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Scandinavia!

It was difficult to read this New York Times piece without feeling just a little cheered… Mr. Zuckerman, a sociologist who teaches at Pitzer College in Claremont, Calif., has reported his findings on religion in Denmark and Sweden in “Society … Continue reading

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How Many Miracles?

Incidentally, as a resource for arguing about Christianity, I have found the Christian Think Tank website invaluable. For example:  How many miracles did Jesus perform, according to the Gospels?  Answer: 36 … including three revivifications, which is two more than I … Continue reading

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Suicide bombings, God & religion

I have a post here @ ScienceBlogs. Remember, correlation need not be transitive….

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SR Sets the Pace

Does the New York Times read SecularRight.org? Here was me on Feb. 19 bringing up the Harvard Implicit Association Tests. Here was the Times on Feb. 20 bringing up the Harvard Implicit Association Tests. Coincidence? I think not.

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Non-believers we can do without.

Andrew writes: The idea of an atheist ‘movement’ “on the march” is not, I confess, something that fills me with great joy. Especially when its leaders march under such idiotic banners as the British bus ads:  “There’s probably no God.  … Continue reading

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Coping With Criticism

The idea of an atheist ‘movement’ “on the march” is not, I confess, something that fills me with great joy, but running through a recent story in the London Independent on this topic, it’s possible to detect at least one … Continue reading

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On a hard-to-reach library shelf

Per the Telegraph, some Muslims in Leicester, U.K., moved copies of the Koran to the top shelves of libraries, because they believe it is an insult to display it in a low position. The city’s librarians consulted the Federation of … Continue reading

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Greenhouse gasbags

More proof that greenhouse-gas environmentalism—for liberals, one of the main reasons for getting rid of the allegedly anti-science, religiously-driven Bush Administration–is just posturing.   The California  legislature has been struggling to close a $41 billion budget deficit.  This is the same … Continue reading

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Rat Fun

I’ll admit, I got this via the website of lefty blogger P.Z. Myers. It’s still darn funny.   [Sorry, Viacom pulled the clip after I posted that.  Try the link now.]

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Secular green ideas waste foolishly

Chez Panisse founder Alice Waters argues that the federal school lunch program should be revamped to give children locally-grown, organic produce.   She’s right about the scandal of federally-subsidized junk food being served to children; it’s a tragedy that Americans have … Continue reading

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