National Science Board Survey removed survey sections on evolution and cosmology.
Year: 2010
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Even Ruse is Disgusted by the Vatican
There is no concern whatsoever for the victims. Simply fear of the story getting out and advice for how to prevent it happening.
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Vatican Can No Longer Ignore International Law
Which now counts the widespread or systematic sexual abuse of children as a crime against humanity.
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Steiner racism and state funding
At Steiner Waldorf Schools Fellowship ‘special pre-election seminar’
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Alaina Podmorow in action, age 11.
Canadian government matches funds raised by Little Women For Little Women in Afghanistan.
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The Skeptic’s dictionary on alien abductions
John Mack claimed that he could think of no better explanation for his patient’s abduction stories than that they were true.
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NOVA Talks to John Mack
In case after case after case, I’ve been impressed with the sincerity with which people tell their stories, the power of feelings connected with this.
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The Pennsylvania Taliban
Punish girls for taking pictures of each other semi-naked, do nothing about boys who distribute the pictures.
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The Skeptical Alt-Heath Practitioner
A skeptical massage therapist/science writer is being sued for being ‘offensive.’
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Anthony Gottlieb on Gods and Gardens
If the idea of God is inexpressible, just get on with the gardening.
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Columbia University ‘Miracle’ Study: Flawed and Fraud
Even a cursory review of the report reveals many potential flaws.
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Role of US evangelists in Uganda’s ‘kill the gays’ bill
It is not being homosexual but the prevailing atmosphere of homophobia that makes some people miserable.
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On misogynist language
‘Racial slurs would not be tolerated or defended, but the use of sexist language was acceptable.’
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The Hunt for the Hat Gene
If there’s a God gene, there must be a hat gene, and a jeans gene, and a singing gene, and…
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Ratzinger’s 2001 letter to the bishops
More concerned about the ‘eucharist’ than about the molested ‘minors.’
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Lawyers for victims say pope obstructed justice.
In 2001 Ratzinger issued an order ensuring the church’s investigations into child sex abuse claims be carried out in secret.
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John Hartung on ‘Love thy Neighbor’
Thy neighbor is not everyone, it is thy group.
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Communal justice in Bolivia
Cases include death sentences for women accused of adultery and the beating, stoning, hanging, and burning of an elected official accused of corruption.
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Being a new atheist means not saying you’re sorry
It seems as if in order to be a ‘good’ atheist one has to feel bad about not believing in god.
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Frontline’s ‘Prisoners of Silence’
Double-blind testing show it’s the ‘facilitator’ who is typing.
