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Washington Post
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A legion of the godless is rising up against the forces of religiosity in American society.
"People who were ashamed to say there is no God now say, 'Wow, there are others out there who think like me, and it feels damned good,' " said Margaret Downey,..
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Washington Post
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There is a memorable scene in the short story “Bloodshed” by the spectacular Jewish-American novelist Cynthia Ozick. A Hasidic Rebbe endowed with the ability to read other people’s minds confronts a visiting nonbeliever seated in his synagogue. Afte..
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Yahoo News
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The diary of a 14-year-old Jewish girl dubbed the "Polish Anne Frank" was unveiled on Monday, chronicling the horrors she witnessed in a Jewish ghetto — at one point watching a Nazi soldier tear a Jewish baby away from his mother and kill him with his b..
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New York Times
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Kurt Vonnegut, whose dark comic talent and urgent moral vision in novels like “Slaughterhouse-Five,” “Cat’s Cradle” and “God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater” caught the temper of his times and the imagination of a generation, died Wednesday night i..
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Guardian Unlimited
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Francis Wheen is a journalist and author of several books, including a highly acclaimed biography of Karl Marx. His collected journalism, Hoo-Hahs and Passing Frenzies, won the George Orwell prize in 2003.
Francis Wheen's new book, How Mumbo-Jumbo Conque..
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USA Today
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The Wisconsin-based Freedom From Religion Foundation has sued to get rid of crosses in city parks, to end Good Friday public holidays and, most vigorously, to thwart President Bush's faith-based initiative.
Now, the group that for 30 years has sought a..
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Times Online
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Europe is in the midst of an undeclared “civil war” — a struggle that has been boiling away since the 18th century. It is a war between religious believers and secularists.
The French Revolution was the decisive moment in this clash between Churc..
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Reuters
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Pope Benedict on Saturday condemned genetic engineering and other scientific practices that allow people to select so-called "designer babies" by screening them for defects.
In a speech to the Pontifical Academy for Life, a Church body of experts, the..
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MSNBC
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A gathering of scientists and atheists explores whether faith in science can ever substitute for belief in God...
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New York Times
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JOHN McCAIN was not on the campus of Jerry Falwell’s Liberty University last year for very long — the senator, who once referred to Mr. Falwell and Pat Robertson as “agents of intolerance,” was there to receive an honorary degree — but he seems..
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Esquire
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There is some undeniable art--you might even say design--in the way southern Ohio rolls itself into northern Kentucky. The hills build gently under you as you leave the interstate. The roads narrow beneath a cool and thickening canopy as they wind through..
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CNN
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Catholic missionaries have always trekked to dangerous parts of the Earth to spread the word of God -- now they are being encouraged to go into the virtual realm of Second Life to save virtual souls.
In an article in Rome-based Jesuit journal La Civilt..
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FOX News
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A message of hope, love and salvation — words chosen by Kelsey Smith herself — will intertwine with stories from those closest to her Tuesday at a memorial service for the 18-year-old who was abducted and slain a little more than a week ago.
The Re..
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thephoenix.com
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There’s no doubt about it: right now, God is on the side of the atheists.
The apostles of unbelief are having their Pentecostal moment. The spirit is upon them, endowing them with the gift of tongues and commanding them to spread the Bad News. Britis..
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Washington Post
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Despite its minority status, atheism has enjoyed the spotlight of late, with several books that feature vehement arguments against religion topping the bestseller lists.
But some now say secularists should embrace more than the strident rhetoric poured..
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CNN
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Pope Benedict thanked God and his own earthly family for his papacy and his life on Sunday at a mass that began celebrations marking his 80th birthday and the second anniversary of his election as Roman Catholic leader.
Tens of thousands of pilgrims jo..
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ABC News
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Does believing that "God is on our side" make it easier for us to inflict pain and suffering on those perceived to be our enemies? If we think God sanctions violence, are we more likely to engage in violent acts?
The answer to both those questions, acc..
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FOX News
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Is God a concept for you, or a living reality?”
Not long ago, I heard this question posed by Dr. Tim Keller, during a sermon at the Redeemer Presbyterian Church, here in New York City. Now, that probing question is present whenever I cover religion s..
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ABC News
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Speaking in tongues is a controversial practice to many Christians, but others consider it a gift from God.
And many people who attend the Freedom Valley Worship Center in Gettysburg, Pa., pray for that gift.
"For me, it is almost as if I am able to..
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CNN
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Mary and Ray Smith can't make heads or tails of a new presidential dollar coin they found last week. It doesn't have either.
A week after the revelation that some of the coins slipped out of the U.S. Mint without "In God We Trust" stamped on the edge,..
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