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Living as an atheist and atheism in society. (Moderated)
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No atheists allowed in foxholes
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No atheists allowed in foxholes [link] {EXCERPT} World Magazine, NC According to an Associated Press account, Hall alleges that Gates permits a military culture in which officers are encouraged to pressure soldiers to adopt... [link]... more »
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Atheist Soldier Says Army Punished Him
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Atheist Soldier Says Army Punished Him [link] {EXCERPT} The Associated Press (AP) A soldier claimed Wednesday that his promotion was blocked because he had claimed in a lawsuit that the Army was violating his right to be an atheist...... more »
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Research Methods
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I did promise that I would try to get back to reading the book, (1) Research Methods for Social Work, by Allen Rubin an Earl Babbie, 2001, and to report on whatever I learn that might be relevant to this group. Recall that this promise arose in the ancient context of a posting of David V. in which he drew our attention to some online paper claiming... more »
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cargo cults
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How do we know that the objects collected and used by cargo cults have religious significance, rather than merely artistic significance which the people take very seriously?
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for anyone, kind of 'meta'
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Has this ng devolved into a proctored seminar of some sort? Brief (I hope) tale on the subject: when I was just starting to read and post to Usenet, I took up with alt.atheism.moderated. There were some very bright folks posting there, from a variety of academic backgrounds as well as from none, but there was an M.D. who was a... more »
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Apostate, we need you
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I noticed a posting by Apostate in which he offered to pray for someone on this group. So I infer that he prays and therefore that he might not be an atheist. In the thread, "who has an actual problem?", I've been asking about venues in which atheists on this group actually have dealings with the faithful in matters pertaining to religion, including dealings with... more »
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No space in My Space for Atheists
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Posted at [link] January 30, 2008 For Release: Immediately Upon Receipt MySpace Deletes Largest Atheist Group in the World. Cleveland, OH. Social networking site, MySpace.com, panders to religious intolerants by deleting atheist users, groups and content. Early this month, MySpace again deleted the "Atheist and Agnostic... more »
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Washington quote
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George Washington to the members of the new church at Baltimore: "... We have abundant reason to rejoice that in this land[,] the light of truth and reason has triumphed over the power of bigotry and superstition and that every person may here worship God according to the dictates of his own heart. ..."... more »
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who has an actual problem?
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There are a few things I'd like to know that might clarify the context of some of the discussions we've been having. A lot has been said recently about problems dealing with religious zealots, particularly creationists and especially about the problems of arguing with them. (1) What is the venu in which these arguments with creationists (e.g.) have... more »
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