Daily Archives: 07/02/2011

Famous atheists in history: Napoleon Bonaparte

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Most historians agree that Napoleon Bonaparte, who was heavily involved in the anti-clerical French Revolution, was an atheist.  For one thing, he claimed that “all religions have been made by men”.  A brilliant military conqueror, who set Europe afire with his military campaigns, … Continue reading →

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Scientific study confirms that reducing cannabis use could delay or prevent cases of psychosis

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Cannabis brings on psychotic illness up to three years earlier in mentally ill The findings confirm that cannabis accelerates the onset of full-blown mental illness, which makes it harder to treat successfully. . . . Dr Large said ‘The results … Continue reading →

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The new breed of evangelistic, militant atheist zealots who want to tear down the beliefs of others

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‘The evangelistic atheist is a different breed altogether.  One atheist evangelist sits in his office with piles of anti-religious books as he prepares his next lecture for his Sociology of Religion class.  He curses more than he uses words like … Continue reading →

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Academics defend Canadian Christian universities against secularists’ “anti-religious bullying”

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Academics back Christian universities in academic freedom dispute A group of academics has launched a campaign defending Canadian Christian universities against what it terms anti-religious bullying by the country’s leading university teachers’ federation. “What we have here is an academic union … Continue reading →

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Scientific study supports validity of ancient Christian practice of self-flagellation

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A new study says that Catholic flagellators are right.  Pain does assuage guilt. Guilt, then, seems to behave in the laboratory as theologians have long claimed it should.  It has a powerful effect on willingness to tolerate pain.  And it … Continue reading →

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Why the Jesus mythicism of the New Atheists is inherently contradictory

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James McGrath explains: How is it that one supposedly cannot argue for a figure’s historicity being probable from texts alone, and yet it is supposedly possible to argue that the figure being a literary creation is more probable?  The latter … Continue reading →

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American fundamentalists get all apocalyptically excited over events in Egypt

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Egypt Unrest Provokes Apocalyptic Hysteria Apparently it seems obvious to some that the fall of a pro-US hardman could not occur without God giving it special mention, and so Biblical texts that reference Egypt are being pressed into service. — The … Continue reading →

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