THE   FOCUS
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February 1, 2008 Volume 4, Issue 5
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
 
     Coming Out as an Atheist: Should You Come Out as an Atheist, or ... - By TPO
       Atheists are the most distrusted and despised minority in America; it’s no surprise,
       then, that so many atheists don’t reveal their atheism to friends, family, neighbors, or
       coworkers. Atheists are afraid of how people will react and ...
 
    
       Pope Benedict said on Thursday that embryonic stem cell research, artificial
       insemination and the prospect of ...
 
       Abortion protest at church serving as polling place angers voter
       Daytona Beach News-Journal To uphold the separation of church and state, Murphy-
       DeMeo said the elections department should stop using churches for polling places. ...
        

 

  News Articles
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ATHEISM

Scouts' honour - Telegraph.co.uk
Now the National Secular Society has complained to the Commission for Equalities and Human Rights that the promise discriminates against atheists.
...
 

KENTUCKY ATHEISTS NEWS & NOTES edited by Edwin Kagin 
The venue is the magnificent Minneapolis Marriott City Center Hotel in the heart of downtown. This year's conference will feature three exciting days of speakers, social events, panels, workshops and other events.
 
 

MySpace deletes hacked Web site for atheists and agnostics - The Plain Dealer
For the third time in three years, what may be the largest group of organized atheists in the world is struggling to stay on MySpace, said a Cleveland State ...                          (HAS BEEN CORRECTED)

Atheists Need Heroes Too - New York Press
They may not have gods, but the New York City Atheists aren't immune from a little hero worship. The tri-state area's "foremost atheist organization"; ...

BOOKS, FILM, THEATRE, TV, YOU TUB

Online Bookseller’s Book Ban Stirs Debate, Prompts Attack 
The children’s fantasy novel drew criticism from some religious groups for its perceived anti-Christian and atheistic themes. The controversy was thrust into the spotlight with the December release of the film adaptation of the book. ...

EVOLUTION, CREATIONISM, I.D.

Brazil finds fossil of "missing link" to crocodile - Yahoo! News
Brazilian paleontologists said on Thursday they had found the fossil of a new species of prehistoric predator that represented a "missing link" to ...
SCIENCE

 
SEPARATION CHURCH / STATE
 
The resolution's language has aroused the anger of many atheists who see its provisions as violating the First Amendment of the Constitution and amounting ...
 
Language development mirrors species evolution - Telegraph.co.uk
Some have proposed that languages change in a way seen in the evolution of living things, which tends to come in bursts of rapid change. ...
 
Morning Star Ranch Gets Federal Money - By Hemant Mehta
The letter asks that Secretary Jackson inform the [Appignani Humanist Legal Center] by Wednesday, February 6, 2008, of any money granted to or plans to grant money to Morning Star Ranch. The letter also informs Jackson that if word has ...

MISCELLANEOUS
 
NPR: Church Meets State in the Oval Office
In 1960, presidential candidate John F. Kennedy asked the nation to disregard his religion; in 2000, George W. Bush stated Jesus was his favorite ...
  Both Neglect and Prosperity Threaten Houses of Worship - City Room ...
  Interviews, documents, multimedia, reader discussions and news updates about politics,
  schools, transportation, crime and city life, from the metro staff of ...
 
  New Secular Philosophy blog 
  “In addition, we have acquired the exclusive rights to release on DVD The Atheism
  Tapes, the source material companion series to Jonathan Miller’s ground breaking A
  Rough History of Disbelief, which aired on PBS. The Atheism Tapes ...
 
  CONVENTIONS / MEETINGS / EVENTS
 
Darwin Day 
(199th Birthday)
 
 American Atheists
 
                                        
Feb. 12, 2008
 
 
Mar 21- 23, 2008
 
 
 
 
Minneapolis, MN
 
 Madalyn Murray O'Hair                                   April 13, 2008
 (Birthday)
 
 Gift for Life Day                                                May 1, 2008 
 
 Atheists  Alliance International                    Sept. 2008                Long Beach, Ca.
 
 Freedom From Religion                                Oct. 10-12, 2008       Chicago
 
 Gift for Life Day                                                Nov. 4, 2008    
 
             

 

        CFA Program
 

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-and-state advocates.

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

 

 

          Special Notices

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