March 16, 2007 Volume 3, Issue 11
Published by the Center For Atheism (CFA)
Editor: Suzy Lanza

The Focus  provides links to articles collected from major newspapers &               magazines and is emailed weekly.                          

 

This Week In Atheism is a cable show that discusses the featured articles

highlighted below, every Wednesday at 6:30 P.M.(EST)- Manhattan Cable

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 This Week’s Featured Articles

     Humanists Praise Pete Stark for “Coming Out” as a Nontheist

     AlterNet: Rights and Liberties: The Theocratic Agenda Is Heading for a Statehouse
     Near You
 
     Secular Islam Summit :: General :: The St. Petersburg Declaration 
 

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EVOLUTION / CREATIONISM / I.D.
                                                                                                                                    

     Transcript: Sharon Begley on the new science of evolution - Letters & Live Talk -        MSNBC.com 

 

        Epic of Human Migration Is Carved in Parasites’ DNA - New York Times

 

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SCIENCE

      Medieval Mosques Illuminated by Math - NPR

 

       Neuroscience - Law - The Brain on the Stand - Jeffrey Rosen - New York Times 

 

       Dark energy - The Universe - Physics - Out There - Richard Panek - New York Times

 

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      SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE

    Straight Dope Staff Report: How is that the Constitution's freedom of religion clause 
     prevents public religious displays?
 

      Wisconsin State Journal   

     KnoxNews: State

      Postbulletin.com: You can't spend taxes on religious values - Tue, Mar 13, 2007

      Jobs, News and Views for All of Higher Education - Inside Higher Ed :: A More 
      Porous Church-State Wall

      Gravity: The middle ground between science and religion - Ed-Op

      The Christian Century

      Napa Valley Register | Protect separation of church and state 

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      MISCELLANEOUS

     Is Your Baby Gay? What If You Could Know? What If You Could Do Something   
     About It?

     Upcoming.org: Humanist Chaplaincy 30th Anniversary Gala/Symposium at Harvard's
     Memorial Church, the Hyatt Regency Cambridge, .

      He Befriended a Serial Killer, and Opened the Door to god - New York Times

      Global View - WSJ.com

      How my eyes were opened to the barbarity of Islam-Comment-Columnists-Guest    
      contributors-TimesOnline

      That's one angry psalm! - By David Plotz - Slate Magazine

          
          CFA Programs
                   

Atheists to Counter ‘National Day of Prayer'

with Blood Donations

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Lifesaving Action, Not Passive Prayer, Is the Message

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What do you do on May 3, 2007, the “National Day of Prayer,” if you are an atheist, do not believe in prayer and are opposed to the observance of a prayer day being imposed on all American citizens?
 
While Believers are praying on May 3rd, groups of atheists will go to Blood Banks in scores of U.S. locales to donate their blood and sign up for organ donation programs. It is a nationwide action which we hope will point out that there are alternatives to silently beseeching a deity to perform miracles.
 
"We want to make a public statement about how nonreligious people can observe the so-called National Day of Prayer, which we have renamed Gift To Life Day.
 

If you want to start a Gift To Life Day in your locale, contact:  

Ken Bronstein: centerforatheism@aol.org

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