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<title><![CDATA[Are Houses of Worship Beneficial to Humanity?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[As I read the revised version of CFI&#8217;s &#8220;Statement on Ground Zero Controversy,&#8221; I was shocked by the last statement, &#8220;On balance, CFI does not consider houses of worship to be beneficial to humanity, whether they are built at Ground Zero or elsewhere.&#8221;&nbsp; Then it was pointed out to me that in my haste I had read past&nbsp; the phrase, &#8220;on balance.&#8221;&nbsp<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A Great Response to Pat Condell]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 19:05:02 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Pat Condell has been releasing some less-than-stellar videos about his opposition to the (close to) Ground Zero Mosque (and community center). At least, I haven&#8217;t been a fan of them. But until I saw this excellent video by The Amazing Atheist, I hadn&#8217;t seen a response to him that I liked quite so much&#8230; Note [...]<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The Seven Cs of Atheism]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[August Berkshire is the president of Minnesota Atheists. He&#8217;s written some very popular pieces on this site, including &#8220;34 Unconvincing Arguments for God,&#8221; and he&#8217;ll be speaking at the Project 42 Freethought conference in Fargo, North Dakota on September 18th. August&#8217;s latest piece explains The Seven Cs of Atheism (PDF): Conservative Atheism is a conservative [...]<br/><br/>19 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Dodge Jesus]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:05:03 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t tell if the driver is an oblivious Christian or a clever atheist&#8230; but I love the juxtaposition (Photo courtesy of reader Lorelei, who spotted the car in Lihue, Kauai in Hawaii.)<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Big budget movies that got their science right]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:35:08 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[For my second article for Blastr &#8212; SyFy Channel&#8217;s web portal &#8212; I wrote an article about five movies that actually got some science correct. Not all of it, mind you, but at least some! So head on over there and see what I chose, and add your own to the comments.<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[That alien look]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:05:47 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[I know, this blog could be all Mitchell and Webb, all the time. But man, they&#8217;re just so spot on with this stuff!I would&#8217;ve changed one single line: &#34;Fortunately the aliens landed somewhere very remote which is also a well-known top secret Army base,&#34; adding &#34;&#8230; where we also happen to be doing high-altitude atomic [...]<br/><br/>17 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[[Updated] Transcript from The God Debate - Richard Dawkins - The Times]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:05:07 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This is the transcript from the live webchat with Richard Dawkins, Ruth Gledhill and Hannah Devlin from 2.30pm Wednesday 2nd September 2010, in the wake of Stephen Hawking's assertion that God played no role in creating the Universe.Chat originally hosted on The Times here and on this page. 14:24  Hannah Devlin: Hello everyone. Welcome to the Eureka Live debate, which will begin shortly.  14:26  <br/><br/>18 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[ICR concedes defeat over its graduate school - NCSE Staff - NCSE]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:35:14 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Institute for Creation Research is apparently conceding defeat in its lawsuit  over the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board's 2008 decision to deny the ICR's request for a state certificate of authority to offer a master's degree in science education from its graduate school. The United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, finding  (PDF, p. 38) that "ICRGS [the Insti<br/><br/>19 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Unanswerable Prayers - Chrisophter Hitchens - Vanity Fair]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[What's an atheist to think when thousands of believers (including prominent rabbis and priests) are praying for his survival and salvation-while others believe his cancer was divinely inspired, and hope that he burns in hell Related: The first in the series, "Topic of Cancer," by Christopher Hitchens.When I described the tumor in my esophagus as a "blind, emotionless alien," I suppose that even I<br/><br/>10 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Even great science tells us nothing about God - Jonathan Sacks - The Times (London)]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[What would we do for entertainment without scientists telling us, with breathless excitement, that "God did not create the Universe," as if they were the first to discover this astonishing proposition? Stephen Hawking is the latest, but certainly not the first. When Napoleon asked Laplace, two hundred years ago, where was God in his scientific system, the mathematician replied, Je n'ais besoin de<br/><br/>11 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Oh, Right, We Don’t Do Those Things]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 09:35:03 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Tell me again why so many religious people think they stand upon some &#8220;moral high ground&#8221; because of their faith&#8230;? (via Atheist Cartoons)<br/><br/>19 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[This Week On God Discussion Radio: Science, Reason and Superstition with Dr. Liz Cornwell, The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science, and other special guests - Deborah (show host) - God Discussion]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 08:35:06 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This week on the God Discussion Show, we'll be talking about science, reason and superstition, as well as separation of church and state activism.From Richard Dawkins' book, The Greatest Show on Earth - The Evidence for Evolution, we learn that "in 2008, a Gallup poll showed that 44% of Americans believed God had created man in his present form within the last 10,000 years. In a Pew Forum poll in<br/><br/>9 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[A response from Shermer - Jerry Coyne - Why Evolution Is True]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Over at HuffPo (where else?) Michael Shermer responds not only to my critique  of his Templeton piece on the morality of capitalism, but to those of you who chimed in with comments. Go have a look, as I'm too busy to deal with all the market stuff.He defends his participation in the Templeton enterprise, pointing out that they impose no restrictions on what he writes (though they're surely glad h<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[LIVE 14:30 BST: The God debate - Richard Dawkins - The Times]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:35:07 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Live webchat with Richard Dawkins, Ruth Gledhill and Hannah Devlin at 2.30pm today, in the wake of Stephen Hawking's assertion that God played no role in creating the Universe.Stephen Hawking and the God debateChat originally posted on The Times here.<br/><br/>13 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Kablam!]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 07:05:09 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[This image is stunning. And not just because, well, it&#8217;s all explodey and stuff:[Click to explodenate.]The three panels show a 1986 test of a Tomahawk cruise missile. The missile traveled 640 km (400 mile) low over the terrain to detonate above the target, a decommissioned fighter plane. It&#8217;s pretty clear the test was a success. [...]<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Senior Catholic Edmund Adamus blames UK's 'moral wasteland' on equal rights - Jerome Taylor - The Independent]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Ivan for the linkA leading adviser to the Archbishop of Westminster has blamed abortion and gay rights for turning Britain into a "selfish, hedonistic wasteland" which has become "the geopolitical epicentre of the culture of death".Edmund Adamus, director of pastoral affairs at the diocese of Westminster and an adviser to Archbishop Vincent Nichols, said Parliament had turned Britain in<br/><br/>6 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Killer whale evolution leads to two orca species - Matt Walker - BBC Earth News website]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[Thanks to Gustavo.wolf for the link.Orcas, commonly known as killer whales, are still evolving, and quickly.Researchers have discovered that two distinct types of orca, a large and a pygmy form, are rapidly diverging, evolving away from each other.The scientists' study reveals each type of orca carries a unique gene mutation that benefits its particular lifestyle.The genetic change has occurred i<br/><br/>18 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Did the Discovery Channel Gunman Have Ties to Atheist Groups?]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[We had a &#8220;Parent Night&#8221; at my school last night, so I haven&#8217;t had too much time to read about the Discovery Channel Hostage Situation&#8230; but the short of it is that James Jay Lee went to Discovery Channel headquarters, took hostages, and was shot and killed by a police sniper after he appeared to [...]<br/><br/>15 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Why Does Skepticism Matter?]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 03:35:02 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Religion and superstition make people feel good&#8230; so why are we atheists and skeptics so set on ruining those things for everyone, even if we&#8217;re right? Greta Christina has a fantastic response to that question. &#8230; Good information about reality helps us make better decisions about how to act in that reality. It helps us [...]<br/><br/>22 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Hawking: God did not create Universe - Hannah Devlin - The Times (London)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 00:35:07 MST</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[The Times today (2nd Sept) publishes an extract from Stephen Hawking's new book, The Grand Design. Hannah Devlin's article begins as follows:-Modern physics leaves no place for God in the creation of the Universe, Stephen Hawking has concluded.Just as Darwinism removed the need for a creator in the sphere of biology, Britain's most eminent scientist argues that a new series of theories have rende<br/><br/>14 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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