{"id":3704,"date":"2008-05-15T10:12:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-15T10:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/05\/human-rights-around-the-universe\/"},"modified":"2008-05-15T10:12:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-15T10:12:00","slug":"human-rights-around-the-universe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2008\/05\/human-rights-around-the-universe.html","title":{"rendered":"Human Rights Around The Universe"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>Amused Muse points out that <a href=\"http:\/\/amused-muse.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/now-they-can-quit-pretending.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the Discovery Institute is closer to Hitler\u2019s view than those they accuse<\/a>. For those who still know what \u201cright wing\u201d means, this is no surprise. <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/pharyngula\/2008\/05\/michael_medved_says_something.php\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Also at Pharyngula<\/a>, which has another post on <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/pharyngula\/2008\/05\/madness_this_is_america.php\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a University being taken to court because it dares to point out that some religious views are wrong about the facts<\/a>. John Pieret also <a href=\"http:\/\/dododreams.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/modern-scholarship.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">covers this topic<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/openparachute.wordpress.com\/2008\/05\/16\/driving-the-wedge-into-christianity\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ben Stein<\/a> is <a href=\"http:\/\/secundumartem.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/what-hath-science-wrought.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">still wrong<\/a> in a way that can result in the <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceblogs.com\/erv\/2008\/05\/intro_to_ervs_why_everyone_sho.php\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">loss of human life<\/a>. Of the Discovery Institute\u2019s list of dissenters from Darwinism, 2% are confirmed as <a href=\"http:\/\/scienceavenger.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/taking-apart-dis-list-of-dissenters.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">biologists who genuinely doubt evolution<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Mainstream Baptist notes <a href=\"http:\/\/mainstreambaptist.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/challenging-christian-nationalism-could.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">the dangers of trying to challenge Christian nationalism<\/a>, even though the latter is an oxymoron. Secher Nbiw shares <a href=\"http:\/\/secher-nbiw.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/because-i-should-post-something-about.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">a clip about Iran<\/a>. N. T. Wrong blogs about <a href=\"http:\/\/ntwrong.wordpress.com\/2008\/05\/15\/rosemary-radford-reuther-american-empire-and-the-war-against-evil\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">American Empire<\/a>. Ruth Gledhill has been <a href=\"http:\/\/timescolumns.typepad.com\/gledhill\/2008\/05\/persecution-i-3.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">blogging the persecution index<\/a>. The Lead blogs about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalcafe.com\/lead\/biology\/the_politics_of_dignity.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">human dignity<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.episcopalcafe.com\/lead\/science\/scientists_gain_respect_for_el.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">scientific perspectives on spiritual states<\/a>. Alan Lenzi <a href=\"http:\/\/bibleandancientneareast.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/faces-in-clouds-new-theory-of-religion.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">reviews a book on cognition and religion<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Pisteuomen joins in drawing attention to the <a href=\"http:\/\/michaelhalcomb.blogspot.com\/2008\/05\/uniting-for-human-rights-blog.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">blog for human rights<\/a> event.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/space.newscientist.com\/data\/images\/ns\/cms\/mg19826564.800\/mg19826564.800-1_250.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/space.newscientist.com\/data\/images\/ns\/cms\/mg19826564.800\/mg19826564.800-1_250.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/sfgospel.typepad.com\/sf_gospel\/2008\/05\/beliefnets-10-g.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">SF Gospel<\/a> mentions <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2008\/05\/10-greatest-spiritual-characte.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Beliefnet\u2019s top ten spiritual sci-fi characters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lingamish.wordpress.com\/2008\/05\/14\/five-sites-for-christian-satire\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">David Ker recommends sites for Christian satire<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also don\u2019t miss the cool photo of a young supernova at <a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/390444\/someone-has-stolen-our-supernovas\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">IO9<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificblogging.com\/news_releases\/expanding_supernova_marks_youngest_yet_and_there_may_be_10_even_younger\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Scientific Blogging<\/a> (which also touches on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.scientificblogging.com\/news_releases\/video_games_and_violence_are_studies_biased\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">video games and violence<\/a>) and <a href=\"http:\/\/space.newscientist.com\/article\/mg19826564.800-victorian-supernova-helps-fill-missing-link.html?feedId=online-news_rss20\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">New Scientist<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/7622297540113836091-3323362138190656980?l=exploringourmatrix.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amused Muse points out that the Discovery Institute is closer to Hitler\u2019s view than those they accuse. 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