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TV presenter gets death sentence for 'sorcery'

Mohammed Jamjoom - CNN — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Amnesty International is calling on Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah to stop the execution of a Lebanese man sentenced to death for "sorcery."

Arrogant, corrupt, secretive – the Catholic church failed to tackle evil

Fintan O'Toole - guardian.co.uk — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

It is not, as Pope Benedict rightly argued in yesterday's distressingly bland pastoral letter, about priestly celibacy. It is about power.

Brain-Like Computer Closer to Realization

PHYSORG.com — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Almost since computing began, scientists and technologists have been fascinated with the idea of a computer that works similarly to the human brain.

Nate Phelps on growing up in 'the most hated family in America'

Kevin Libin - National Post — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Nate Phelps was in Calgary this week, speaking to the University of Calgary's Centre for Inquiry.

Exclusive Interview with Satan at a CafÃ© near the Vatican

David DiSalvo - Brainspin - True/Slant — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Were you, as reported by the Vaticanâs Chief Exorcist, Gabriele Amorth, lurking in the Vatican?

Mysterious 'Dark Flow' May Be Tug of Other Universe

Irene Klotz - Discovery News — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

A structure, possibly another universe beyond the horizon of our own, appears to be pulling at our world.

Do Twilight, Harry Potter open door to the Devil?

Linda Morris - The Sydney Morning Herald — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

THE appointment of a new exorcist by Sydney's Catholic Church precedes a warning by a senior clergyman that generation Y risks a dangerous fascination with the occult

Quebecers rally to put secularism on agenda

Marian Scott - The Gazette — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

'Bottom line,' says Daniel Cere, a professor of religion and public policy at McGill, 'it's a problem with a new religious community,which is Islam'

Pope Ratzinger - A Failed Letter Of Apology

Michael Campbell - Young Freethought — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Todayâs letter published by the Vatican, written by the current Pope, Joseph Ratzinger, is a subversive excuse for a true apology and an honest acknowledgment of guilt on the part of the pontiff.

AC Grayling and Russell Blackford discuss Atheism

singularitysoup YouTube — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

AC Grayling and Russell Blackford discuss Atheism and related topics (i.e. Secularism) at the Nova Cinema in Carlton, Melbourne Australia. The event was sponsored by Readings bookstore.

Update from Alexa Adams regarding Doctors without Borders

Alexa Adam - Doctors Without Borders/MÃ©decins Sans FrontiÃ¨res — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The faith trap

Richard Dawkins - On Faith - The Washington Post — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

At a lunch party I was placed next to a well-known female rabbi, now ennobled. She asked me, somewhat belligerently, whether I said grace when it was my turn to do so at High Table dinner in my Oxford college.

Black Infidels: Harvard's New Humanist Magazine

Sikivu Hutchinson - The New Humanism — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

...reflects conventional wisdom about African American communities and faith. Namely, that African Americans are so unquestioningly religious that having any other viewpoint is grounds for "revocation" of one's race credentials.

COMPLEXITY EXPLAINED: 16. Evolution of Intelligence and Consciousness

Vinod K. Wadhawan - Nirmukta — Sat, 20 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The human brain is a physical organ, governed by the laws of physics. The mind is âbrain power,â or the capacity of the brain to feel, think, and reason. The brain carries the mind, as well as what we often call consciousness...

Ending the pretense of faith

Paula Kirby - The Washington Post — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Question: What should pastors do if they no longer hold the defining beliefs of their denomination?

What does it mean to be human?

Smithsonian — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Excellent resources and new exhibits at the Smithsonian

The Pope, the Prophet, and the religious support for evil

Johann Hari - The Independent — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

What can make tens of millions of people – who are in their daily lives peaceful and compassionate and caring – suddenly want to physically dismember a man for drawing a cartoon

SPIKED Christian Values

Catherine Deveny — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

The article below didnât get a run last week. To be honest, I have no problem being spiked. Thatâs going to happen every now and then seeing as though what I write can get pretty edgy. Nature of the beast. Itâs a deeply conservative broadsheet newspaper.

Morality, with limits

Russell Blackford - guardian.co.uk — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

We can't expect people to be either as self-denying as conservatives or as altruistic as liberals seem to want

Dissident theologian Hans Kung calls on Pope to issue

Richard Owen - TimesOnline — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 00:00:00 GMT

Benedict is expected to sign a letter tomorrow to the faithful in Ireland after his talks with Irish bishops last month, when he described sex abuse as a grave sin and a "heinous crime".