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- Vanity, thy name is America (11 comments)
- 'The Golden Compass' author doesn't look like a 'god-killer' (2 comments)
- NPR : Transcript: Mitt Romney's Faith Speech
- 8th Circuit Rules in Prison Fellowship Case (1 comment)
- WorldNetDaily Tells More Lies about Dead Men (3 comments)
- Religion as a political weapon (13 comments)
Vanity, thy name is America
Sat Dec 8, 2007 12:19 PM EST
It is a sad day in America, regardless of where you live.
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'The Golden Compass' author doesn't look like a 'god-killer'
Seeded on Sat Dec 8, 2007 7:51 AM EST (Chicago Tribune)
[I]n person, author Philip Pullman, 61, is decidedly professorial, a little rumpled and polite, which is to say, British.
NPR : Transcript: Mitt Romney's Faith Speech
Seeded on Sat Dec 8, 2007 7:37 AM EST (NPR)
This is the most frightning speech in recent weeks in its entirety.. I ask you.. how much more wrong can anybody interpret the foundations of this nation?? Mitt Romney is dangerous. And crazy.
8th Circuit Rules in Prison Fellowship Case
Seeded on Thu Dec 6, 2007 12:52 PM EST (ScienceBlogs)
Though participation in the program is voluntary, the court found that those enrolled in the program were given special privileges, including more visits from friends and family and use of computers during time that is denied to those not enrolled in the program.
WorldNetDaily Tells More Lies about Dead Men
Seeded on Wed Dec 5, 2007 1:24 PM EST (ScienceBlogs)
It is a bizarre and curious fact that an odd subset of Christians cannot seem to allow anyone to die without recanting their disbelief. Virtually every famous non-believer in history has had breathless deathbed recantation tales told of them.
Religion as a political weapon
Seeded on Mon Dec 3, 2007 12:35 PM EST (USA Today)
Though the Founders sought to avoid the communion between politics and faith, presidents of the past three decades have thought, and acted, otherwise. Carter ran proudly as a Southern Baptist but honored the church-state line while in office.
Government Spent $1 Billion Against... Sex?
Fri Nov 30, 2007 4:16 PM EST
Every once in awhile in my internet browsing I find something particularly angering, and to be honest it usually involves the government. The upset today comes from Wikipedia, specifically the article on Abstinenc e-only sex education. Scroll down to the Rise in the U.S. section.
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Why Won't the Media Ask Romney and Huckabee the Tough Questions About Their Religions?
Seeded on Thu Nov 29, 2007 2:28 PM EST (OpEdNews.Com Progressive)
Wednesday night Republican candidates for President held their own YouTube debate. We've now experienced 7 years of God-talks-to-me, faith-based, Jesus-is-my-favorite-philosopher, science- smyence, governance of George W. Bush. And look where it's gotten us.
Taking Science on Faith
Seeded on Sat Nov 24, 2007 1:15 PM EST (The New York Times)
SCIENCE, we are repeatedly told, is the most reliable form of knowledge about the world because it is based on testable hypotheses. Religion, by contrast, is based on faith. The term "doubting Thomas" well illustrates the difference.
Discovery Institute caught plagiarizing, misrepresenting Harvard cellular animation
Seeded on Wed Nov 21, 2007 1:52 AM EST (endogenousretrovirus.blogspot.com)
This isnt a case of naive copyright infringement on Dembskis part, ie "Hey! I found this cool video on YouTube, lets use it!" Though Dembski is pictured here, others have reported multiple DI 'fellows' presenting this manipulated animation.
Perdue asks crowd to 'pray up a storm'
Seeded on Tue Nov 20, 2007 8:23 AM EST (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Gov. Sonny Perdue wasn't the least bit discouraged Tuesday after his hourlong state Capitol prayer vigil for rain ended with the sun shining through what had been a somewhat cloudy morning.
What Atheism Offers: Justifying a Life's Purpose
Mon Nov 19, 2007 12:40 PM EST
There exists a need among theists to justify life's purpose.
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The Judgement of Tiktaalik - Intelligent Design on Trial
Seeded on Sun Nov 18, 2007 2:28 PM EST (theness.com)
Yesterday the NOVA special: Judgment Day, Intelligent Design on Trial, aired on PBS. It was an excellent documentary of the Kitzmiller vs Dover intelligent design trial of 2005.
Regular Contributor for Conservative Human Events: "Intelligent Design is a bad idea"
Seeded on Fri Nov 16, 2007 1:33 PM EST (humanevents.com)
I, for one, have religiously ignored the topic before now. I have done this partly out of a sort of professional courtesy to its supporters, with whom I share most other beliefs (and in many cases a personal affection), partly out of a belief that the idea was too obscure to ar …
The evolution of creationism
Seeded on Mon Nov 12, 2007 11:38 PM EST (Salon.com)
Two years ago, Pennsylvania federal Judge John Jones III handed down a stunning decision that many said would take down the intelligent design movement. But American creationism doesn't die. It just adapts.
'Twilight Zone' writer defeated TV censorship by writing science-fiction scripts
Seeded on Mon Nov 12, 2007 6:26 PM EST (uuworld.org)
Advertisers demanded censorship rights — changing the race or religion of Serling's characters or watering down plots they deemed controversial.
What Atheism Offers: Freedom from Sin
Mon Nov 12, 2007 12:37 PM EST
Theistic religion of the Christian variety espouses two kinds of morality, both owing their existence to god and his scriptural commandments. The first is familiar to all moral systems and forms the groundwork of humanist ethics.
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25 Things You Can Do to Promote Critical Thinking
Sat Nov 10, 2007 11:48 AM EST
Newsvine is a great place for arguments. Any day of the week, you can join a conversation about nearly any topic, and offer your opinion about it. And chances are good that someone who has a different opinion will present a counter-argument.
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Evolution for Christians - Part I
Seeded on Fri Nov 9, 2007 9:57 AM EST (positiveliberty.com)
I'm an evangelical Christian. (Right now, some of you are making notes to yourself to ask Jason, Jon, and Ed, "How the heck did he get in here?").
Americans United Applauds Utah Vote Rejecting Private School Voucher Scheme
Seeded on Wed Nov 7, 2007 3:48 PM EST (au.org)
Vote In Solidly 'Red' State Underscores Unpopularity Of Religious School Aid, Says Watchdog GroupAmericans United for Separation of Church and State has hailed a vote by Utah residents, who yesterday rejected a private school voucher plan at the ballot box.
The Founding Fathers and the First Great Battle over Church and State
Seeded on Wed Nov 7, 2007 1:40 PM EST (uuworld.org)
Thomas Jefferson is best remembered for seven words, the unalienable rights he enumerated as "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" in the Preamble to the Declaration of Independence.
American Exceptionalism Meets Team Jesus
Seeded on Mon Nov 5, 2007 10:39 AM EST (just-international.org)
A Tomdispatch Interview with James Carroll(Part 1) He's a man who knows something about the dangers of mixing religious fervor, war, and the crusading spirit, a subject he dealt with eloquently in his book Constantine's Sword: The Church and the Jews.
Jazz Theology
Seeded on Sun Nov 4, 2007 9:11 AM EST (uuworld.org)
"It's a way to open the door a bit wider, to people who might not show up for church at ten a.m. Sunday but would at six p.m." He says the Sundown attendance is much more ethnically diverse than Sunday morning's.
New Jersey-Leader in Embryonic Stem Cell Research?
Seeded on Sat Nov 3, 2007 11:02 AM EDT (Daily Kos)
It's well past the time to deny clowns like Director Tasy even the thinnest veneer of credibility. Material for Embryonic Stem Cell Lines comes from blastocysts produced in fertility clinics and discarded by the thousands.
Creation Museum drawing crowds
Seeded on Fri Nov 2, 2007 9:35 AM EDT (The Louisville Courier-Journal)
Each day near Petersburg, Ky., 1,500 to 4,000 visitors, including busloads from Christian schools and churches, stand in line for as long as an hour to wander 60,000 square feet of animatronic exhibits presenting the Bible's creation story as fact.
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