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A US temple where faithful don't have to believe in God
NEW YORK AFP — It looks more like a theater than a church, there are no sacred symbols, and the faithful who gather at this monumental Art Nouveau edifice believe deeply that there is not necessarily a god. Here, across from Manhattan's Central Park, the Society for Ethical Culture,...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, atheist, Leadership, theater
Research articles 2008-05-23
'Free expression' can come at high cost for some workers.
Jeremy Hall, a 23-year-old Army specialist and an atheist, recently sued the Department of Defense and his commanding officer, saying they violated his constitutional rights. While stationed in Iraq, Hall held meetings with other atheists and refused to say grace in the mess hall; in retaliation,...
Tags: American Civil Liberties Union, atheist, officer, Peterson, worker, workplace
Research articles 2008-04-01
While we're at it.
* In May 2006, James Piereson published a remarkable article in Commentary, "Lee Harvey Oswald and the Liberal Crack-Up." The article has now been expanded into a book, Camelot and the Cultural Revolution Encounter. Briefly put, the argument is that the assassination of John E Kennedy...
Tags: America, atheist, Bible, Church, Government, NYT, poverty, president, priest, REFORM, Webster University
Research articles 2008-01-01
Non-believing US voters feel demonized
WASHINGTON AFP — One presidential hopeful is a preacher, another proudly Mormon, and most openly tout their Christianity. In an arena where faith can make or break a politician, the one in 10 Americans who profess no religion feel left in the cold. "They're very disconcerted," said Darren Sherkat,...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, atheist, church, Government, Republican
Research articles 2007-12-18
Bankrolling Ali’s Asylum
Ayaan Hirsi Ali stands at the nexus of forces shaping the 21st century—and it’s a very dangerous place to be. The Somali-born author, who repudiated traditional Islam in her best-selling memoir, “Infidel,” fled her adopted Netherlands for America this year in the face of threats from radical Muslims, thereby becoming,...
Tags: atheist, Los Angeles Times, memoir, Newsweek, nexus
Research articles 2007-12-03
Her dark night
The media was agog that Mother Teresa suffered fifty years of anguish. Time, NPR, and other middlebrow oracles reported solemnly, but with great fascination, that Mother Teresa had a fifty-year spiritual drought during which God seemed to be absent. In the view of at least some observers, she was a...
Tags: absence, atheist, Leadership, NPR
Research articles 2007-11-23
Religious enigma
RELIGIOUS ENIGMA: Greg Epstein works as a minister at Harvard University, yet he doesn't believe in God, he preaches to atheists and agnostics, and he is at tempting to form the equivalent of a church for nonbelievers. A former lead singer in a rock band, he marries and buries fellow...
Tags: atheist, Boston Globe, minister
Research articles 2007-10-16
China tells Tibet's living Buddhas to apply for reincarnation
BEIJING AFP — Tibetan living Buddhas are no longer allowed to be reincarnated without permission from the atheist Chinese government, state media reported Friday. The new rules are "an important move to institutionalise the management of reincarnation of living Buddhas," the Xinhua news agency said. According to the...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, atheist, China, Government, MARKETING, Regulations, Xinhua News Agency
Research articles 2007-08-03
An attack on God both outrageous and popular: Christopher Hitchens' God Is Not Great climbs the bestsellers lists
In the middle of beach-reading season, God Is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything took a leap from No. 4 to No. 2 on The New York Times hardcover nonfiction bestseller list. Only The Diana Chronicles by Tina Brown was outselling British journalist Christopher Hitchens' sunflower-yellow screed attacking all religion...
Tags: atheist, attack, New York Times Co., TVs
Research articles 2007-08-03
BeliefWatch: Smackdown
It may not be fair to call what's happening in the atheist community a backlash, since atheists have always been and continue to be one of the smallest, most derided groups in the country. In a recent NEWSWEEK Poll, only 3 percent of respondents called themselves atheists and only 30...
Tags: atheist, Blogging, INTERNET, Newsweek
Research articles 2007-06-18
Stark Exchange
A Conversation With The First 'Out' Non-theist In ?Congress - U. S. Rep. Pete Stark A milestone in American politics was reached March 12 when a member of the U.S. Congress agreed to publicly describe himself as non-theistic. U.S. Rep. Pete Stark (D-Calif.) told the Secular Coalition for...
Tags: atheist, church, E-mail, MARKETING, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2007-05-01
New Humanism serves as counterpoint to new atheists
BOSTON -- Atheists are under attack these days for being too militant, for not just disbelieving in religious faith but for trying to eradicate it. And who's leveling these accusations? Other atheists, it turns out. Among the millions of Americans who don't believe God exists, there's a...
Tags: atheist, Harvard University, SECURITY
Research articles 2007-04-05
Congressman Stark, an open 'nontheist'
Representative Fortney "Pete" Stark (D., Calif.) is the first openly "nontheistic" member of Congress, the Secular Coalition for America has announced. The coalition said Stark, who has represented San Francisco's East Bay since 1973, acknowledged his atheism in response to a questionnaire sent to public officials in January. In...
Tags: America, atheist, California, MARKETING, U.S. Congress
Research articles 2007-04-03
Some atheists too strident?
BOSTON -- Atheists are under attack these days for being too militant, for not just disbelieving in religious faith but for trying to eradicate it. And who's leveling these accusations? Other atheists, it turns out. Among the millions of Americans who don't believe God exists, there's a split...
Tags: atheist, Harvard University
Research articles 2007-03-31
The times they are a-changin'
THIS PAST FALL it seemed not a day went by when freethinkers, atheists, secular humanists, and the like weren't mentioned in the mainstream media. With the devotion of star-struck teenagers, all the major U.S. newspapers ran multiple stories and interviews with Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennet, three luminaries...
Tags: atheist, New York Times Co., TVs, U.S.
Research articles 2007-01-01
Would You Buy From an Atheist?
Would You Buy From an Atheist?Would you Buy From An Atheist?I believe in God. I don't believe you. Your assertions have no backup and your blaming of religion God for homicides, etc. is silly. There are bad people who happen to be Christians, Jews, Muslims, keep naming...
Tags: Atheist, religion
Discussion threads 2008-04-29
Top court won't review Boy Scout case
WASHINGTON -- A Boy Scouts sailing group that lost free use of a public boat slip because of the Scouts' discriminatory policies failed to persuade the Supreme Court to take its case. The justices on Monday let stand a unanimous California Supreme Court ruling that the city of...
Tags: atheist, California Supreme Court, Government, Leadership, subsidy
Research articles 2006-10-17
Church matters
Byline: By Francis Wood Pause for thought BBC's Thought for the Day is making news again. The atheists are keen to get their hands on it and Mark Thompson, director general of the BBC, said this week that he hadn't closed his mind to people with other belief...
Tags: atheist, British Broadcasting Corp., Manufacturing
Research articles 2006-01-14
Atheist vows to erase reference to God from US money
SAN FRANCISCO AFP — An atheist waging a legal battle to delete the words "under God" from a patriotic oath recited in US public schools vowed to sue to have the phrase "In God We Trust" removed from US coins and bank notes. Both US currency and the Pledge...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, atheist, church, Government
Research articles 2005-11-14
Air Force Academy Rocked By Charges Of Religious Intolerance
Cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs are complaining that the school is pervaded with fundamentalist Christianity and that non-Christians are made to feel like second-class citizens.One cadet, Curtis Weinstein, told ABC News he was insulted by another cadet on a softball field."He knew I was Jewish...
Tags: Air Force, atheist, leader, Leadership
Research articles 2005-05-01