Christian rightwing groups commonly endorse candidates for public office to impose their theocratic vision for America. They believe their deity is the head of state/government, and not the president. Well, Penn Jillette, has produced an atheist scorecard of the...
An atheist author is calling for religious texts including The Bible and Koran to be censored in Britain and America, saying they fuel terrorism and “breach” laws by promoting intolerance. Laurence Kalnin argues that religious texts and practices that demand the “murder...
" A bishop is calling on Christians to wear crosses in public to demonstrate they "aren't going to disappear quietly from the market place". The Bishop of Lichfield, the Rt Rev Jonathan Gledhill said Christians...
On 6 July, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso celebrated his 74 birthday. "Through all your wishes, I will live longer. I do not know whether I can live for thousands years, but I am sure I will stay alive...
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Turkey -- Secularist coup plot foiled: "Turkey is fast becoming an empire of fear" An attempt to stem the tide of Islamization and the advance of Sharia in Turkey has been foiled. "Dozens more held in Turkish coup plot," by Suzan Fraser for AP, January 22: "ANKARA, Turkey...
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And it came to pass that in the State of South Carolina House of Representatives and Governor Mark Sanford intended to issue license plates picturing a gold cross and a stained glass window. The words...
"The Rt Rev Patrick O'Donoghue, the Bishop of Lancaster, has claimed that graduates are spreading scepticism and sowing dissent. Instead of following the Church's teaching they are "hedonistic", "selfish" and "egocentric", he said. ... While not naming names, he...
Once its Graham Staines of Austrailia now its Laxmanananda Saraswati victim of religion fanatics. Swami Saraswati, the founder of Chakapada Ashram in Phulbani, and four others were shot dead by some unknown...
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On July 22, 2007, Turkey went to the polls earlier than expected. Formally, voting is about choosing a new parliament. In reality, it is about political Islam and secularism. As a high turn out voting ended,...
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"The recent events in Turkey seem to have stirred many people's curiosity. Friends and colleagues keep asking me questions such as: "Are all these demonstrations real or is it just the media?" or "Is AKP really an Islamist party?" or "Why is the...
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And, also from the Catholic Herald, the brilliant composer and friend of Catholic liturgical music James MacMillan on the Kirk's less than radiantly clear ecumenical 'spirit'.
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The dumbing down of an already backward culture."Iran's hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad called Tuesday for a purge of liberal and secular teachers from the country's universities, urging students to return...
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According to New York Daily News, Starbucks is making changes to its menu. The coffee giant got 12 percent of its $4 billion in sales through food last year, mostly with cold items like cookies, muffins and...
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