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Agnosticism / Atheism September 2003 Archive

By Austin Cline, About.com Guide to Atheism since 1998

Ten Commandments Flap Is Bogus

Sunday September 7, 2003
Is it really the job of the government to defend or proclaim a particular religious faith held by some, or even a majority, of citizens in the United States. What Read More...

Mormon Prisoners Receiving Preferential Treatment?

Sunday September 7, 2003
Giving a prisoner favorable treatment because he or she follows a favored religion is an incredibly serious breach of trust and responsibility. Nevertheless, it has been alleged that that is Read More...

Police Chief Trashes Atheists

Sunday September 7, 2003
Atheists are not very popular people. They don't subscribe to the most dominant and common religious beliefs in American society; as a consequence, they are not regarded as good people, Read More...

Atheists Challenge Naval Prayers

Sunday September 7, 2003
As was reported here recently, the Naval Academy has decided to continue a tradition of mandatory lunchtime prayers for all cadets. Atheists in the military who value the separation of Read More...

Scientologists Object to Infants Tests

Sunday September 7, 2003
Nebraska requires a metabolic screening of newborns in order to test for metabolic diseases. Some Scientologists want a special religious exemption from these tests, even though that exemption would push Read More...

Ten Commandments Preservation Act

Sunday September 7, 2003
Every year since he joined Congress in 1996, Robert Aderholt has tried to get his "Ten Commandments Preservation Act" passed. Every year, it gets dropped to the bottom of everyone's Read More...

Political Influence of Reverend Moon

Sunday September 7, 2003
Many people have probably heard of Reverend Sun Myung Moon and his Unification Church (members of which are popularly known as "Moonies"). He thinks that he is the reincarnation of Read More...

This Date in History: Anglicanism

Sunday September 7, 2003
September 7, 1553: Queen Elizabeth I of England was born. As the daughter of Henry VIII, Elizabeth took important steps towards making the Anglican Church the state church of England. More: Read More...

Stacked Decalogue

Sunday September 7, 2003
If the Ten Commandments can be described as the foundation of American law, then surely it follows that anything forbidden by the Commandments are also forbidden by the law and/or, Read More...

Misrepresenting Evolution and Science

Sunday September 7, 2003
Creationists don't understand either evolution or science. This seems a necessary conclusion - and a generous one at that. After all, if they do understand evolution and science, then their Read More...

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