Daily Archives: December 10, 2009

Gay Execution in Uganda: Pastor Rick Warren Tries to Walk His Fellow Evangelicals Back from a Precipice

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Abraham Lincoln: Atheist and Darwinist?

Not quite, but Lincoln seems to have flirted with Deism, entertained evolution, and had a decidedly ambivalent, sometimes even hostile, relationship to conservative Christian religion. Lincoln biographer Richard Lawrence Miller, writing in Free Inquiry earlier this year, says the following: For an isolated … Continue reading

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The Full Text of Barack Obama’s Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech (December 10, 2009)

Your Majesties, Your Royal Highnesses, Distinguished Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, citizens of America, and citizens of the world: I receive this honor with deep gratitude and great humility. It is an award that speaks to our highest aspirations … Continue reading

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Senior Vatican Priest, Reginald Foster, Talks to Bill Maher

What a wonderful, beautiful person Father Foster is! My favorite scene from Religulous: Oops. It doesn’t embed. See it here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LJKigLT_D8

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