Daily Archives: 06/06/2011

University of Chicago completes Assyrian Dictionary after 9 decades: 21-volume sets will be sold for $1,400 each

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University of Chicago institute completes dictionary of ancient language after 9 decades: 21-volume sets will be sold to libraries for $1,400 each Scholars at the University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute have finally completed the Assyrian Dictionary, listing 28,000 words of … Continue reading →

Posted in Archaeology, History

Quote of the day: Denis Lamoureux on Adam and Eve and the foundational beliefs of Christianity

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‘Adam [and Eve] never existed, and this fact has no impact whatsoever on the foundational beliefs of Christianity.’ ~ Denis Lamoureux, University of Alberta

Posted in Quote of the Day, Sciences

Why atheists with even a basic ability at rational thought should be embarrassed by full-time blowhard P.Z. Myers

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Seriously, Aren’t Atheists Embarrassed by P.Z. Myers? At this point in his PowerPoint presentation there is a photograph showing a rather large pile of driftwood along what is obviously a coastline.  Myers informs us that it is Rialto Beach in … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheism

Heinrich Böll, Nobel Prize-winning author, on why the worst Christian world surpasses the best pagan world

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‘I would prefer even the worst possible Christian world to the best pagan world, because in a Christian world there is room for those for whom no pagan world ever made room: cripples and sick people, the old and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheism, History, Quote of the Day

Julian and Adrian Riester: identical twin brothers, aged 92, both Franciscan friars, died on the same day

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Identical twin brothers Julian and Adrian Riester, aged 92, both Franciscan friars, died on the same day, in fact within hours of each other. A pair of 92-year-old identical twins in the US have died only hours apart.  The brothers died … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Churches