American Atheists Flash LineNews of Interest to AtheistsMonuments removal adds twist to Bible display appeal- January 22, 2007 Days before a major appeals court hearing on a Bible display at a Harris County courthouse, the county has removed a monument that once contained the Bible.(01-22-2007)http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/4487420.html Pat Robertson: God told me of mass killing in 2007- January 6, 2007 Evangelical broadcaster Pat Robertson said Tuesday that God has told him that a terrorist attack on the United States would cause a “mass killing” late in 2007. “I’m not necessarily saying it’s going to be nuclear,” he said during his news-and-talk television show “The 700 Club” on the Christian Broadcasting Network. “The Lord didn’t say nuclear. But I do believe it will be something like that.”(01-06-2007)http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/02/robertson.predictions.ap/index.html Religion does more harm than good - Poll- January 5, 2007 More people in Britain think religion causes harm than believe it does good, according to a GuardianICM poll published today. It shows that an overwhelming majority see religion as a cause of division and tension - greatly outnumbering the smaller majority who also believe that it can be a force for good.(01-05-2007)http://www.guardian.co.uk/frontpage/story/0,,1978046,00.html Atheists challenge the religious right- January 5, 2007 Growing religious influence in the US government has led some nontheists to take positions some describe as ‘secular fundamentalism.’ For some time, the religious right has decried “secular humanism,” a philosophy that rejects the supernatural or spiritual as a basis for moral decisionmaking. But now, nonbelievers are vigorously fighting back.(01-05-2007)http://www.csmonitor.com/2007/0104/p13s01-lire.html |