224 posts tagged freethought
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The movies make people doubt god
http://neuralgourmet.com/ 2008/ 05/ 09/ the-movies-make-people-doubt-god/I can hear the Dobsons, Robertsons and Falwells screaming that headline at their audiences now. Bill O’Reilly will develop an elaborate conspiracy theory on how Hollywood is subverting moral values by making people question their belief in god. Actually, working on one movie caused one actor to become an atheist.
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Richard Dawkins with Lawrence Krauss
http://www.religiousrightwatch.com/ 2008/ 05/ richard-dawkins.htmlRichard Dawkins with Lawrence Krauss Richard Dawkins, FRS had a public discussion with Lawrence Krauss at Stanford University on Sunday, March 9, 2008. Topics covered included primarily science education, but also religion, physics, evolution, and more. (Dr.
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Happy Belated Birthday, Thomas
http://thegreenbelt.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ happy-belated-birthday-thomas.htmlBorn May 4 in Ealing, England, in 1825, the man known as "Darwin's Bulldog" - Thomas Huxley. Huxley was a doctor and a highly respected scientist in 1856, when he went to visit his friend Charles Darwin, and Darwin explained to Huxley his theory of evolution.
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They got horse racing in Heaven
http://thegreenbelt.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ they-got-horse-racing-in-heaven.htmlI'll start by saying the jockey on Eight Belles did nothing wrong. You can go for the blame to the breeders - and start many generations ago. Thoroughbreds don't run much nowadays - maybe a dozen races in a year. The Triple Crown is hard to win because it's three very different races over a month's time.
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Specialist Jeremy Hall's lawsuit
http://www.religiousrightwatch.com/ 2008/ 05/ specialist-jere.htmlDue to an unprecedented number of commenters, Religious Right Watch will temporarily highlight here as a Featured Post the story of an atheist soldier's case against the US military. Join the discussion below.
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Fort Riley atheist soldier speaks out on lawsuit
http://citizenship.typepad.com/ isebrandcom/ 2008/ 05/ fort-riley-athe.htmlFrom the article: Known as "the atheist guy," [U.S. Army Specialist Jeremy] Hall has been called immoral, a devil worshipper and — just as severe to some soldiers — gay, none of which, he says, is true. Hall even drove fellow soldiers to church in Iraq and paused while they prayed before meals.
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Fort Riley atheist soldier speaks out on lawsuit
http://citizenship.typepad.com/ isebrandcom/ 2008/ 05/ fort-riley-athe.htmlFrom the article: Known as "the atheist guy," [U.S. Army Specialist Jeremy] Hall has been called immoral, a devil worshipper and — just as severe to some soldiers — gay, none of which, he says, is true. Hall even drove fellow soldiers to church in Iraq and paused while they prayed before meals.
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Fort Riley atheist soldier speaks out on lawsuit
http://www.religiousrightwatch.com/ 2008/ 05/ fort-riley-athe.htmlFort Riley atheist soldier speaks out on lawsuit From the article: Known as "the atheist guy," [U.S. Army Specialist Jeremy] Hall has been called immoral, a devil worshipper and — just as severe to some soldiers — gay, none of which, he says, is true.
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National Day of Reason
http://thegreenbelt.blogspot.com/ 2008/ 05/ national-day-of-reason.htmlToday is the National Day of Reason. (It's always the same day as "the federally-supported National Day of Prayer, an annual abuse of the constitution", as the NDoR page brilliantly puts it. Don't believe me? Check it out. The NDoP is blatantly Christian, even Protestant.
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The curse of faith
http://exchristian.net/ exchristian/ 2008/ 04/ curse-of-faith.htmlBy Pat Condell Humanity's ball and chain. You can download an audio version of this video at http://patcondell.libsyn.com tag: faith, Pat Condell, , atheism, atheist, agnostic, Christianity, creationism, science, freethinker, freethought, reason, skeptic, Bible