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Agnosticism / Atheism November 2003 Archive

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

Miss Afghanistan Could Be Charged

Wednesday November 12, 2003
In October many bloggers, including Instapundit, triumphantly announced that America had once again scored a victory against the Taliban - this time, through the person of Vida Samadzai, a college Read More...

Education Scandal Growing

Wednesday November 12, 2003
As was reported here in August, it has been revealed that the "Texas Miracle" of education (something George W. Bush touted when running for president) was more a fraud believed Read More...

Political Heresy or Religious Heresy?

Wednesday November 12, 2003
Just how dependent is the Republican Party on the Christian Religious Right? One might imagine that the Religious Right is simply another factor in the Republican Party, but that would Read More...

First Ever: Religious Lecture by Woman

Wednesday November 12, 2003
Women in Islam often don't have as many rights as the men - in particular, it is much more difficult for women to achieve any sort of religious authority. In Read More...

Atheist, Because Of War

Wednesday November 12, 2003
We've all heard the claim that "there are no atheists in foxholes" - in other words, being faced with death and danger causes one to either suddenly adopt a theistic Read More...

Public Display of the Ten Commandments

Wednesday November 12, 2003
With so many different people fighting to make sure that the government can display the Ten Commandments on public property, I think it's only fair that their position be represented Read More...

Christmas Display: Not Enough Religion?

Wednesday November 12, 2003
Communities around the country have made their Christmas displays a little less religious and a little more secular in nature. Sometimes this has been due to legal pressure, but sometimes Read More...

Pittsburgh Diocese Seeks Autonomy

Wednesday November 12, 2003
Conservative Episcopalian dioceses around the United States are reacting to the consecration of Gene Robinson, a gay man, as an Episcopalian bishop. One of the most conservative diocese in America Read More...

This Date in History: Epperson v. Arkansas

Wednesday November 12, 2003
November 12, 1968: Decided: Epperson v. Arkansas The Supreme Court found that Arkansas' law prohibiting the teaching of evolution was unconstitutional because the motivation was based on a literal reading Read More...

True Values Coalition: Afraid of Links?

Wednesday November 12, 2003
The Christian Religious Right has often been attempted to silence others - but who knew that they would work to silence themselves as well? That's what appears to have happened Read More...

Christian Kitsch

Wednesday November 12, 2003
Have you recently had a hankering for some nice Christian Kitsch? Well, who hasn't? Everyone needs a real "Bible Belt," WWJD boxer shorts, or a spanking stick that has Proverbs Read More...

President Bush Praises Gay Church

Wednesday November 12, 2003
Sometimes a truly beautiful piece of irony appears in the news - or at least a few news sources, with the mainstream media generally ignoring it lest someone be embarrassed. Read More...

French Secularism

Wednesday November 12, 2003
Evangelical Christians in America often complain about secularism and the secularization of society, but in France it is much more extreme. There church and state are separated to a radical Read More...

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