28th Jan 2008 : A question that interests me very much (and always has) is this: I know that I do not believe in either any god or any religion, and I can give my reasons in a manner that the other side can at least understand, but can the same be said for those who claim that they do believe? A shorter way of putting this is to ask whether our antagonists in this ancient argument truly mean what they appear to say.

28th Jan 2008 : A lot has been written about a group of recent best-selling authors that, back in November 2006, Wired Magazine dubbed "the new atheists". Principally, they are the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins (The God Delusion), the neuroscientist Sam Harris (The End of Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation), the philosopher Daniel Dennett (Breaking the Spell) and the journalist Christopher Hitchens (God Is Not Great and The Portable Atheist).

27th Jan 2008 : Genes have the ability to recognise similarities in each other from a distance, without any proteins or other biological molecules aiding the process, according to new research. This discovery could explain how similar genes find each other and group together in order to perform key processes involved in the evolution of species.

27th Jan 2008 : Actually, since Pythagoras the relationship between men of numbers and the Deity has been more along the lines of love-hate, but it's a rich vein

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26th Jan 2008 : It seems only yesterday that Premier Dalton McGuinty declared: "There will be no sharia law in Ontario." Many of us, who witnessed the medieval nature of manmade sharia laws in our countries of birth, heaved a sigh of relief back in September of 2005.

26th Jan 2008 : PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The wishes of a 12-year-old boy should be considered in a dispute between his divorced parents about whether he should be circumcised, the Oregon Supreme Court ruled Friday.

25th Jan 2008 : People who feel lonely are more likely to believe in the supernatural, whether that is God, angels or miracles, a new study finds.

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25th Jan 2008 : MAAF is collecting stories for an anthology to ensure that everyone knows that there are atheists in foxholes. This anthology will include first-hand accounts of Atheists, Agnostics, Freethinkers, Humanists, Secularists, and other non-believers who have served in the military in any capacity or who have a close association with someone who has served. We atheists have served honorably throughout history and still do today. We serve in foxholes, on planes, on ships, and in the service and defense of our values wherever that service may require us. We will ensure that our story is told. We need your help. Make your submission here. The information below should answer questions you may have.

25th Jan 2008 : Man's true nature meets market economics.

25th Jan 2008 : Welcome to Secular Philosophy, a site dedicated to the exchange of ideas and debate relating to all things secular with an emphasis on philosophy. Here you will find exclusive films, books and blogs by Daniel Dennett, Colin McGinn and Massimo Pigliucci, as well as the Center for Inquiry's Point of Inquiry podcast every Friday evening.

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24th Jan 2008 : US scientists have taken a major step toward creating the first ever artificial life form by synthetically reproducing the DNA of a bacteria, according to a study published Thursday.

24th Jan 2008 : A controversial church described as a "hate group" has said it will protest at Heath Ledger's memorial service because he played a gay character in Brokeback Mountain.

24th Jan 2008 : Scientists believe they could be a step closer to solving the mystery of how the first birds took to the air.

23rd Jan 2008 : Many who support the separation of church and state say that the intelligent design theory of creation ought not to be taught in public schools because it contains a religious bias. They dislike its suggestion that the evolutionary development of life was not the result of natural selection, as Charles Darwin suggested, but was somehow given purposeful direction and, by implication, was guided by God.

23rd Jan 2008 : KABUL, Afghanistan — An Afghan court in northern Afghanistan sentenced a journalism student to death for blasphemy for distributing an article from the Internet that was considered an insult to the Prophet Muhammad, the judge in charge of the court said Wednesday.

23rd Jan 2008 : A story based on the Three Little Pigs has been turned down from a government agency's annual awards because the subject matter could offend Muslims.

23rd Jan 2008 : By outfitting mice with a chunk of DNA that directs wing development in bats, scientists have created rodents with abnormally long forelimbs, mimicking one of the steps in the evolution of the bat wing.

23rd Jan 2008 : On a quiet Sunday morning in June, as worshippers settled into the pews at Allen Baptist Church in southwestern Michigan, Pastor Jason Burrick grabbed his cellphone and dialed 911. When a dispatcher answered, the preacher said a former congregant was in the sanctuary. "And we need to, um, have her out A.S.A.P."

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22nd Jan 2008 : Pat Condell on Islam.

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22nd Jan 2008 : Don't get me wrong, I'm all for turning my tap water into alcohol and a never ending food basket, but I'm tired of all these people whining and telling me how to live my life. You do your thing, I do my thing, we're all happy, but after reading that someone is paying Facebook to post a religious article titled "6 Reasons You Have To Believe In God", I figured I'd grab my own cross and at least have fun while getting ready to be crucified for having an opinion.

22nd Jan 2008 : Jan. 17, 2008 -- Radio astronomers collecting data from a galaxy about 250 million light-years from Earth recently stumbled upon something intriguing: building blocks for life.

21st Jan 2008 : February 12th is Darwin Day, and we thought it might be fun to ask you to create web "e-cards" to celebrate the day. We will then post our favorites to the site for everyone to use. If you'd like to send in a submission, please email it to darwincards@richarddawkins.net . Thanks!

21st Jan 2008 : I am a little baffled as to why it is called the "New Atheism." There is a very long tradition of free thinking, and the arguments made against religion tend to be the same but made over and over again. But I think what has happened is that there have been a number of good, articulate books--Hitchens, Dawkins, Dennett, Sam Harris, and so on. What they have discovered to their own great surprise is that in the United States, and right across the South too, there are an enormous number of people who also think this way.

21st Jan 2008 : Mitt Romney's candidacy took a major hit following the discovery of statements he made a decade ago that imply he isn't sickened by gays.

21st Jan 2008 : The Sunshine State is in the process of approving new standards for science that (gasp) actually mention the word 'evolution'! You would think that would be good news, inasmuch as the Fordham Foundation has consistently rated Florida as 'poor' on its teaching of evolution, as the graphic above illustrates.

21st Jan 2008 : Alright, Mormonism is weird…but did you know there are some church 'scholars' who think Bigfoot is actually Cain?

21st Jan 2008 : Last year, I met a drawn, defeated 14-year old girl who had been possessed by Satan, until he and his Armies of Evil were tortured out of her.

21st Jan 2008 : A leading Vatican official on Friday condemned a US company's announcement that it had created cloned human embryos from adult skin cells.

21st Jan 2008 : A PLAY that depicts Jesus as a gay man who is seduced by Judas and conducts a gay marriage for two apostles has been condemned by religious leaders as it prepares to open in Sydney.

20th Jan 2008 : A new music video to the song "We're all going to hell" by The Bastard Fairies. Watch for Hitchens' book cameo in the middle. Thanks to everyone who sent this in.

20th Jan 2008 : Jan. 11 - Flush with last year's success in passing H.Res. 847, "Recognizing the importance of Christmas and the Christian Faith," Christian nationalists -- those who would have the United States be governed as a Christian theocracy -- are pushing H.Res. 888, another resolution which promotes a false and distorted Christian nation reinterpretation of our history. Generally, we do not take action regarding resolutions because they are ceremonial in nature and express the non-binding opinion of one chamber. They do not have the force of law.

20th Jan 2008 : In our first show, we discussed House Resolution 888, Robert G. Ingersoll, the discovery of a transitional fossil, and an interview with Richard Dawkins.

20th Jan 2008 : Honour killing and female infanticide come from Pagan-Hindu-Judeo-Christian traditions. Hindus idolise women as Goddesses on one hand, while downgrading them on the sly at the same time.

20th Jan 2008 : Demonstrating the extent to which he sees himself as "defender of faith", the Prince of Wales wrote to Mahathir Mohamad, the former prime minister of Malaysia, saying that he was "determined to continue the battle to spread the message that proper fundamentalism is in the best interest of the future of our world."

20th Jan 2008 : The ancestral relationships of people living in the widely scattered islands of the Pacific Ocean, long a puzzle to anthropologists, may have been solved by a new genetic study, researchers reported Thursday.

20th Jan 2008 : Counter-terrorism alert as a Dutch right-winger launches a movie that will denounce the Koran.

19th Jan 2008 : A scientist has achieved a world first... by cloning himself. In a breakthrough certain to provoke an ethical furore, Samuel Wood created embryo copies of himself by placing his skin cells in a woman's egg.

19th Jan 2008 : ALTHOUGH a third of England's state schools are already under religious control, the Government has decided to create even more of them.

19th Jan 2008 : We've got to find a way to take the conservative symbolic message of faith talk out of American politics.

19th Jan 2008 : ScienceDaily (Jan. 20, 2008) — According to Darwin's theory of evolution, individuals in a species pass successful traits onto their offspring through a process called "deterministic inheritance." Over multiple generations, advantageous developmental trends – such as the lengthening of the giraffe's neck – occur.

19th Jan 2008 : A little comic about arguing with believers.

18th Jan 2008 : Reconciling the biblical God with Darwin's theories would challenge even an omnipotent being. But a growing number of thinkers and scientists are altering their concept of the deity to make room for evolution.

18th Jan 2008 : The God Delusion has now been released in a new US paperback edition, which has a nice fold-out cover. I thought I'd post some pictures for everyone.