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<title><![CDATA[We might err, but science is self-correcting]]></title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:35:06 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[If claims about climate change need to be debunked, you can rely on scientists to do it. Scepticism is what we are all about<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Blasphemy art exhibition in Dublin this month]]></title>
<link>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=blasphemy-art-exhibition-in-dublin-this-month</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:05:06 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[PZ Myers, author of the Pharyngula science blog, and Michael Nugent, chair of Atheist Ireland, visit the Blasphemy exhibition in the Oonagh Young Gallery in Dublin.<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[On Sharia law, banning the burqa, and One Law for All 100 Club]]></title>
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<comments>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=on-sharia-law-banning-the-burqa-and-one-law-for-all-100-club</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:35:08 MST</pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Inside Germany&#39;s Catholic Sexual Abuse Scandal]]></title>
<link>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=inside-germany39s-catholic-sexual-abuse-scandal</link>
<comments>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=inside-germany39s-catholic-sexual-abuse-scandal</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:05:07 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Catholic Church in Germany has been shaken in recent days by revelations of a series of sexual abuse cases. Close to 100 priests and members of the laity have been suspected of abuse in recent years. After years of suppression, the wall of silence appears to be crumbling.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Pope Benedict XVI condemns child abuse by priests]]></title>
<link>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=pope-benedict-xvi-condemns-child-abuse-by-priests</link>
<comments>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=pope-benedict-xvi-condemns-child-abuse-by-priests</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:35:06 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA["How many times does the pope get to &#39;condemn&#39; clergy sexual abuse while doing virtually nothing to stop it?" asked Barbara Dorris, the group&#39;s outreach director.<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Yelp for Churches]]></title>
<link>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=a-yelp-for-churches</link>
<comments>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=a-yelp-for-churches</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:35:06 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Jim Henderson is the man who &#8220;bought my soul&#8221; on eBay a few years ago.  The reason he bid on my auction in the first place is because he loved the idea of &#8220;unchurched&#8221; people going to church and sharing their experiences.  Jim would take those filled-out surveys and share them with the [...]<br/><br/>20 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[VOLUNTEER: Web Design Project]]></title>
<link>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=volunteer-web-design-project</link>
<comments>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=volunteer-web-design-project</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:05:22 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The JREF has a volunteer position open for an experienced web designer who has extensive knowledge of WordPress. If you'd like to help out the JREF in a direct way, please contact D.J. Grothe at djgrothe@randi.org.&nbsp;<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Advisor to the planets^h^h^h stars]]></title>
<link>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=advisor-to-the-planetshhh-stars</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:05:14 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I was pleasantly surprised to see my old friend Kevin Grazier &#8212; planetary scientist with Cassini, and science advisor for Battlestar Galactica and Eureka &#8212; highlighted in a Eureka Unscripted blog post. It&#8217;s a two-parter, with the second one going up sometimes soon. At the same time, it was cool to see another friend, Jennifer [...]<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Earth Sky interviews me about NASA’s future]]></title>
<link>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=earth-sky-interviews-me-about-nasa%E2%80%99s-future</link>
<comments>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=earth-sky-interviews-me-about-nasa%E2%80%99s-future</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 13:05:09 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I was recently interviewed on EarthSky about Obama&#8217;s budget and future plans for NASA. I talked about some of the things I covered in my earlier blog post, but I also added some thoughts about where I see NASA going and what I see its role is.I&#8217;ll have more to say about this soon; I&#8217;ve [...]<br/><br/>5 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Video Plea to a Young Believer]]></title>
<link>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=a-video-plea-to-a-young-believer</link>
<comments>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=a-video-plea-to-a-young-believer</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:35:03 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[A. Hughman has made a video that is a plea to young believers.It doesn&#8217;t ask that they become atheists &#8212; he has a different goal in mind:I love the video.  My worry, though, is that many young Christians will say they have no problem with expressing doubt.They question plenty of things: Evolution.Sex education. And, [...]<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[JREF Posts Employment Oppotunities]]></title>
<link>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=jref-posts-employment-oppotunities</link>
<comments>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=jref-posts-employment-oppotunities</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:05:21 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The JREF is happy to announce two new employment opportunities.Director of Educational ProgramsFull-time position reports to the President and is responsible for assisting in the development educational and workshop programs and courses in scientific skepticism and critical thinking, both for adults, and for children ages 7-14. Oversees and administers the "JREF in the Classroom Program." Assist<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Looks like the Sun is in its teens again]]></title>
<link>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=looks-like-the-sun-is-in-its-teens-again</link>
<comments>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=looks-like-the-sun-is-in-its-teens-again</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:05:13 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been posting sporadically on how sunspots are starting to come back to the Sun, and I&#8217;m glad to see a new group sprouted up recently&#8230; and it&#8217;s a monster:These images are from SOHO, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory. The orange one is in visible light, and the sunspots are pretty obvious. The green one [...]<br/><br/>7 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Russell Blackford Interview]]></title>
<link>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=russell-blackford-interview</link>
<comments>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=russell-blackford-interview</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:05:09 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Dennis Horvitz interviews Russell Blackford at the AAI convention in California.<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Defending the Duggars?]]></title>
<link>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=defending-the-duggars</link>
<comments>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=defending-the-duggars</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 06:05:04 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Over the weekend, I stumbled across the cover of the new issue of People on a library table: 19 kids&#8230;?  My eyes wanted to bulge at the sight of that number, but they stopped doing that when the number hit double digits.  It&#8217;s just not a surprise anymore.The question on the cover is [...]<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Geeks love the whole world]]></title>
<link>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=geeks-love-the-whole-world</link>
<comments>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=geeks-love-the-whole-world</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:35:12 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Of course I have like 20 minutes before I have to leave to catch a plane (yes, at 3:30 frakking in the a.m.) but I had to let y&#8217;all know about this: a video with a lot of famous and not-so-famous geeks singing the &#34;Boom-de-yadda&#34; song:And now I can honestly say I&#8217;ve worked with WHil [...]<br/><br/>12 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Sikh judge Sir Mota Singh criticises banning of Kirpan]]></title>
<link>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=sikh-judge-sir-mota-singh-criticises-banning-of-kirpan</link>
<comments>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=sikh-judge-sir-mota-singh-criticises-banning-of-kirpan</comments>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 03:35:08 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Sikhs should be allowed to wear their ceremonial daggers - known as Kirpans - to school and other public places, Britain&#39;s first Asian judge has said.<br/><br/>18 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[#643: Hymns]]></title>
<link>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=643-hymns</link>
<comments>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=643-hymns</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:35:33 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Russell Glasser and Tracie Harris. Hymns. Tracie and Russell look at the twisted lyrics of common hymns.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Live-Blogging the Tim Tebow Commercial]]></title>
<link>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=live-blogging-the-tim-tebow-commercial</link>
<comments>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=live-blogging-the-tim-tebow-commercial</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 17:35:04 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[***Begin live-blogging***5:42 Third Commercial in.  Good placement.***End live-blogging***Well, that was fun.  What should I do the rest of the night?<br/><br/>8 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Tim Tebow Super Bowl Ad]]></title>
<link>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=the-tim-tebow-super-bowl-ad</link>
<comments>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=the-tim-tebow-super-bowl-ad</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 16:05:06 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s up at The Huffington Post.The transcript:Pam Tebow: I call him my miracle baby. He almost didn&#8217;t make it into this world. I remember so many times when I almost lost him. It was so hard. Well he&#8217;s all grown up now, and I still worry about his health. Everybody treats him like he&#8217;s different, [...]<br/><br/>16 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A conversation with Richard Dawkins]]></title>
<link>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=a-conversation-with-richard-dawkins</link>
<comments>http://atheistnewsandviews.com/story.php?title=a-conversation-with-richard-dawkins</comments>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:35:11 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Richard interviewed at the Scripps Institute<br/><br/>20 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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