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- America, the home of conspiracy theories, creationism and climate skepticism is also a scientific powerhouse; British reporter Neil Denny takes a road trip to explore the contradictions. (6 comments)
- AZ Sect. Of State Threatens To Remove Obama From Ballot Without Birth Certificate Verification From Hawaii (1 comment)
- Why do conservatives hate freedom? (1 comment)
AZ Sect. Of State Threatens To Remove Obama From Ballot Without Birth Certificate Verification From Hawaii
Seeded on Fri May 18, 2012 1:38 PM EDT ()
Yesterday, there was a bit of hoopla over a 1991 bio of President Barack Obama, in which a literary agent incorrectly wrote he was born in Kenya — fuel to the birther fire, without a doubt. Now, Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett is taking things a little further: thr …
Why do conservatives hate freedom?
Seeded on Tue May 15, 2012 12:52 PM EDT (Salon.com)
Why do conservatives hate freedom? The question may be startling. After all, don’t conservatives claim they are protecting liberty in America against liberal statism, which they compare to communism or fascism? But the conservative idea of “freedom” is a very …
America, the home of conspiracy theories, creationism and climate skepticism is also a scientific powerhouse; British reporter Neil Denny takes a road trip to explore the contradictions.
Seeded on Sun May 13, 2012 9:32 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
How Rational is America? Neil Denny: There is a familiar cliché in the UK media of an overtly religious, backward-looking, anti-intellectual and anti-science America, an America under sustained attack from the forces of irrationality. ...Yet it remains a fact that …
Another National Day of Prayer has come and gone, but legal challenges continue
Seeded on Tue May 8, 2012 4:40 PM EDT (The Christian Post)
Freedom From Religion Foundation has several suits going through the courts, some dating back to November 2008 and others filed recently against cities in Florida, Texas and Arkansas. Brett Harvey, senior counsel for the Alliance Defense Fund, told The Christian Post that his …
Vatican to Nuns: Less Helping of the Poor, More Hating on the Gays
Seeded on Tue May 1, 2012 9:52 PM EDT (The Washington Post)
A prominent U.S. Catholic nuns group said Thursday that it was “stunned” that the Vatican reprimanded it for spending too much time on poverty and social-justice concerns and not enough on condemning abortion and gay marriage. In a stinging report on Wednesday, the …
Rep. Pete Stark Issues National Day of Reason Proclamation as an alternative to National Day of Prayer
Seeded on Tue May 1, 2012 6:23 AM EDT (Secular News Daily)
The American Humanist Association and the Secular Coalition for America are pleased that U.S. Rep. Pete Stark (D-CA) has officially recognized the National Day of Reason by issuing a proclamation in the House of Representatives. The National Day of Reason, to be observed on May …
Even the Religious Lose Faith When They Think Critically
Seeded on Fri Apr 27, 2012 12:44 PM EDT (The Atlantic — News and analysis on politics, business, culture, technology, national, international, and food – TheAtlantic.com)
Researchers Will Gervais and Ara Norenzayan devised a series of experiments to test if analytic thinking may be a source of religious disbelief. In the first trial, the subjects answered questions designed to measure their cognitive state and completed three surveys to measure …
If You Answer This Math Problem Correctly, You May Be an Atheist
Seeded on Thu Apr 26, 2012 5:53 PM EDT (Friendly Atheist)
If a baseball and bat cost $110, and the bat costs $100 more than the ball, how much does the ball cost? Go ahead. Do the problem.
In prison for sweat-lodge deaths, Ray pitching 'success' via CD set
Seeded on Tue Apr 17, 2012 9:58 PM EDT (Welcome to StarNet)
Pitchman James Arthur Ray, imprisoned for the deaths of three people at a sweat-lodge ceremony, is selling a 14-CD set by email that he promises "will literally reprogram your mind for success." What's more, the set was developed by Kevin Trudeau, a self-help author ordered to …
Alabama's proposed covenant marriage bill would make divorce more difficult | al.com
Seeded on Mon Apr 16, 2012 12:07 PM EDT ()
Couples seeking a divorce would have a difficult time and face additional hurdles if they opt for a so-called covenant marriage proposed in a bill before the Alabama Legislature. The measure would require couples entering into a covenant marriage to enter counseling before the …
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