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Archive for February, 2008
Coptic Christians Starve American Exchange Student
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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Second Largest Doctor’s Group Endorses Medipot
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 ...
Comments: Life is Short and Christianity is Logically Impossible
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. ...
Wikileaks 88.80.13.160
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 ...
Religious Delusion Hampers Nanotechnology
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 ...
Christian Hate from the Mailbag
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 ...
Oxford Theologian Giles Fraser Folds Intellectual Tent
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 ...
TM Founder Dead
"To resolve problems through negotiation is a very childish approach," he said.
Why am I Forced to Vote in Church?
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 ...
A Medieval Theocracy With Rockets
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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Supernatural Fantasy Play Kills Woman
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 ...
Morality: Neither Scripture Nor Nihilism
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 ...