Daily Archives: 19/05/2011

32ft. plan of the ‘Titanic’ used in the official inquiry in 1912 goes up for auction

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One Titanic price tag: Unique diagram of liner used at official inquiry could fetch £150,000 at auction

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Photograph of the day: High up above the rooftops

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Atheist Brendan O’Neill: the similarities between May 21 Rapturist Harold Camping and the environmentalist lobby

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‘The really weird thing about Camping and his 21 May movement is how outdated it seems.  Because in recent years, end-of-the-worldism has been well and truly secularised.  Doomsday is no longer the property of the religious – it has been stolen and … Continue reading →

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Robert Fitzpatrick spent his $140,000 life savings on advertising Harold Camping’s May 21, 2011 ‘Rapture’ rubbish

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Ex subway worker sinks $140,000 life savings into campaign advertising the end of the world More: May 21, 2011: some fundamentalists claim it will be the end of the world as we know it May 21, 2011, the end of … Continue reading →

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Is it time to end tax breaks for atheists? Taxpayers fund Richard Dawkins at atheist convention

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Government comes to atheist party The ”four horsemen of the anti-apocalypse”, the world’s most prominent atheists, will share a public platform for the first time in Melbourne next year in an event partly funded by the state government. The Global Atheist … Continue reading →

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Harold Camping and Prince Charles: two ‘End Times’ false prophets

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“Save the date!  Return of Christ, May 21, 2011.” ~ Harold Camping “We have 18 months to stop climate change disaster.” ~ Prince Charles, May 2008 More: The best way to respond to Harold Camping’s ‘End of the World on … Continue reading →

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