UNITED NATIONS – A U.N. meeting to assess progress in advancing the fight for women's equality that ended Friday had a dramatically different slant than a similar session held five years ago: This time, the United States was not trying to make an anti-abortion declaration a crucial theme.
Much of the 2005 meeting to take stock of what countries had done to implement the landmark platform of action adopted at the 1995 U.N. women's conference in Beijing was consumed by the Bush administration's de…
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Added by James King on March 13, 2010 at 6:05pm —
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1. God can’t keep children from dying of dreaded diseases and starvation, nor any adult either.
2. Somehow, God has not stopped wars between Jews and Muslims, nor has he stopped Christians from invading other countries.
3. God won’t speak to us “Earthlings” in a loud and physically audible voice.
4. God cannot write his own scriptures or books. He always seems to delegate this type of stuff to people that dislike science, reality, gays, people with opposing…
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Added by Proud Atheists on March 11, 2010 at 10:00pm —
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Last weekend i posted a ‘rant’ about Dutch insurance giant Aegon ‘paying’ a million to sexual abuse victims of a Roman Catholic priest. The stories and tweets all talked about a ’sexual abuse’ policy, ‘Aegon insures criminal acts’ and even worse. The story almost went viral (on twitter at least) but while everyone was busy slamming Aegon (i also did my bit) we appearantly forgot about the real bad guys. The abusing priest and the Church.
I decided to find some facts about this st
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Added by Vincent on March 9, 2010 at 2:25pm —
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The story is all over the Dutch media
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Added by Vincent on March 6, 2010 at 2:18pm —
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This is making me think that catholics in power like gay sex. It hasn't been more than two days since a conservative, anti-gay legislator was found coming out from a gay bar. Yet, we have news from another scandal involving gay sex. This time it's not just a catholic legislator, but people from The Vatican.
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Added by Diego Lecca on March 5, 2010 at 8:47pm —
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As humanity matures and grows, the universe we strive to understand has grown with us. Historically, as the human brain has evolved, our understanding of the universe has expanded, filling in the smaller gaps
along the way with pieces of truth and knowledge. Where once our
universes may have only extended as far as the eye can see, we now know
that our universe is immensely vast, and stretches away into space AND
time beyond our comprehension. You may have read about this
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Added by Martin Pribble on March 5, 2010 at 7:36pm —
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That is the kind of headline I love to see. It just shows how much of a hypocrite these people are. They legislate against rights for homosexuals, usually under the assumption that their lifestyle is wrong and unmoral, only to be found doing the same.
Just like evangelical
Ted Hagard
Just like congressman…
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Added by Diego Lecca on March 5, 2010 at 6:46pm —
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Nothing that we hadn't thought, but this is a nice way to confirm it. Of course, later might come another study that challenges this, but so far, this is a pretty good sign of what might be the result of such study
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Added by Diego Lecca on March 2, 2010 at 5:36pm —
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To be a non-believer is not always an easy thing to be. Besides all the crap one has to put up with some believers around, there are other choices that just don't seem to have a right answer.
Non-believers will usually have to live in a society full of believers, which in reality is not that bad. Some of them are going to be nice and understanding, real "christs" down here. Some of them are juts going to be believers in name, because of tradition and lack of interest. I can live with that. Many…
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Added by Diego Lecca on March 1, 2010 at 11:12pm —
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Dear Brian Fischer,
It’s been some time huh? What, it must be like three of four years since you said, “homosexuals should be treated like felons”? Wow, time flies when you’re dealing with the fucktards of the Christian loony fringe, as I do on a daily basis. Admittedly, though, I love it, so please don’t concern yourself with me! Anyway, you’ve made your way back into the headlines, no doubt with the objective of furthering the political goals of your American Family Association.
So, what was…
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Added by CJ Werleman on February 26, 2010 at 9:39pm —
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I should be studying for a test I have tomorrow, but instead I am checking the "Lolz" pages, and thought about sharing:
From
ICanHasCheezburger
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Added by Diego Lecca on February 13, 2010 at 12:21am —
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8500712.stm
more nonsense from religious groups. Does the madness never end?
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Added by Simon Nic on February 8, 2010 at 6:59am —
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Added by Vincent on February 7, 2010 at 9:30am —
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I find it very difficult to understand why people believe in gods. But not as difficult as it is for me to believe that those same god worshipping morons can be so negligent toward their own children. Stupid stupid stupid stupid people.
"Neil embraced the church's belief that seeking medical care shows a lack of faith."
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Added by Simon Nic on February 5, 2010 at 11:23am —
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This is not just a thought, it's a rally call. Religions have holy days, days where the members must do, or not do, a thing, or things, to show their allegiance to their cause, which they call faith. Often these are called Faith Days.
As atheists we do not have these opportunities to show our equally strong and valid No god viewpoint, or to likewise take time off work for that purpose.
I propose that we, the atheist community, sho
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Added by Crispy Sea on February 4, 2010 at 5:12am —
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Added by Simon Nic on February 3, 2010 at 6:25am —
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A childs life is a precious thing. It is an empty vessel to be filled and to be encouraged by it’s parents, to life a full and meaningful life. A child should be loved. A child should not be poisoned by the venomous preachings of brainwashed religious parents. This sickens me to my stomach
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/8489137.stm
So, these are the morals that religion gives us. You can keep your god, just…
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Added by Simon Nic on February 2, 2010 at 4:14pm —
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Colossians 3:13
Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6997613.ece
hy⋅poc⋅ri⋅sy
–noun, plural -sies.
1. a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
2. a pretense of having some desirable or publi…
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Added by Simon Nic on February 2, 2010 at 9:01am —
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The forthcoming visit of the pope to the UK is set to cost UK tax payers around £20 million. I wonder how many dialysis machines that would buy. I wonder how much suffering that would alleviate. I wonder how much shelter that could give the homeless? So, what can we expect for our money? None of the above, that’s for sure. At best we’re going to see an old man in a frock, rambling on about how evil the world is, we should all seek gods advice, and of course keep giving our hard earned money to t…
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Added by Simon Nic on February 2, 2010 at 6:32am —
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8492597.stm
So his holiness doesn't much care for equality. Thought we were all equal in the eyes of "the lord"? Another blatant double standard from Rome. I don't see what he has against gays anyway, you'd swear that the Vatican hadn't spend millions in compensation to CHILDREN who have been abused by priests, and millions more covering up similar allegations. At least gays are open about their sexual appetit…
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Added by Simon Nic on February 2, 2010 at 4:06am —
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