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... for the umpteenth time -- in spades. While not universally true, I have found the defining spirit of the "New Atheism" to be one of imperious dogmatism and "in your face" stridency -- lacking the thoughtful quality of introspective analysis that one ... 7 comments
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CS Lewis: A Life - review
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... heal the trauma of active service in the first world war and guide him to God. This book-fuelled inner journey from atheism, through theism and on to Anglicanism was, this biography suggests, akin to the snow melting in Narnia as the preface to ... Comment?
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The Religiosity of Atheism
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... Union debating society when former Anglican Archbishop Rowan Williams took on the best known name in contemporary atheism, Richard Dawkins. They were debating whether religion has a role in the 21st century. In the end, Williams was handed a ... Comment?
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non-believers crucifying some atheists
... are on the receiving end of stinging criticism from fellow liberal non-believers who say their particular brand of atheism has swung from being a scientifically rigorous attack on all religions to a populist and crude hatred of Islam. In the last ... Comment?
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Atheists attacked and large public support for Christianity
... site. Not a bad idea, because at least a couple of the hundred people who died on that morning were atheists. Also, atheism had nothing to do with the motivation of the attack, which was of course purely religious based. Look, this is a religious ... Comment?
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Atheists Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens and Sam Harris face Islamophobia backlash
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... are on the receiving end of stinging criticism from fellow liberal non-believers who say their particular brand of atheism has swung from being a scientifically rigorous attack on all religions to a populist and crude hatred of Islam. In the last ... Comment?
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Atheists attacked and large public support for Christianity as state religion
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... site. Not a bad idea, because at least a couple of the hundred people who died on that morning were atheists. Also, atheism had nothing to do with the motivation of the attack, which was of course purely religious based. Look, this is a religious ... Comment?
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How I Won't Joke About Muslims
... the words to Onward Christian Soldiers better than I know Adon Olam. I'll talk about Christianity (and Judaism and Atheism) more than Islam for the same reason I'll talk about Birmingham more than Belarus. It's what I know, and it's what my audience ... Comment?
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School board rejects becoming prayer test case
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... board if it followed the group's advice and then faced legal challenges. Noting that one court ruling had held "that atheism is religious in nature," Connor suggested the way to make the prayer policy fair would be to allow one student believing in ... Comment?
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Atheism Shouldn't Be a Crime
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If you think it's rough being an atheist in America, consider the situation in less open societies. 19 comments
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ArtsBeat: Q. and A.: Christian Wiman on 'My Bright Abyss'
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... for you? No doubt the subject matter is important to me - she often writes about the intimate relationship between atheism and orthodoxy - but mostly I just love the sentences, the formal ingenuity, and the eccentric, electric heart and mind that ... Comment?
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Joel Osteen Hoax Represents Latest In War On Christianity
... account, and fake YouTube video - claimed Osteen had announced he was leaving the Church, citing his newfound atheism and rejection of the faith. Some may be quick to dismiss this story with a quick laugh and a snort. It's just a silly and funny ... Comment?
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Joel Osteen prankster ready to fight if sued
... the megachurch pastor's alleged abdication as the head of his Houston Texas ministry, as well as his conversion to atheism. "I believe now that the Bible is a fallible, flawed, highly inconsistent history book that has been altered hundreds of ... Comment?
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Let's clear this up right now.
... subject, but I found a trend in the comments that is indicative of a wider problem. I have said this many times, atheism (and for that matter, agnosticism, deism, and so forth) are faiths. They are faiths in that the faithful adherant believes in ... Comment?
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Sparked by a Richard Dawkins tweet , in which he drew a parallel between Islamists and Nazis, Nathan Lean recently suggested on Salon.com that the most famous representatives of the new atheism "flirt with" Islamophobia [echoing Chris Stedman's prescient warning to fellow atheists on RD this past August]. As the article explains, Dawkins, Hitchens ... (more) Comment?
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Surrender to the Surreal
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... invasion. After the Communist revolution in 1917, many churches were shut down and turned into museums dedicated to atheism with exhibits mocking religion, McNeer says, adding that the place retains a certain haunted quality. "I was told they used ... Comment?
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An Interview with Anton Drake, Author of the New Book Atheist Yoga
... essence of the art in-practice to explore some of its key components. The book also explicitly makes the case that atheism itself is strongly beneficial to the practice of yoga, and that by stripping away any vague or ambiguous mystical ideas about ... Comment?
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Punk Rock Jesus: media-savvy second coming/reality TV comic
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... ride through some of the best material from comics like DMZ and Transmetropolitan , with a healthy dose of radical atheism and geopolitics thrown in. It's got pathos, laughs, rage and comeuppances, and awesome punk rock not-giving-a-fuck. What more ... Comment?
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Atheist Shoemaker Loses Faith In U.S. Mail
... hands of USPS. Perhaps the problem was a result of simply having text on the packing tape, and doesn't reflect any atheism-specific prejudice. (It would be nice to see replications of the study with additional control groups, such as "faith"-branded ... Comment?
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Atheist comedy show comes to Philadelphia
... a burlesque performer. The show will be headlined by Roger Scott Jackson, who plays the character of Sam Singleton, Atheism Evangelist . He will be performing his hit one-heathen show, "Patriarchs and Penises," which is described as: "The original ... Comment?
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