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What’s the Matter with Creationism?
By Katha Pollitt
June 27, 2012
Print: The Nation
Do you know what the worst thing about the recent Gallup poll on evolution is? The proportion of college graduates who are creationists is exactly the same as for the general public.
German court outlaws religious circumcision for boys
via Agence France-Presse
June 26, 2012
Print: The National Post
Circumcising young boys on religious grounds causes grievous bodily harm, a German court ruled Tuesday in a landmark decision that the Jewish community said trampled on parents’ religious rights.
US Catholic bishops’ abuse of ‘religious freedom’
By Katherine Stewart
June 26, 2012
Print: The Guardian
The founding fathers saw the state as guarantor of freedom from persecution. Now, the Church is trying to cast it as persecutor.
Atheists, Muslims See Most Bias as Presidential Candidates
by Jeffrey M. Jones
June 22, 2012
Print: Gallup
A new Gallup poll finds that 54% of Americans would vote for a presidential candidate who is an atheist.
Thoughts of death make only the religious more devout
By Stephanie Pappas
June 22, 2012
Print: MSNBC
Thinking about death makes Christians and Muslims, but not atheists, more likely to believe in God, new research finds, suggesting that the old saying about “no atheists in foxholes” doesn’t hold water.
Voice of Reason: Lawrence Krauss - “Reality is Liberating”
By Lawrence Krauss
June 20, 2012
Video: dogmaticCURE
It’s better to know how the world really works than to be consoled by fables and myths.
Donations to religious institutions decline for second straight year
By Lauren Markoe
June 20, 2012
Print: The Washington Post
Post-recession America is beginning to open its wallet to charities again, but is not giving as generously to religious institutions.
Pope Tells Irish That Cause of Child Abuse by Clergy a ‘Mystery’
By Frances D'Emilio
June 17, 2012
Print: The Huffington Post
Pope Benedict XVI told Irish Catholics on Sunday it is a mystery why priests and other church officials abused children entrusted in their care.
Santa Monica Nativity Scene Ban Results From Atheist Controversy
By Kathleen Miles
June 14, 2012
Print: The Huffington Post
Atheists are celebrating Santa Monica’s decision to prohibit churches, atheists, synagogues and other groups from setting up nativity scenes or other displays on Palisades Park.
Why We Don’t Believe In Science
By Jonah Lehrer
June 8, 2012
Print: The New Yorker
Last week, Gallup announced the results of their latest survey on Americans and evolution. The survey results beg the question: Why are some scientific ideas hard to believe in?
Is Pleasure a Sin?
By Maureen Dowd
June 6, 2012
Print: The New York Times
In its jihad on nuns, the Vatican shows no mercy to a Sister of Mercy.
In U.S., 46% Hold Creationist View of Human Origins
By Frank Newport
June 1, 2012
Print: Gallup
A Gallup poll released today reveals that 46% of Americans believe in the creationist view that God created humans in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years.
How Christian Fundamentalists Plan to Teach Genocide to Children
By Katherine Stewart
June 1, 2012
Print: The Guardian
Good News Clubs’ evangelism in schools is already subverting church-state separation. Now they justify murdering nonbelievers.
