Re: Morality hijacked
13 Apr 2009 17:55:23 -0000
If you're interested, it's here:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/2009/03/000000_politics_uk
shtml
The God-merchant O'Connor yaks on for about 15 minutes, the two Lordies
for the last 10.
I'm glad O'Conner had the indiscretion to say, Islamic Terrorism,
without flinching. Splendid stuff!
But ...
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No Easter Eggs for You
Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:25:51 +0100
Rational people eat their chocolate in bars.
--
Mark Lewis, North Somerset
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Morality hijacked
12 Apr 2009 06:15:39 -0000
This morning on BBC radio, there was an interview with
two members of the House of Lords: Brennan and Taverne.
Taverne apparently is an atheist although he wasn't introduced
as such, rather as part of a secular movement. I suspect
many regard calling someone an atheist indiscreet - like
saying, Mr. Smith - who ...
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Sunday School Teacher Arrested in Killing of 8 year old girl
Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:24:09 -0700 (PDT)
http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/04/11/california.girl.arrest/index.html?iref=mpstoryview
We're used to hearing of bible-thumping religious types getting caught
embezzling money from their flock, sleeping around with hookers of
both sexes, or getting caught molesting kids, but murder???? ...
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Re: Believers
Sat, 11 Apr 2009 20:07:02 -0400
On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:33:13 -0600, "graham" <g.stereo@shaw.ca> wrote:
>
>"Emma Pease" <er_pease@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>news:slrngu1v08.5ko.er_pease@cardinal2.stanford.edu...
>> On 2009-04-11, Sirius <Sirius@provider.net> wrote:
>>> On Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:23:41 +0100, The DA wrote :
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>>>>> Why is th ...
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Rise is atheism in Canada
Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:43:59 +0100
Canada is moving down the same path, as just as rapidly, as other
enlightened societies:
<< Number of teenage atheists in Canada rises swiftly
The number of teenage atheists in Canada is rising at a much faster
rate than their parents. According to a new survey, teens who said
they definitely believed in ...
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I listened to a radio interview with British/Atheist Christopher
Hitchens .
Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:13:22 -0700 (PDT)
As you may be aware, Hitchens is an up and coming anti-Theist (as he
puts it) . In the interview, he says that 'I see no reason to believe
in an almighty Diety' and that ' I see no evidence of a personal
Creator' . Now, these statements might have had some substance
about 100 years ago when science was stil ...
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????????????Re: SUSAN B. What historians won't let you understand
Thu, 9 Apr 2009 21:19:54 -0500
The civil war was cause by greed in both the North and the South. Both
wanted to control Washington by adding more Stated, to increase their
voting power in Congress.
In different ways England played a role in aggravating the situation, in
both the North and the South, it was abolition and demonizing
Southerner ...
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????????????SUSAN B. What historians won't let you understand
Thu, 9 Apr 2009 08:49:10 -0500
SUSAN B. What historians won't let you understand
????????????????SUSAN B.
What historians won't let you understand is. The Abolitionist movement
was foreign controlled. to counter the anti-slavery movement started by
white Southerners.
The problem with the political left, is it has always been
anti- ...
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Funding of religious broadcasters by the tax payer
Thu, 9 Apr 2009 03:10:25 -0700 (PDT)
I have written an article about this issue here:
http://www.hudson.nu/blog/2009/04/how-british-tax-payers-is-funding.html
One of the most interesting issues I have uncovered is that God TV
could be
receiving as much as ¡ê1M in public funding through the gift aid
scheme, but
they broadcast from the UK using ...
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