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Many monotheisms: America's fragmented God

“God is dead; but given the way people are, there may still for millennia be caves in which they show his shadow. —And we—we must...
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Celebrating blasphemy

Today marks International Blasphemy Rights Day and the culmination of the Center For Inquiry's Campaign for Free Expression. It's the day...
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"Dear Benny" an open rap to Pope Benedict XVI

Via FriendlyAtheist Pope Benedict XVI is heading to the UK hoping to shore up the crumbling walls of his failing edifice. It is expected the...
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Ramadan begins tonight; what is it, why it matters and why you should care

If you were watching the skies last night you were in for quite a sight, as the annual Perseids meteor shower lit up the late night sky. The view...
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[Update] Rallies across the country and a possible delay in decisions release

[Update] It appears as though there may be a several hour delay in the release of the decision as last minute filings by the defense request Judge...
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(Video) Mike Huckabee and Tim Lahaye discuss Socialism, Obama and the coming apocalypse

Apocalypse fever seems to have taken over the airwaves. First it was the rapidly approaching Rapture of May 21st, 2011 and now we've got Fox News...
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Christian homeschooling: where science is magic, and magic is science.

I don't know if the writers for this textbook are fans of the Insane Clown Posse (or maybe the Insane Clown Posse was educated with these materials...
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Christopher Hitchens cancels book tour due to cancer diagnosis

In a surprise announcement, Hitchens was forced to call short his recent book tour due to a diagnosis of esophageal cancer. The update, published...
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Religion, cults and fundamentalism; Part 2

What drives people to knowingly participate in atrocity? That was the main question posed yesterday in Part I of this series. There we saw the...
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Religion, cults and fundamentalism; Part 1

[For Part II in this series, click here]What enticed nineteen young men to hijack commercial airliners and crash them into civilian and military...
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