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Christian conservatives fret over Ron Paul popularity

By D. Beeksma • December 27, 2011

Ron Paul

Some Christian conservatives are not happy about Ron Paul's popularity in Iowa. One Christian activist group is Personhood USA, which questions an explanatory letter

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National Geographic program on January 5 will explore the genesis of the biblical flood story

By D. Beeksma • December 26, 2011

The angry god of the biblical flood - National Geographic

Most people are familiar with the biblical story of a worldwide flood, where God destroyed all life on earth except the family of Noah

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Let’s Play Guess the Embryo, and Then Watch a Movie

By Mriana • December 21, 2011

Nova has a full-length video online called, “What Darwin Never Knew” (preview below), along with a little game called “Guess the Embryo”.  This resemblance

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Rush Limbaugh Calls Poor Children Receiving the Free Lunch Program Waifs and Serfs

By Mriana • December 17, 2011

Recently, Rush Limbaugh, or Bouncy-Bouncy as Keith Olbermann calls him, ranted about how poor children get a free meal, instead of feeding themselves, which

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Bryan Fischer of the American Family Association: If Christopher Hitchens is in hell, it's because God loves him

By D. Beeksma • December 16, 2011

Bryan Fischer

Joining the bandwagon of religious people claiming that famous writer and atheist Christopher Hitchens, who died yesterday, now sees the error of his ways,

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THE CLERGY PROJECT this week on the God Discussion Show, with Jerry DeWitt and Special Appearance by Dr. Daniel Dennett

By admin • December 14, 2011

Jerry DeWitt - The Clergy Project

Is it possible to lose your faith in the divine, especially when you have been a member of the clergy most of your adult

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The Voyage of the Beagle (Adventure Classics)

By admin • November 29, 2011

The Voyage of the Beagle (Adventure Classics)

The Voyage of the Beagle (Adventure Classics)     Recorded during a remarkable five-year voyage throughout South America, these findings became the foundation of

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Hemant Mehta’s Talks Math at Skepticon, Now on Video

By Mriana • November 24, 2011

Hemant Mehta, the Friendly Atheist, teaches math at an Illinois high school and says Math is under attack, but we do not hear about

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Herman Cain: Yet another GOP contender who is convinced God is talking to him

By Dakota O'Leary • November 14, 2011

Herman Cain, like most GOP contenders, believes that God talks to him, and moreover, that God convinced him to run for President of the

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Pope Benedict XVI: Failure to use God-given talents is a dereliction of the goal of human existence

By D. Beeksma • November 13, 2011

Pope talks about using god-given talents

Speaking before the Angelus today, Pope Benedict XVI referred to the parable of the talents, saying that Jesus wants to teach his disciples and

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'Wrongful life' lawsuits on the rise in Israel — Parents allege that their disabled children should have been aborted

By D. Beeksma • November 12, 2011

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New Scientist magazine reports that since 1987, there have been an estimated 600 "wrongful life" lawsuits filed in Israel's courts. The number is increasing,

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Tales of the weird: Adolf Hitler had Jewish psychic advising him

By Dakota O'Leary • November 9, 2011

"Curiouser and curiouser!" as Alice would say.   Such is the tale of Herman Steinschneider, who later changed his name to Erik Jan Hanussen, famous

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Christian Predators

By Dr. Turi • November 6, 2011

Dr Turi

Nearly 6,000 priests have been accused of molesting children in the United States since the 1950s, according to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Very few of the accused ever make it to a criminal trial, often because by the time the victims come forward the statute of limitations for the crime has passed. At that point, even if a priest admits to the abuse, he cannot go to jail.