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Category: Science Education
The two antievolution bills on the horizon in New Hampshire have now been prefiled in the state House of Representatives. House Bill 1148, introduced by Jerry Bergevin (R-District 17), would charge the state board of education to "[r]equire evolution to be taught in the public...
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Category: Atheism
I have a theory as to why atheism and skeptcisim tend to be old-white-guy activities (even when they are not) which might explain this picture: But I'll tell you this theory only if certain conditions pertain: 1) You are someone I trust and 2) I'm...
Posted by Greg Laden at 5:29 PM • 6 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Atheism
I have always thought, naively and probably incorrectly, that what defined Accommodationist is what they think, not how they argue. At the same time, I have always thought that what defined a "New Atheist" is how we argued, and not what we think....
Posted by Greg Laden at 10:11 AM • 74 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Atheism
Darrow was born this day in 1857. He was a lawyer and a prominent member of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU). We know him as the defender of John Scopes in the Monkey Trial of 1925. Darrow and Scopes lost that trial, which was...
Posted by Greg Laden at 10:35 AM • 2 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Atheism
Your questions and comments are welcome.
Posted by Greg Laden at 10:14 AM • 4 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Atheism
High school student Brian Lisco just wanted to form a student club. A senior at Stephen Austin High School in the Houston suburbs, Lisco wanted to meet with like-minded students; students who shared common interests, who could talk about ideas they found interesting, who could...
Posted by Greg Laden at 5:10 PM • 5 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Religion
Or worse. Below the fold. Not work safe. Don't be holding the kitty or you might squeeze it by accident:...
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Category: Atheism
Today's interview with PZ Myers was pretty much Dick Cavett meets David Susskind. OK, maybe more like Jerry Springer meets The View. Well, not really, more like ... Oh I don't know. Let's just say you don't want to miss it. And, since you already...
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Category: Atheism
How can there be a God when people are suffering through floods and fires? How can God sit back and allow bad things to happen to good people? A new online resource from the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne offers answers to these and other difficult...
Posted by Greg Laden at 10:23 AM • 7 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
Category: Atheism
Did you happen to see Ricky Gervais hosting the golden globes last night? It is said he did it without a script. He was very funny, bitingly funny, and it is quite possible that he went too far in his roasting of some of the...
Posted by Greg Laden at 7:58 AM • 56 Comments • 0 TrackBacks
