Daily Archives: April 5, 2008

Highlights from Hitchens vs Hitchens

The entire debate between brothers Christopher Hitchens and Peter Hitchens is not available on line right now (YouTube videos were removed). But that doesn’t mean a couple excerpts can’t be found in print! Christopher Hitchens praised the war in Iraq, … Continue reading

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Atheist Statistics 2008

A nice compilation of recent (and some not-so-recent) statistics about atheism: (via Bligbi) [tags]atheist, atheism[/tags]

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Atheist to Italy: Get Religion

Rachel Donadio‘s article in tomorrow’s edition of The New York Times profiles Giuliano Ferrara, a “third party” candidate in the upcoming national elections in Italy. One fringe candidate is different. He is Giuliano Ferrara, a Communist turned conservative who is … Continue reading

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Sergeants Want to Attack Atheist Soldier

He’s already filed a lawsuit (PDF) that says he was denied a promotion because of his atheism. Since then, Specialist Jeremy Hall hasn’t won many fans in the military. He’s still facing threats. Spc. Jeremy Hall filed a formal statement … Continue reading

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Jesus Curls

Hehe. (via Holy Juan) [tags]atheist, atheism[/tags]

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Richard Dawkins Will Be on Real Time with Bill Maher Next Week…

At least, the crawl at the end of his show tonight said so. Dawkins is scheduled to appear on the April 11th broadcast (11:00 p.m. ET on HBO). Not coincidentally, Bill Maher‘s movie about religion, Religulous, will be coming out … Continue reading

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