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Creationism And Intelligent Design Gain Foothold In Turkey

Washington Post | Marc Kaufman | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

Read More: Harun Yahya, Islam, Noah's Ark, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, Atheism, Turkey, School Boards, Secularism, Science, Anti-Evolution, Institute for Creation Research, Discovery Institute, Charles Darwin, Religion, Intelligent Design, Creationism, Darwin, God, Humanism, Egypt, Saudi Arabie, Evolution, Colleges, Muslim, Ankara, Universities, Christianity, World News

With direct and indirect help from American foes of evolution, similarly-minded Turks have aggressively made the case that Charles Darwin's theory is ...

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Can An Ordinary Person Enjoy A State Of Grace?

Anne Naylor | Posted 11.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Sleeplessness, Forgiving, Trust, Sacrifice, The Inner Life, Surrender, Compassion, Sarah Ban Breathnach, Rumi, God, William Hazlitt, Grace, Dr John-Roger, Hayley Westenra, Security, Faith, Confidence, Gratitude, Living News
Anne Naylor

Can we create the conditions in which we lead grace-full lives? Is it even possible to expect to live gracefully, with the world in so much chaos? My view is that there has never been a better time.

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Was Mary a Template for Today's Feminism?

Petru Popescu | Posted 11.04.2009 | Living

Read More: Christianity, God, Feminism, Mary Mother of Jesus, Bible, Virgin Mary, Mary of Nazareth, Simone De Beauvoir, The Second Sex, Living News
Petru Popescu

The mother of Jesus became an icon a long time ago, and in many ways her icon is more powerful and haunting inside our psyche than the icon of her famed son.

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God Tells Me Things

Sophie Pollitt-Cohen | Posted 11.02.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Cell Phones, Photography, T-Mobile, Steroids, Death Threats, Safari, Cotton Candy, The Berkshires, God, Tennis, Rage, Iphoto, Golf, Acne, Meaning of Life, Prison, Soccer, Greek, ABC Family, French Accents, Jail, Howloween-Costume-Party, Hulu, The Catskills, Ex-Boyfriend, Comedy News
Sophie Pollitt-Cohen

I guess if I had to sum up all that God has taught me in three points, it would be 1. Keep it real, and 2. People are jerks, so always fake them out.

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Patience With God: Taking on Atheists and Christian Fundamentalists -- An Interview with Frank Schaeffer

John W. Whitehead | Posted 11.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Fundamentalism, Christianity, Frank Schaeffer, Atheism, God, Evangelicals, Living News
John W. Whitehead

Frank Schaeffer has some big problems with fundamentalist Christians. But he also has big problems with the New Atheists.

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Are We the Masters of Time?

Deepak Chopra | Posted 11.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Theory of Light, Time, God, Anthropic Principle, Creation, Living News
Deepak Chopra

We live in an age where massive amounts of money are spent for research into the brain and almost nothing into researching the mind.

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An Introduction To Kabbalah, Part 3: Three Answers To The Ultimate Question

Jay Michaelson | Posted 10.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Religion, God, Atheism, Judaism, Jay Michaelson, Meditation, Kabbalah, Sefirot, Living News
Jay Michaelson

Last week, in part two of our introduction to Kabbalah, we suggested that in Jewish mystical theology, "God does not exist -- God is existence itself."

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An Introduction to Kabbalah, Part 2: God Does Not Exist, God is Existence Itself

Jay Michaelson | Posted 10.22.2009 | Living

Read More: Mysticism, Ein Sof, Yoga, Philosophy, God, Moses Cordovero, Judaism, Jay Michaelson, Kabbalah, Nonduality, Spirituality, Sefirot, Living News
Jay Michaelson

At the deepest, most fundamental level, the true reality of our existence is One, Ein Sof, infinite, and thus the sense of separate self that we all have is not ultimately true.

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Non-Believers Take Fight To Billboard

Huffington Post | Posted 10.21.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Fred Edwords, Chicago Coalition of Reason, Religion, God, Atheism, Atheist Bus Ads, Agnostic, Chicago News

A group of Chicago atheists, agnostics and humanists who believe society is inundated with religious messages has decided to push back with a billboar...

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The Spiritual Lessons of HIV

Mark Olmsted | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Rembrandt, God, Hiv, Grief, Kindness, Sprituality, Survival, Delvaux, Richter, Health, Wellness, Living News
Mark Olmsted

I learned to remind myself, every time that I felt tempted to internalize the societal stigma around HIV, that I contracted this disease in the search for human intimacy.

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The God Crisis

Landon Ross | Posted 10.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Politics, Christianity, Science, Religion and Politics, Religion, Education, God, Living News
Landon Ross

Other countries are on a future trajectory to out-compete us in science and technology. It's hugely unpatriotic to do nothing in the face of moneyed interests pushing superstition into the classroom.

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Happy Thanksgiving(?)

Paula Gordon | Posted 10.12.2009 | World

Read More: Enlightenment Nation, Constitution, Enlightenment, Thanksgiving, Canada, Sovereignty, Self-Government, God, World News
Paula Gordon

This and every second Monday of October, an entire First World nation takes the day off to cherish all that is best. Today is Thanksgiving Day. In Canada.

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Proof of God Never Stands Still

Deepak Chopra | Posted 10.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Thomas Merton, God, Richard Dawkins, Living News
Deepak Chopra

Science has steadily eroded religion by saying, in essence, that there is no proof that satisfies experimental inquiry.

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A Playlist for Recovering Fundies

Valerie Tarico | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: John Lennon, God, Christian Fundamentalism, Atheist, Music, Living News
Valerie Tarico

Music can be a path out of insularity. Not by itself, of course. But music creates links to a whole wide world of human activities and ideas. For former fundies, it can also help with the healing process. When you've had your child-mind warped by scary songs liked "I Wish We'd all Been Ready" or when you've spent Sunday mornings swaying to "I'm a Pentecostal" or your dulcet tones were trained on "Saved by the Blood," it can help to start feeding your brain some alternatives.

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Do You Live in a Box?

Lisa Guest | Posted 10.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Religion, Politics, Joan of Arc, God, Group Think, Erica Jong, Sex, Individualism, Thinking Outside the Box, Living News
Lisa Guest

I have a persecution complex. I'm afraid of speaking my truth. I don't believe in mainstream. I'm not impressed with fluff or fun or fanfare.

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A New Year's Resolution

Larry Gellman | Posted 09.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Commandents, Yom Kippur, Right Wing Media, Nazi, Bible, Hitler, Chofetz Chayim, Judaism, Bloggers, Rosh Hashanah, Propaganda, Temple, Right Wing, Obama, Hebrew-Bible, Barack Obama, Michael Gerson, God, Mind.Body.Soul, Jewish, Torah, New Year's Resolution, Washington Post, Repentence, Confession, Hate Speech, Slander, Adolf Hitler, Loshon Hara, Ira Forman, Living News
Larry Gellman

This Yom Kippur there is reason for concern. The politics of rumor, innuendo, and lies -- sinat chinam -- is on the rise in our community and it hurts us all.

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The Story of Creation (via Twitter)

Tom McNichol | Posted 09.24.2009 | Technology

Read More: Religion, Internet, Twittering, God, Twitter, Humor, Computers, Technology News
Tom McNichol

Day One: Let there B-lite. OMG! Or shld I say Oh Me! It's so much easier 2-C now. WTF was I thinking B4? Spent the rest of the day dividing lite from drkness. It is good. :-)

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Where Have All the Christians Gone?

Bruce Feiler | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Religion and Politics, Religion, Atheistis, God, Jesus, Bible, Living News
Bruce Feiler

In the coming months, America will become a minority Protestant nation for the first time since the Pilgrims. Non-believers now represent the third-highest group of Americans, after Catholics and Baptists.

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Meet Me at The Shack

Tom Matlack | Posted 09.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Shack, God, Huffpost Books, Faith, Books, Entertainment News
Tom Matlack

For Mack, and for us as readers, what transpires in the shack requires creative imagination not unlike that in any number of fantastic tales. But in this case the subject is far closer to home: the healing of a broken heart.

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God Sues Congress

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 09.12.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Mark Sanford, Human, Lying, Wiley Drake, Congress, Jim Demint, Coast Guard, God, Lawsuit, Uppity, Baptist Pastors, Cnn, George Carlin, Steven L Anderson, 10 Commandments, Lindsay Graham, Joe Wilson, Hypocrisy, Iphone, Baptists, Westmoreland, Comedy News
Maggie Van Ostrand

"I decided to sue when My communications to humans were ignored by the few whose personal agendas were believed by the many," God said.

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The Higher Power of Those in Power

Julie Farby | Posted 11.08.2009 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Charlie Crist, Michele Bachmann, God, Sarah Palin, Republicans, Politics News
Julie Farby

For a country founded firmly on the separation of church and state, America's colorful flock of lawmakers and politicians sure know a thing or two about God almighty.

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Diamonds Are a God's Best Friend

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Diamonds, Religion, Myth, God, De Beers, Gullibility, Living News
Jeff Schweitzer

Diamonds are not rare. Diamonds are not valuable. Diamonds are not naturally in demand. But the big diamond scam is child's play compared to the biggest PR success of all time: religion.

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"Only God Can Save Us"

Jim Selman | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Vision, Gandhi, God, Future, Martin Heidegger, Faith, Transformation, Living News
Jim Selman

We need to commit ourselves to a vision bigger than is reasonable and go into action to clean up our messes and create the world we want -- a world that works for everyone.

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Why I Failed As an Atheist

Lauren Cahn | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Holocaust, Bible, Intolerance, Atheism, Anne Frank, Hebrew School, Judaism, The Diary of Anne Frank, Religion, Synagogue, God, Agnostic, Jesus Christ, Are You There God It's Me Margaret, Torah, Dogma, Secular, Religious Intolerance, Atheists, Secular Identity, Religious Dogma, Agnosticism, Bar Mitzvah, Rabbi, Spirituality, Living News
Lauren Cahn

I tried to believe in nothing. And I failed.

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Einstein's God and the Hungry Spider

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 09.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Randomness, Luck, Change, Einstein, Quantum Mechanics, God, Niels Bohr, Risk, Living News
Jeff Schweitzer

Einstein often made reference to god, but in doing so created the mistaken impression that he actually believed in one.

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