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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,...
- 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,...
- 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...
- 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,...
- 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,...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Research articles 2007-01-01
- 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...
- Research articles 2006-10-17
- 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...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-29
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Research articles 2005-05-01
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