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Trial of the Will

Christopher Hitchens - Vanity Fair - 08 December 2011 40 Comments

Reviewing familiar principles and maxims in the face of mortal illness, Christopher Hitchens has found one of them increasingly ridiculous: “Whatever doesn’t kill me makes me stronger.” Oh, really?...

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Press Release: "Stand Up for Religious Freedom" Rallies Are Religious Oppression

Blair Scott - American Atheists - 06 June 2012 4 Comments

American Atheists, an atheist civil rights group dedicated to atheists’ civil rights and the separation of religion and government, announced today that the “Stand Up for Religious Freedom” rallies...

TAGGED: ESTABLISHMENT CLAUSE, RELIGION

How to Make Eyeball Stew - Editor’s choice in developmental biology

Hannah Waters - TheScientist - 14 March 2012 10 Comments

For nearly two decades now, developmental biologist Yoshiki Sasai from Japan’s RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology has slaved away to perfect a recipe: the culture medium that could induce mouse...

TAGGED: BIOLOGY

The Enemy Within

Pat Condell - YouTube.com - 19 July 2010 412 Comments

original link

TAGGED: HUMAN RIGHTS, LAW, RELIGION, TERRORISM

Military Proselytizing by the Gideons – and how we stopped it.

Dr. Gretchen Brendel Mann - RichardDawkins.net - 27 May 2012 31 Comments

Gideons International is an evangelical Christian organization whose mission iis to distribute Bibles in order to “lead people to faith in Christ” (Gideons International). Since 1941, the Gideons...

TAGGED: ACTIVISM, RELIGION

Richard Dawkins and Lawrence Krauss: Something from Nothing, at ANU (Canberra Australia)

- - Riotact (Canberra Australia) - 21 April 2012 120 Comments

Critically-acclaimed author and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins and world-renowned theoretical physicist and author Lawrence Krauss discuss biology, cosmology, religion, and a host of...

TAGGED: LAWRENCE M. KRAUSS, RICHARD DAWKINS

Richard Dawkins on his book The God Delusion

Allan Gregg - youtube.com - 03 March 2011 221 Comments

watch video Allan Gregg in Conversation Feb. 24, 2011 Richard Dawkins has been called the world's most famous atheist - An evolutionary biologist , he has touched off a storm of controversy...

TAGGED: BOOKS, INTERVIEWS, RICHARD DAWKINS

[UPDATE - 24-Oct] - audio of interview with PZ] - Pluggin’

PZ Myers - Pharyngula - 24 October 2011 42 Comments

[Update 24-Oct] about 1 1/2 minutes of the PZ and Michael Slate interview excerpted and added from the full podcast link below. The full podcast is rather long and most of it promotes a fund drive...

TAGGED: ANNOUNCEMENTS, BOOKS, MEDIA, PZ MYERS, RICHARD DAWKINS

Buddhist Retreat

John Horgan - Slate - 26 November 2011 41 Comments

Buddha: a pragamatist focused on reducing suffering For a 2,500-year-old religion, Buddhism seems remarkably compatible with our scientifically oriented culture, which may explain its surging...

TAGGED: RELIGION

The Poetry of Science: Neil deGrasse Tyson & Richard Dawkins

RDFRS Productions - RDFRS - 20 October 2010 143 Comments

The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science ( http://richarddawkins.net ) presents: "The Poetry of Science: Discussions of the Beauty of Science." Two of science's luminaries...

TAGGED: INTERVIEWS, RDFTV, SCIENCE, SPACE

Louisiana school science - your support needed please

Zack Kopplin - www.RichardDawkins.net - 17 November 2010 69 Comments

A rare and welcome good news story - but please give your support if you can to ensure that Zach's splendid work is not undone in the next few weeks. In a rare and extraordinary moment last...

TAGGED: CAMPAIGNS, CREATIONISM, EDUCATION, EVOLUTION

Atheism: A New Strategy. Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason & Science, US

Sean Faircloth - RichardDawkins.net - 16 January 2012 59 Comments

Sean Faircloth is the author of the book " Attack of the Theocrats, How the Religious Right Harms Us All and What We Can Do About It ." Christopher Hitchens said there was one goal he most wanted to...

TAGGED: ANNOUNCEMENTS, BOOKS

Richard Dawkins - Darwin's Brave New World

CBC.ca - Documentary - 20 October 2009 10 Comments

Thanks to Stephen for the link. Extended Discussions with an Evolutionary Biologist

TAGGED: EVOLUTION, RICHARD DAWKINS, TV

Atheism in Indonesia - Two articles

Marcel Thee/Camelia Pasandaran - JakartaGlobe - 20 January 2012 32 Comments

No Need to Believe: Indonesia's Atheists By Marcel Thee At first glance, Karl Karnadi may look like any other 20-something trying to find his place in the world. It doesn’t take long, however,...

TAGGED: ATHEISM

The Magic of Reality for iPad by Richard Dawkins - trailer

- - YouTube - transworldvideos - 26 September 2011 61 Comments

A note on what this is - i'ts much more than just an "app". I just downloaded it to my iPad and I've finally seen a reason to buy an electronic form of a book. There are lots of interactive...

TAGGED: BOOKS, TECHNOLOGY

In Memoriam: Christopher Hitchens, 1949–2011

Juli Weiner - Vanity Fair - 16 January 2012 510 Comments

Farewell, great voice. Great voice of reason, of humanity, of humour. Great voice against cant, against hypocrisy, against obscurantism and pretension, against all tyrants including God. Farewell,...

TAGGED: ANNOUNCEMENTS, CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS

[UPDATED] David Attenborough joins campaign against creationism in schools

Nick Collins - The Telegraph - 19 September 2011 67 Comments

UPDATE: RICHARD SPOKE ABOUT THIS ON BBC RADIO 4's PM PROGRAMME THIS EVENING, MONDAY 19 SEPTEMBER. IF YOU MISSED IT, YOU CAN HEAR IT BY CLICKING HERE AND SCROLLING FORWARD TO 33m 50s. YOU DON'T...

TAGGED: CHILDREN, CREATIONISM, EDUCATION, EVOLUTION

God, Darwin or...Both?

National Center for Science Education - YouTube.com - 18 July 2010 21 Comments

Thanks to NatCen4ScienceEd for the link. original link Part I: Science and Christianity in the 21st century: a 2001 debate: Eugenie Scott, Hugh Ross, and Duane Gish. Hosted by Pastor Richard...

TAGGED: CREATIONISM, DARWIN, EDUCATION, EVOLUTION

Science Saved My Soul.

philhellenes - YouTube - 03 November 2010 78 Comments

Via Atheist Media Blog philhellenes YouTube channel Yes, many of those thinkers to whom I owe my mental freedom were religious, like Newton, a Christian, who believed God made the Earth but...

TAGGED: SCIENCE, SPACE

Turin Shroud resurrected

Richard Dawkins - RichardDawkins.net - 21 December 2011 399 Comments

The Daily Telegraph (Dec 20th) has an article by the Reverend Peter Mullen spurred by alleged recent evidence from Italy that the Turin shroud cannot be a fake. The new 'evidence' amounts to yet...

TAGGED: COMMENTARY, RELIGION, RICHARD DAWKINS