A moment of levity in Oklahoma Tuesday when Wolf Blitzer, concluding an interview with a woman who survived the devastating tornado, asked her if she had thanked the “fucking” Lord for a decision she made that saved her life. She replied that she was an atheist. ["fucking" added by me]. Popularity: 1% [?]

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Evangelical Scientists Refute Gravity With New ‘Intelligent Falling’ Theory “Things fall not because they are acted upon by some gravitational force, but because a higher intelligence, ‘God’ if you will, is pushing them down,” said Gabriel Burdett, who holds degrees in education, applied Scripture, and physics from Oral Roberts University.   Evangelical Scientists Refute Gravity [...]

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Nothing has changed in Afghanistan. It is even more clear now. Conservative religious lawmakers in Afghanistan blocked legislation on Saturday aimed at strengthening provisions for women’s freedoms, arguing that parts of it violate Islamic principles and encourage disobedience.    Afghan legislators block law protecting women Popularity: 1% [?]

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Dr B T Rudresh, President, Karnataka Board of Homeopathic System of Medicine – “Treating human being equally is a best service. Homeopathy is far better than other scientific methods as it treats man as a single unit”. This statement is totally false. 1. First, homeopathy has nothing to do with science. It is a faith [...]

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The American Humanist Association threatened to sue Missouri’s Fayette School District and several school officials on Wednesday for their alleged roles in holding morning religious ceremonies with students on school grounds every week for at least the last year.    Humanists threaten to sue Missouri school officials over teacher-led prayer meetings Popularity: 1% [?]

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Citing discrimination and violence against Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists and Muslims, US Secretary of State John Kerry has said serious challenges to religious freedom remain globally, including the increasing use of laws governing blasphemy and apostasy in some nations. “In too many places, governments are also failing to protect minorities from social discrimination and violence. The [...]

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Every time a skeptic debates a religious person, I get feeling that an adult is taking to a child Popularity: 1% [?]

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Taslima Nasrin is a hero. She has been fighting religious fanatics in the Indian subcontinent for almost 2 decades now. Popularity: 1% [?]

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Strange juxtaposition! Sanjay Dutt, a Bollywood actor, convicted for keeping illegal weapon surrendered today to serve his sentence. He was allowed to carry some items into his jail cell. Check the list. http://www.rediff.com/news/slide-show/slide-show-1-sanjay-dutt-to-surrender-today/20130516.htm Popularity: 1% [?]

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So long to the freedom of expression in India. Supreme Court confirmed that one could get arrested merely for posting on facebook. India has a draconian law. People can be arrested (and they have been) for posting messages online under Section 66A of IT act. This section makes India a modern country stuck up in [...]

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