Archive for February, 2008
February 28th, 2008 / Newswire, Religion, Stupid Things /
HALLOWELL, Maine - Jonathan McCullum was in excellent health at 155 pounds when he left last summer to spend the school year as an exchange student in Egypt.
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February 21st, 2008 / Drug War, Newswire, Society /
In a position paper, a leading American medical association has endorsed the medicinal use of marijuana, called for more studies of its medical uses, and urged the US government to ...
February 20th, 2008 / Atheism, Critical Thought, Religion /
Two brilliant comments will have to fill in for me today since I'm having an incredibly busy week. And really, I couldn't have said it better. ...
February 20th, 2008 / Current Affairs /
UPDATE 03.04.08: The judge has now dropped his order, allowing Wikileaks to be reached by its original URL. Following the internet furor over the case, Julius ...
February 16th, 2008 / Future Tech, Newswire, Religion, Science, Society /
Addressing scientists Feb. 15, 2008 at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Dietram Scheufele, a University of Wisconsin-Madison professor of life sciences communication, presented ...
February 13th, 2008 / Religion /
My nephew Clint sent me this Christian hate letter he received. I think it speaks for itself. Clint has opened himself up to such expressions of ...
February 10th, 2008 / Critical Thought, Religion /
Giles Fraser, a lecturer at Wadham College, Oxford, has decided that theism is not a premise that can be defended intellectually. In an article on Ekklesia ...
February 9th, 2008 / Newswire, Religion /
"To resolve problems through negotiation is a very childish approach," he said.
February 5th, 2008 / Atheism, Current Affairs, Religion /
As an atheist, I only go to church when I'm forced to. And as a civic-minded citizen of West Hills, CA, that's about twice a year--on ...
February 4th, 2008 / Humor, Newswire, Religion Inspired Murders /
Two Iranian sisters convicted of adultery face being stoned to death after the supreme court upheld the death sentences against them, the Etemad newspaper Monday quoted their lawyer as saying.
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February 3rd, 2008 / Newswire, Religion Inspired Murders /
ODESSA, Texas (AP) - A man accused of killing his wife says he was trying to exorcise a demon from her when the devil entered his body and caused her ...
February 2nd, 2008 / Atheism, Critical Thought, Religion /
Atheists are often accused of being moral nihilists. It's one of the leading smear tactics believers and bigots use against us. Russian Chief Rabbi Berel ...