This page was sent to you by: claynaff@.... I find it pretty exilarating, but the end of the article illustrates why many people resist the scientific...
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-1798944,00.html Societies worse off 'when they have God on their side' By Ruth Gledhill, Religion Correspondent...
An excellent article by Leonard Pitts in today's Lincoln Journal Star. He points out that there are still people who think that the Ku Klux Klan was a good...
While I'm not entirely hostile to the idea expressed in the headline, this seems like shoddy social science: Look at this: "In general, higher rates of belief...
This was discussed at the meeting. Among other things, Dmitri brought up the Soviet Union as a counter-example, an atheistic and immoral police state, leading...
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This was a couple years ago. ... From: Jim Bechtel To: Reason-Omaha@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 3:00 PM Subject: Christianity as the cause of...
Well in truth Clay, all they can say is there is a correlation. They'd need some sort of (obviously impossible) randomized test to claim causation. Not that I...
_____ <http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/images/logo.png> Issue 115 / October 2005 Opiate of the masses It is a highly addictive drug, but governments...
Jürgen Habermas and Post-Secular Societies Article tools By RICHARD WOLIN Among 19th-century thinkers it was an uncontestable commonplace that religion's...
http://books.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,12084,1556482,00.html The kindness of strangers Despite switching disciplines - from maths to law to history then...
There are plenty of serious religious people who accept evolution and oppose the Intelligent Design hypothesis. Are there any atheists or agnostics who oppose...
Two responses in one post! ... From: Jim Bechtel To: Reason-Omaha@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, October 01, 2005 7:40 PM Subject: Re: [Reason-Omaha]...
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/02/opinion/02Dooling.html Revenge of the CornhuskersBy RICHARD DOOLING Op-Ed Contributor October 2, 2005 Omaha IF new...
The Raelians? No, they accept evolution, don't they? (From "seeds" planted by aliens.) Teilhard de Chardin? His "Omega Point," toward which evolution travels,...
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Hello all, The paper is easily and freely available on-line. The hypothesis was that Religion improves the moral fabric/ social well being of a society. By...
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/science_technology/article316593.ece 2 October 2005 A symmetrical face isn't just prettier - it's healthier too By Stephen...
Hello Sandy and all, Sandy posts: <http://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/images/logo.png> Issue 115 / October 2005 Opiate of the masses It is a highly addictive...
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Dan sez: Clever piece. However, I honestly don't take Richard Dawkins very seriously anymore as he tends to make Jerry Falwell look like a moderate. My...
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This story was sent to you by: Clay Farris Naff ... The dark side of faith ... By ROSA BROOKS October 1 2005 IT'S OFFICIAL: Too much religion may be a...
Personally, I think Falwell, however similar or different in style from Dawkins, does more every time he opens his mouth to demean, discredit and degrade...
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Hello Edgar, Jim and all, Edgar posts and asks: There are plenty of serious religious people who accept evolution and oppose the Intelligent Design hypothesis....
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http://www.startribune.com/stories/1519/5640704.html David P. Barash: Brahean Blunders abound, and not just in astronomy David P. Barash September 29, 2005 ...
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Hello Mark, Sam and all, Dan said: Clever piece. However, I honestly don't take Richard Dawkins very seriously anymore as he tends to make Jerry Falwell look...