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The Religious Decade: 2000 To 2010

Paul Raushenbush | Posted 12.23.2009 | Living

Read More: Slidehuge, Christopher Hitchens, Slidepoll, George W. Bush, 9/11, Pope Benedict XVI, Rick Warren, Faith, Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, 2009, Osama Bin Laden, Religion, The Dalai Lama, Interfaith, Slideshow, Atheists, Gay Marriage, Living News
Paul Raushenbush

The following 10 stories show the breadth of religious actors and events and how deeply they affected the last 10 years of American and world history.

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Do Atheists Borrow Religion's Morality?

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 08.18.2009 | Living

Read More: New Atheists, Atheism, Duke Ellington, Nazis, Sam Harris, Ethics, Ts Eliot, Richard Rorty, Morality, Picasso, Richard Dawkins, Wh Auden, Vivaldi, Peter Singer, Living News
Frank Schaeffer

If you deprive people of the solace of a moral system of meaningful connection with something bigger than themselves, you aren't just stripping away window dressing, but demolishing the supporting structure of a happy life

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Why the "New Atheists" are Right-Wing on Foreign Policy

Robert Wright | Posted 08.13.2009 | World

Read More: Islam, Religion, Suicide Bombers, Atheism, Islamic Radicalism, Terrorism, Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, The Evolution of God, Religion and Politics, Atheists, Adolf Hitler, Robert Wright, Richard Dawkins, World News
Robert Wright

It must strike progressive atheists as a stroke of bad luck that Christopher Hitchens, leading atheist spokesperson, happens to have hawkish views on foreign policy.

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The Fight Against Empathy

Jonathan Tolins | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Empathy, Sonia Sotomayor, Sonia Sotomayor Supreme Court, Supreme Court, Suffering, Gay Marriage, Sam Harris, Politics News
Jonathan Tolins

The right has adopted a strong anti-empathy position and want Vulcan robots for judges who can't see or comprehend the human cost of their judgments.

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Morality Originates in Religion...Not

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 05.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Religion, Christianity, Morality, Religiosity, Biological Destiny, Destiny, Biology, Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, Richard Dawins, Higher Power, Heaven and Hell, God, Heaven, Hell, Living News
Jeff Schweitzer

Morality is our biological destiny, not a gift from god.

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A Heartbeat Away, or Why Palin's Churches Matter

Bruce Wilson | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Pentecostal, Ed Kalnins, Sarah Palin, Sam Harris, Thomas Muthee, Politics News
Bruce Wilson

When religion becomes mainly experiential, when theological content is stripped away, it can serve as a powerful and dangerous vehicle for political ideology.

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