1. Stop missionary work in schools
(Religion/Enforced religion)

...moer, a former minister in the Dutch Reformed Church who now describes himself as a sceptic, said he had issues with the Christian ethos finding its way into the classroom. He said children's b...

2. Next week, blasphemy gets its own holiday
(Religion/Atheism)

...king to offend, but if in the course of dialogue and debate, people become offended, that’s not an issue for us,” said Justin Trottier, a Toronto coordinator of Blasphemy Day and executive...

3. Science is just one gene away from defeating religion
(Religion/Atheism)

...g at the stake and excommunication along the way.  But I was astounded to discover how topical the issue of Galileo's trial still is in the Vatican and how resistant many Christians are to s...

4. Top 10 Signs Of Evolution In Modern Man
(Science/General)

...is muscle as well, but it is now so underdeveloped that it is often taken out by doctors when they need tissue for reconstruction in other parts of the body. The muscle is so unimportant to the human ...

5. Who Started the War on Christmas?
(Religion/Atheism)

...rase “Happy Holidays” by retailers like Amazon.com. “I just got real interested in the issue,” Brimelow told The Daily Beast, “because I noticed over the years there was ...

6. God will, in fact, be mocked
(Religion/Atheism)

...g that biblical truths like the virgin birth are literally true -- there's morality, a much trickier issue. Does religion provide us with a moral compass? Is it okay to murder abortionists, for in...

7. It's not what the papers say, it's what they don't
(Medicine/General)

...r evidence to appear. This month a significant paper was published by Hviid and Melbye in the December 1 issue of the American Journal of Epidemiology. They examined 871,234 children in a Danish birth...

8. SA a country of God - Zuma
(Religion/Enforced religion)

...racy. "I have a feeling that we have not done so from the religious fraternity, therefore there are issues we do not deal with that we ought to deal with. Zuma detailed the long history of the AN...

9. Religious sect 'brainwashing' Maties
(Religion/Shofar Shogood)

...ption that they wanted to disrupt academic life was nonsense. "We have a firm stance on contentious issues and stand for some truths that we will always be criticised for.  We are not a cult...

10. An Atheist Manifesto
(Religion/Atheism)

...h factor may enable the other; or both may spring from some deeper source of mischief. Leaving aside the issue of cause and effect, these facts prove that atheism is perfectly compatible with the basi...

11. Movie : Constantine's Sword
(Religion/General)

...That Came Between Us” won a 1996 National Book Award, vehemently disagrees with the church on many issues but still embraces Catholicism. A former anti-Vietnam War activist, now in his mid-60s, ...

12. Quackery quashed, but Rath’s legacy lives
(Medicine/General)

... supplements in a way that violated US regulations. In South Africa, the Advertising Standards Authority issued three separate rulings against him in 2005, finding that he had made false and misleadin...

13. Put a Little Science in Your Life
(Science/General)

...ology — we realize how crucial it is to cultivate a general public that can engage with scientific issues; there's simply no other way that as a society we will be prepared to make informed ...

14. Car dealership advert tells atheists to 'shut up'
(Religion/General)

...dealership in California. America's non-Christian minority of 14 per cent should have its views on issues like prayer in schools and the religious content of the Pledge of Allegiance ignored, th...

15. Scientists rally against creationist 'superstition'
(Religion/Evolution vs Creationism)

...uot;I have been teaching genetics and evolutionary biology for 30 years and for the first 20 I think the issue arose once. That's changed." Reposted from : http://www.independent.co.uk/news/s...

16. Make Way for Superfrog
(Science/General)

...the talon-shaped finger bones others had seen, the researchers found a small bony nodule nestled in the tissue just beyond the frog's fingertip. When sheathed, each claw is anchored to the nodule ...

17. Teenager faces prosecution for calling Scientology 'cult'
(Religion/General)

...the Crown Prosecution Service. A date has not yet been set for him to appear in court. The decision to issue the summons has angered human rights activists and support groups for the victims of cult...

18. Losing Our Spines to Save Our Necks
(Religion/Enforced religion)

...how the problem of fundamentalism exists in all religions, only obfuscates what may be the most pressing issue of our time: Islam, as it is currently understood and practiced by vast numbers of the wo...

19. Anti-Evolution Film Misappropriates the Holocaust
(Religion/Evolution vs Creationism)

New York, NY, April 29, 2008 … The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) today issued the following statement regarding the controversial film Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed. The film Expelled: No In

20. Religious ban upsets community
(Religion/Enforced religion)

...to how and when they want to practise their ceremonies," he said. A fortnight ago, the KZN cabinet issued a statement expressing concerns about the matter. "If need be, the government woul...

21. Darwin's Nemesis by William Dembski
(Book reviews/Reviews)

...art III is referred to above. Part IV or Johnson’s revolution in biology (ch 10-13) deals with the issues of ‘common ancestry’ (ch 11), the issue of ‘taxonomic categories&rsquo...

22. Open Letter to a victim of Ben Stein's lying propaganda
(Religion/General)

...ou as a human being and you have done great work exposing psychics and frauds, but this is a very touchy issue that affects me and family emotionally. Our family business was affected because of Ausch...

23. Pope Benedict to test secular ground at UN
(Religion/General)

...re said, calling the respective leaders 'eminent moral authority of the world' who can deal with issues of culture and politics. 'The issue (of religion at the UN) is left to those who ha...

24. Local council in shock challenge to Catholic dogma
(Good news/Humour)

...laimer prior to delivering the holy sacrament of Communion. The Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead have issued the new regulations as a concession to secularists concerned by allegations that Creatio...

25. Psychic crackdown on the cards
(Paranormal/General)

...nds are all at risk of legal action from disgruntled customers. Spiritualists say they will be forced to issue disclaimers, such as 'this is a scientific experiment, the results of which cannot be...

26. They prayed to cast Satan from my body
(Religion/Enforced religion)

...g on? Read your Bible." Johnson had grown up in a Christian family; her belief in God was not the issue; anorexia and self harm were. "A major sticking point was when they told me I needed...

27. New Atheists Are Not Great
(Religion/General)

...atheists invoke natural law standards, they embrace the Creator they most wish to deny. On the broader issue of faith and reason, D'Souza states the obvious: "Religious faith is not in oppo...

28. Religion 'linked to happy life'
(Religion/General)

...he attitudes of Christians - both Catholic and Protestant - not only to their own happiness, but also to issues such as unemployment. Their findings, they said, suggested that religion could offer a...

29. Getting the public to pay attention to good science
(Science/General)

...ncompatible positions. Unfortunately, these sorts of arguments aren't limited to social or political issues, but have increasingly extended into the scientific and medical realms. Aside from provi...

30. UK Measles cases jump to record high
(Science/General)

...The Health Protection Agency (HPA) recorded 971 cases during the year - up from 740 in 2006. The agency issued a warning last summer urging parents to get their children immunised with the MMR jab. ...