THE   FOCUS
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November 30, 2007 Volume 3, Issue 49
Published by the Center For Atheism (CFA)

Editor: Kenneth Bronstein

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

This Week in Atheism is a cable show that discusses the articles featured below, every Wednesday at 6:30 PM (EST), Manhattan Cable station 57.
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       Featured Articles
     A Nation of Christians Is Not a Christian Nation - New York Times
       The founders wanted faith to be one thread in the country’s tapestry, not the whole 
       tapestry.
 
       Kelly O’Connor's (Rational Response Squad) Response:
         http://www.rationalresponders.com/blog/kellym78
       to Paul Davies’ “Taking Science on Faith”: NY Times Op-Ed - 11/24/07.
 
        'Holiday tree' or 'Christmas tree' in State Capitol? - The Capital Times
       Another battle over separation of church and state may be on the horizon with a
       proposal scheduled to go in front of an Assembly committee Wednesday. ...

 

       The Atheist's Dilemma - The Nation
       Atheists versus imams? Can't we have more choices?

 
         "Spiritual care and treatment can serve as one of the solutions to that problem."    
        As the New York Partnership for Health travels the state holding ...

 

  News Articles
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ATHEISM

Atheists Flock to Secular Sunday School - Christian Post - USA
For nonbelievers, there's atheist Sunday school. With an estimated 14 percent of Americans professing to have no religion, according to the Institute for ...

BOOKS, FILM, TV, YOU TUBE

An intelligent new way to support the teaching of evolution - WebWire
Well-known authorities such as Eugenie C. Scott, a leader in the fight to include evolution in public education, Andrea Barrett, acclaimed writer and ...

Let's ban the Bible - Now Toronto
Supposedly not because of anything in it, but because the man who wrote it is an avowed and proud atheist. He does not believe in god. ...

Matzke drubs Behe in Trends in Ecology and Evolution                                                    National Center for Science Education
Adding to the chorus of informed criticism of Michael Behe's latest book, The Edge of Evolution ...

EVOLUTION, CREATIONISM, I.D.

Florida Schools Consider Specifying Evolution - CitizenLink
New standards released last week would require Florida public schools to teach students about evolution beginning in the third grade. ..

Creationists Making Monkeys Out Of Americans - Huffington Post
Perhaps Noah made a pro-active decision not to let Tyrannosaurus Rex board the Ark. Should we teach creationism (or "intelligent design") in science classes ...
 
Creationism - Geology - Rocks and Minerals - Science - Evolution ... New York Times
Rock of Ages, Ages of Rock ... Rock and mineral specimens from a geology lab at Cedarville University.
 
SCIENCE
Smithsonian Magazine | History & Archaeology | The Strange Lives ...
The Strange Lives of Polar Dinosaurs. How did they endure months of perpetual cold and dark?
 
After Stem-Cell Breakthrough, the Work Begins - New York Times
A new source for cells now leads to the question of how to make them useful to the body.
 
Ralph Holloway - Anthropology - In Study of Brain Evolution, Zeal ... New York Times
In Study of Brain Evolution, Zeal and Bitter Debate ...
 

Scientists study flowering plant evolution - United Press International
US botanists have shed new light on what Darwin called the "abominable mystery" of plant evolution, finding two large flowering plant groups are ...


SEPARATION CHURCH / STATE
 
Atheists win right to display their own "holiday tree" - Hot Air
For the first time a regional atheist group will display a holiday tree on the Chester County Courthouse lawn during the winter holidays, ...
 

Evolution Debate Led to Ouster, Official Says - New York Times
The move came shortly after she forwarded an e-mail message announcing a presentation by Barbara Forrest, an author of "Creationism's Trojan Horse. ...

 

MISCELLANEOUS
 
The Atheist Alliance International (AAI) photos taken at the 2007 "Crystal Clear Atheism" AAI Convention.
 
The Backlash Against Tithing - WSJ.com
The Backlash Against Tithing. As Churches Push Donations, Congregants Balk; 'That's Not the Way god Works'
  
  CONVENTIONS / MEETINGS / EVENTS
 
 
Darwin Day 
(200th Birthday)
 
 American Atheists
 
                                        
Feb. 21, 2008
 
 
Mar 21- 23, 2008
 
 
 
 
Minneapolis, MN
 
 Madalyn Murray O'Hair                                   April 13, 2008
 (Birthday)
 
American Humanist Association               Jun 6-8, 2008  
 
       Washington, DC
 
 
 Atheists  Alliance International                    Sept. 2008                Long Beach, Ca.
 
 Freedom From Religion                                Oct. 10-12, 2008       Chicago
 
 Gift for Life Day                                                Nov. 4, 2008 

   
        

 

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CFA will accept and review suggestions from individuals and other secular organizations that will foster our goals.

 

 

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