What Kind Of Faith Relies On Robocalls?

Peregrin Wood 5/22/2012
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Do these supporters of Republican Richard Mourdock really believe that their god’s political plans for the U.S. Senate seat from Indiana depends on computer programs that make automatic telephone calls to interrupt voters’ family dinners?

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Majority of Americans embrace the strongest Religious Freedom: Non-Affiliation

Jim Cook 5/20/2012
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Bloggers like PatriotFreedom may insist that “America is a Religious Nation,” but the bare facts suggest otherwise. According to data collected by the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies, from 2000 to 2010 the number of congregants affiliated with …

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Theologian Decries Increasing Maine Religious Freedom as a Threat to Religious Freedom

Jim Cook 5/19/2012
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Once every ten years, the Association of Statisticians of American Religious Bodies conducts a census, contacting the heads of all religious congregations in the United States and asking them to indicate how many people are members of their congregations. In …

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Irregular Times Dream Tending Workshop To Begin Tonight – Pay Now!

Herbie the Cosmic Iguana 5/14/2012
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Unlike Aizenstat’s worshops, which are located in the boring old Switzerland of the physical plane of existence, Irregular Times dream tending seminars are held on the ZubZub beaches of the astral plane… for those who spiritually enlightened enough to follow the path. This

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Shorter University A School That Closes Doors And Narrows Minds

Peregrin Wood 5/14/2012
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Shorter University students will carry with them an association with bigotry and intolerance. Diplomas from such an institution of education will qualify Shorter graduates to work for small range of employers within a small ideological territory. Who will want to graduate with that kind of handicap?

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Obama Decides To Keep Government-Funded Religious Job Discrimination

Peregrin Wood 5/1/2012
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On Friday, Barack Obama decided to keep the employment discrimination on the basis of religion going. He issued guidelines that allow the government to keep on paying money to create jobs that are available only to people who have certain religious beliefs.

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Massive Quakes and Volcanic Destruction? I’m Still Waiting for God’s Mini-Me

Jim Cook 4/29/2012
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Self-proclaimed religious psychic visionary Linda Newkirk has issued her latest prophecy in an e-mail blast: “Massive Quake/Volcanic Destruction Imminent!” Oh dear! But I’m not quite convinced it’s time to go out and buy a lava-repellent helmet. In December 2009 Linda …

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Mike McIntyre Uses Prayer As A Pose For Power

jclifford 4/27/2012
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Congressman Mike McIntyre doesn’t care enough about prayer to center his own life around the practice, so what right does he have to lecture to the rest of us about how we’re not praying enough?

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Obama Administration Refuses To Talk About Discrimination Funded By Faith Based Initiatives

Peregrin Wood 4/24/2012
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Joshua Dubois, Barack Obama’s director of a program to funnel government money to churches, to pay for their employment discrimination, refuses to talk to Americans who are asking for a restoration of separation of church and state. So, why should Americans who support separation of church and state give their support to Barack Obama’s presidential re-election campaign this year?

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Ram Bomjon, Buddha Boy Gone Wild!

jclifford 4/12/2012
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Ram Bomjon, aka Palden Dorje aka Dharma Sanga aka Tamang Tulku Rimpoche, was said to be an enlightened Buddha Boy. More recently, however, he’s been holding people prisoner and physically attacking anybody who challenges his authority.

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Why Aren’t Paranormal Investigators Taken Seriously?

Rowan 4/11/2012
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Should scientists stop criticizing each other’s work, and just try to get along?

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A Miracle That Fighter Jet Malfunctioned And Wrecked Homes

Peregrin Wood 4/8/2012
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Just to make the point clear that he wasn’t just talking about dumb luck, but a bona fide religious miracle, the mayor explained, “We’re so blessed and truly believe a miracle has occurred here with us not having any victims.” It was a particularly Christian miracle, too, apparently. A “Good Friday miracle”, according to the mayor.

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Congressman Peter Stark’s Address On Religion and Public Service

jclifford 3/27/2012
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A transcript of the speech of Congressman Peter Stark to the Reason Rally, a gathering last weekend of thousands of non-theist Americans on the National Mall.

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Why Bother Holding A Reason Rally?

Peregrin Wood 3/25/2012
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It’s easy to forget that there are many places in America where it’s still extremely difficult for a person to publicly acknowledge that they don’t have any religious identity. Until such places are the exception, rather than the rule, it will be sadly reasonable to attend events like the Reason Rally.

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After the End of the World: A Harold Camping Redemption Footnote

Jim Cook 3/23/2012
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We’ve spent a little bit of time deriding the absurdity of Harold Camping’s counterfactual prediction that world would incontrovertibly end in Spring 2011, his later insistence in the world would really really end in October 2011, and his consistent call …

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More Americans Wish Politicians Would Stop Using Religion As A Political Tool.

jclifford 3/22/2012
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Secular liberals are treated as pariahs by the Democratic Party. There is no functioning political party that represents the interests of secular Americans over the interests of religious Americans.

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Don’t Believe It? How to See Eddie Izzard for Free in Washington DC March 24

Jim Cook 3/14/2012
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What would you pay to see comedian Eddie Izzard? What if I told you you didn’t have to pay a thing? Don’t believe it? Well, your disbelief is kind of the entire point. Jesse Galef of the Secular Student Alliance …

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Disunity Defines Spiritual Experiences

Rowan 3/14/2012
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A survey of spiritual experiences suggests that the concept of “God” is peripheral to the actual experience of the religious realm for most people… if it’s related at all.

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