making it obvious who the enlightened liberal should root for. Well, not quite.
Preemptive Strike on the War on Christmas
Nica Lalli | Posted 12.12.2007 | Living
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A nod to Hanukkah or Kwanzaa does not constitute an attack on the singular biggest holiday on the American calendar.
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