THE FOCUS
SEPTEMBER 29, 2006 Volume 2, Issue 39
Published by the Center For
Atheism (CFA)
Editor: Suzy
Lanza
Email:
THEFOCUS@CENTERFORATHEISM.ORG
The Focus will provide links to articles collected from major newspapers & magazines, and will be emailed weekly.
TABLE OF
CONTENTS:
This Week's Featured Articles
Section #1: News
Articles
Section #2: CFA
Programs
Section #3: Special
Notices
Section #4: Legislation Alerts
Please email any comments and suggestions to THEFOCUS@CENTERFORATHEISM.ORG
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This Week's Featured Articles
ContraCostaTimes.com | 09/21/2006 | Believers say atheism no longer a 'dirty word'
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ATHEISM
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... The various manuscripts – including some of the rarest in the world – are being displayed in an effort to trace the evolution of the Bible from a loose ...
... It is no accident that Mr. Harris's militant atheism conceives of Christianity in terms that any fundamentalist could endorse: It is a classic case of the ...
Charles Darwin and the Racing Asparagus - NPR
Some of science's great ideas were created in homespun ways. To test his ideas on evolution, Charles Darwin and his butler dropped asparagus into a tub. Darwin's oldest son studied dead pigeons by letting them float upside down in a bowl.
Stealth And Sacrifice Show
Evolution At Work - Science a Gogo
... them to capitalize on the few callers that remain, and thus
escape the fly and still reproduce. This is seeing evolution at
work.".
Casting a Genetic Light on
the Evolution of Eyes - Science
Magazine
Light has been exploited for information by organisms through
the evolution of photoreceptors and, ultimately, eyes in animals.
...
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HUMOR
... Now, a group called American Atheists is suing Jacksonville, saying it violated the separation of church and state.
... political lives. Rev. Barry Lynn of Americans United for Separation of Church and State says there are definite limits. "What houses ...
SECTION TWO: CFA PROGRAMS
The Center for Atheism (CFA) was established by the New York City Atheists as a separate and independent national organization to propose, develop and be a catalyst for new national activities supporting the objectives of atheists, agnostics, humanists, freethinkers, skeptics, secularists and separation-of-church/state advocates.
CFA will accept and review suggestions from individuals and other secular
organizations that will foster our goals.
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SECTION THREE: SPECIAL
NOTICES
No special notices for this week...
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SECTION FOUR: LEGISLATION
ALERTS
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ACTION ALERT!
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