<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0" xmlns:activity="http://activitystrea.ms/spec/1.0/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Newsvine - richard-dawkins</title><link>http://www.newsvine.com/richard-dawkins</link><description>Newsvine - richard-dawkins</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2013</copyright><lastBuildDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:01:15 +0000</lastBuildDate><pubDate>Sat, 25 May 2013 22:27:37 +0000</pubDate><generator>http://www.newsvine.com</generator><docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs><item><title>Richard Dawkins: Forcing religion on your children is child abuse, claims atheist professor </title>
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Professor Richard Dawkins has claimed that forcing a religion on children without questioning its merits is as bad as 'child abuse'.
In typically incendiary style, the leading atheist said he was against the 'indoctrination of religion' and teaching it as fact.
The evolutiona&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/22/17859075-richard-dawkins-forcing-religion-on-your-children-is-child-abuse-claims-atheist-professor</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/22/17859075-richard-dawkins-forcing-religion-on-your-children-is-child-abuse-claims-atheist-professor</guid><category>muslim</category><category>religion</category><category>professor</category><category>charities</category><category>catholic</category><category>child-abuse</category><category>politicians</category><category>richard-dawkins</category><category>atheist</category><category>daily-telegraph</category><category>selfish-gene</category><category>incendiary-style</category><category>indoctrination-of-religion</category><category>evolutionary-scientist</category><category>chipping-norton-literary-festival</category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:02:54 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah701F3313-901A-7541-F37A-6FAF14DF3BE5.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="185" width="308" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah701F3313-901A-7541-F37A-6FAF14DF3BE5.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title> New Atheism should be able to criticise Islam without being accused of Islamophobia ~ NewStatesman</title>
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For a community that is often portrayed as aggressive and pugitive, New Atheism has recently been on the backfoot, defending itself from claims dreamt up by those who should &ndash; and, surely, in many cases do &ndash; know better.
This time round, the scientific and intellectu&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[King Dave]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[King Dave]]></source><link>http://king-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/19/17829858-new-atheism-should-be-able-to-criticise-islam-without-being-accused-of-islamophobia-newstatesman</link><guid>http://king-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2013/04/19/17829858-new-atheism-should-be-able-to-criticise-islam-without-being-accused-of-islamophobia-newstatesman</guid><category>islam</category><category>jihad</category><category>suicide-bombings</category><category>atheism</category><category>richard-dawkins</category><category>sharia</category><category>christopher-hitchens</category><category>sam-harris</category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Apr 2013 23:35:15 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=king-dave2D490281-B483-5470-EFD1-FE6C36B49F2D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="273" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=king-dave2D490281-B483-5470-EFD1-FE6C36B49F2D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;New Atheist Sam Harris&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>An America that is losing faith with religion</title>
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There is a close relationship between culture and cult &mdash; between the  shared attitudes and values of a people and their religious views and  practices. American culture is increasingly shaped by men and women who  would rather sleep in or play golf on a Sunday morning.
T&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[anti-status quo]]></source><link>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17483298-an-america-that-is-losing-faith-with-religion</link><guid>http://eezzbeat.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/27/17483298-an-america-that-is-losing-faith-with-religion</guid><category>politics</category><category>pew-research-center</category><category>richard-dawkins</category><category>catholicism</category><category>secular</category><category>protestants</category><category>american-culture</category><category>atheists</category><category>agnostics</category><category>nones</category><category>no-religious-affiliation</category><category>america-is-losing-faith</category><pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:02:11 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeatDBE08D18-53D5-6B2A-1AFF-3E050D6F3A5C.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="195" width="295" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=eezzbeatDBE08D18-53D5-6B2A-1AFF-3E050D6F3A5C.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Tunisian Woman Sent to a Psychiatric Hospital for Posting Topless Photos on Facebook </title>
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Amina, a 19-year-old Tunisian aspirant to the radical, Ukraine-born feminist group Femen has been delivered by her parents to a psychiatric hospital in Tunis, according to reports received by Femen leader Inna Shevchenko in Paris. Amina (her last name is unknown) had posted top&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/23/17427509-tunisian-woman-sent-to-a-psychiatric-hospital-for-posting-topless-photos-on-facebook</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/03/23/17427509-tunisian-woman-sent-to-a-psychiatric-hospital-for-posting-topless-photos-on-facebook</guid><category>internet</category><category>tunisia</category><category>world-news</category><category>honor</category><category>facebook</category><category>morals</category><category>richard-dawkins</category><category>quran</category><category>secular-law</category><category>psychiatric-hospital</category><category>unkraine</category><category>amina</category><category>jeffrey-taylor</category><category>femen</category><category>prevention-of-vice</category><category>feminist-group</category><category>inna-shevchenko-topless-photos</category><category>aeabic</category><category>commission-for-the-promotion-of-virtue</category><category>ami-adel</category><category>salafi-islamic-preacher</category><pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 11:45:57 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah3DF1B61D-F959-C2DE-08F2-8BB381AF15C8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="270" width="330" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprah3DF1B61D-F959-C2DE-08F2-8BB381AF15C8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="99" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Delusions &amp; Successes</title>
<description><![CDATA[
Maybe Seal said it best when he said, 'We're never gonna survive unless we get a little crazy'.
The other day I made the following proclamation on Facebook:
"The religious mind cheapens poetry by insisting that it also be literally true; the mountains do not actually hear you&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/11/16924871-delusions-successes</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2013/02/11/16924871-delusions-successes</guid><category>religion</category><category>heaven</category><category>poetry</category><category>mountains</category><category>richard-dawkins</category><category>hearts</category><category>delusions</category><category>successes</category><category>seal-the-singer</category><category>facebook-proclamation</category><category>religious-mind</category><category>language-of-expression</category><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 11:54:26 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahC3BBEBE7-4F89-908F-119B-0C185951AB4A.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="125" width="125" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahC3BBEBE7-4F89-908F-119B-0C185951AB4A.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Is Religion Evil? An Interview with Richard Dawkins for al-Jazeera</title>
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Last month, Mehdi Hasan, the political director of The Huffington Post UK, interviewed Richard Dawkins at the Oxford Union for al-Jazeera television:
You can see Hasan&rsquo;s writeup of the event here, but it&rsquo;s mostly a feeble attempt at rationalizing his religious beli&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[King Dave]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[King Dave]]></source><link>http://king-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/29/16225051-is-religion-evil-an-interview-with-richard-dawkins-for-al-jazeera</link><guid>http://king-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/29/16225051-is-religion-evil-an-interview-with-richard-dawkins-for-al-jazeera</guid><category>religion</category><category>islam</category><category>creationism</category><category>atheism</category><category>christianity</category><category>richard-dawkins</category><category>christopher-hitchens</category><category>sam-harris</category><category>anti-science</category><pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2012 05:32:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=king-daveE0413964-C910-7573-8A99-3589C6F6BA6D.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="175" width="175" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=king-daveE0413964-C910-7573-8A99-3589C6F6BA6D.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>'Being raised Catholic is worse than child abuse': Latest incendiary claim made by atheist professor Richard Dawkins </title>
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Raising your children as Roman Catholics is worse than child abuse, according to militant atheist Richard Dawkins.
In typically incendiary style, Professor Dawkins said the mental torment inflicted by the religion&rsquo;s teachings is worse in the long-term than any sexual abu&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Ms CYPRAH]]></source><link>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/23/16109684-being-raised-catholic-is-worse-than-child-abuse-latest-incendiary-claim-made-by-atheist-professor-richard-dawkins</link><guid>http://mscyprah.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/23/16109684-being-raised-catholic-is-worse-than-child-abuse-latest-incendiary-claim-made-by-atheist-professor-richard-dawkins</guid><category>religion</category><category>al-jazeera</category><category>roman-catholics</category><category>child-abuse</category><category>richard-dawkins</category><category>atheist</category><category>tv-network</category><category>mental-torment</category><category>abuse-priests</category><category>roast-in-hell</category><category>different-kind-of-sins</category><pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2012 20:46:02 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahB4D79456-0E7D-FAF3-681A-55D75232FADD.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="185" width="308" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=mscyprahB4D79456-0E7D-FAF3-681A-55D75232FADD.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="73" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>New president of British Humanist Association: I'm an atheist 'who doesn't feel the need to tell you that what you believe in is stupid.'</title>
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"I suspect we're not the only family in the country that likes to have a friendly row on Christmas Day," admits Jim Al-Khalili, sat in his office in the physics department at the University of Surrey. "I guarantee we will have the usual Al-Khalili religion debate. My wife gets &nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Carloz]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Carloz]]></source><link>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/23/16109112-new-president-of-british-humanist-association-im-an-atheist-who-doesnt-feel-the-need-to-tell-you-that-what-you-believe-in-is-stupid</link><guid>http://carloz.newsvine.com/_news/2012/12/23/16109112-new-president-of-british-humanist-association-im-an-atheist-who-doesnt-feel-the-need-to-tell-you-that-what-you-believe-in-is-stupid</guid><category>britain</category><category>religion</category><category>great-britain</category><category>united-kingdom</category><category>uk</category><category>atheism</category><category>richard-dawkins</category><category>atheist</category><category>atheists</category><category>british-humanist-association</category><category>jim-al-khalili</category><pubDate>Sun, 23 Dec 2012 19:35:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carlozD6B3DDD1-AD4B-DE76-C256-57B68CF8AF67.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=carlozD6B3DDD1-AD4B-DE76-C256-57B68CF8AF67.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>New York Times Science Writer Blames Atheists for Creationism</title>
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He blames atheists for creationism. I quote:The inevitable clash with science, particularly in the teaching of evolution, has continued to this day. Militant atheists like the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins beat the believers about the head, accomplishing nothing; funda&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[King Dave]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[King Dave]]></source><link>http://king-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/28/15515857-new-york-times-science-writer-blames-atheists-for-creationism</link><guid>http://king-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/28/15515857-new-york-times-science-writer-blames-atheists-for-creationism</guid><category>religion</category><category>islam</category><category>creationism</category><category>atheism</category><category>christianity</category><category>richard-dawkins</category><category>anti-science</category><category>jerry-coyne</category><category>commentid-religion</category><pubDate>Wed, 28 Nov 2012 18:19:22 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=king-daveEEB4F800-CF5E-C65A-4684-AA72D9509E68.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="328" width="220" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=king-daveEEB4F800-CF5E-C65A-4684-AA72D9509E68.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="179" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title> The atheists Thanksgiving dilemma </title>
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Thankfulness is one of the distinguishing traits of the human spirit. We sense the need to say thanks, and we realize we ought to be more grateful than we are. We furthermore perceive that we are indebted to (and accountable to) a higher power than ourselves &mdash; the God who&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Cornhusker4Palin]]></source><link>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15351515-the-atheists-thanksgiving-dilemma</link><guid>http://cornhusker4palin.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/22/15351515-the-atheists-thanksgiving-dilemma</guid><category>religion</category><category>god</category><category>thanksgiving</category><category>atheism</category><category>richard-dawkins</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 06:19:51 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palin720A3EE7-7707-7CDE-1956-4B0A05398C4E.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="801" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=cornhusker4palin720A3EE7-7707-7CDE-1956-4B0A05398C4E.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="240" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Pope calls Virgin birth &quot;unequivocal&quot; truth in new book</title>
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One section of the book is called "Virgin Birth - Myth or Historical Truth?"The Church teaches that Jesus is the son of God and was not conceived through sexual intercourse but by the power of the Holy Spirit, one part of the divine trinity.In simple language that is at once ac&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[King Dave]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[King Dave]]></source><link>http://king-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/21/15338237-pope-calls-virgin-birth-unequivocal-truth-in-new-book</link><guid>http://king-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/21/15338237-pope-calls-virgin-birth-unequivocal-truth-in-new-book</guid><category>religion</category><category>catholic</category><category>islam</category><category>jihad</category><category>honor-killings</category><category>atheism</category><category>christianity</category><category>richard-dawkins</category><category>misogyny</category><category>child-brides</category><category>anti-science</category><category>commentid-religion</category><pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:00:10 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=king-daveD4AFB1B1-2295-6FB7-920B-956B2683F03F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="315" width="297" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=king-daveD4AFB1B1-2295-6FB7-920B-956B2683F03F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="127" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>&quot;Christian&quot; Uganda Passes 'Kill the Gays' Bill</title>
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The highly religious, highly Christian country has been trying to get this bill passed since 2009, and it faced a great deal of criticism on an international level along the way: several European countries threatened to reduce aid to the country if the bill was passed.Speaker R&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[King Dave]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[King Dave]]></source><link>http://king-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/12/15124477-christian-uganda-passes-kill-the-gays-bill</link><guid>http://king-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/12/15124477-christian-uganda-passes-kill-the-gays-bill</guid><category>religion</category><category>islam</category><category>jihad</category><category>atheism</category><category>christianity</category><category>richard-dawkins</category><category>misogyny</category><category>child-brides</category><category>anti-science</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 03:31:01 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=king-dave8FE701EC-3DEB-105D-6225-84CF0096ACB2.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="300" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=king-dave8FE701EC-3DEB-105D-6225-84CF0096ACB2.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Richard Dawkins Gets Eastwooded</title>
<description><![CDATA[Philosopher William Lane Craig recently "Eastwooded" Richard Dawkins during a presentation before a live audience. &nbsp;Like Clint Eastwood did to Obama during the 2012 Republican convention, Craig addressed Dawkins' empty chair on the stage. &nbsp;In this satire, Craig interact&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[Apologist]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[Apologist]]></source><link>http://apologia.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/01/14856295-richard-dawkins-gets-eastwooded</link><guid>http://apologia.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/01/14856295-richard-dawkins-gets-eastwooded</guid><category>religion</category><category>richard-dawkins</category><category>existence-of-god</category><category>william-lane-craig</category><category>commentid-religion</category><category>reasonable-faith</category><pubDate>Thu, 1 Nov 2012 15:21:36 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=apologia9802D944-42AF-380F-E89E-5528E5BF5A70.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="224" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=apologia9802D944-42AF-380F-E89E-5528E5BF5A70.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="68" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Christianity Today: It's Disrespectful Not to Tell Rape Victims About the 'Redeeming Power of God'</title>
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On Tuesday night, Indiana Republican Richard Mourdock said in a debate for Senate candidates that babies born to mothers who got raped are just a part of God&rsquo;s plan.
It wasn&rsquo;t a &ldquo;gaffe.&rdquo; He fully believes it, as do many Christians. But perhaps that dive&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[King Dave]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[King Dave]]></source><link>http://king-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/25/14703433-christianity-today-its-disrespectful-not-to-tell-rape-victims-about-the-redeeming-power-of-god</link><guid>http://king-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/25/14703433-christianity-today-its-disrespectful-not-to-tell-rape-victims-about-the-redeeming-power-of-god</guid><category>religion</category><category>islam</category><category>jihad</category><category>atheism</category><category>christianity</category><category>richard-dawkins</category><category>misogyny</category><category>child-brides</category><category>anti-science</category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 23:19:30 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=king-dave3F64271D-F5C7-7873-69BC-5CC99CCB837F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="301" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=king-dave3F64271D-F5C7-7873-69BC-5CC99CCB837F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="91" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Einstein 'God Letter' Sold On eBay For Just Over $3 Million</title>
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Albert Einstein's "God Letter" was sold for $3,000,100 to an anonymous online bidder.
According to eBay, there were only two bids on the historic document, but the competition was enough to bump the sale to just above the asking price of $3 million, i09 notes.
However, when t&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[proglib]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[proglib]]></source><link>http://proglib.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/25/14693681-einstein-god-letter-sold-on-ebay-for-just-over-3-million</link><guid>http://proglib.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/25/14693681-einstein-god-letter-sold-on-ebay-for-just-over-3-million</guid><category>religion</category><category>richard-dawkins</category><category>albert-einstein</category><category>eric-gutkind</category><category>god-letter</category><category>anonymous-buyer</category><pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 12:26:16 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=proglibC27C876F-F484-1AE3-8B8E-424860E2EBCB.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=proglibC27C876F-F484-1AE3-8B8E-424860E2EBCB.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Taliban Kryptonite</title>
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A couple of cartoons making the rounds &hellip;
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<dc:creator><![CDATA[King Dave]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[King Dave]]></source><link>http://king-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/24/14669573-taliban-kryptonite</link><guid>http://king-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/24/14669573-taliban-kryptonite</guid><category>religion</category><category>islam</category><category>riots</category><category>honor-killings</category><category>atheism</category><category>christianity</category><category>richard-dawkins</category><category>misogyny</category><category>sam-harris</category><category>anti-science</category><category>pat-condell</category><category>commentid-religion</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 15:20:09 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=king-dave048FD166-4D31-2F20-B139-AAB03B1465F8.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="298" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=king-dave048FD166-4D31-2F20-B139-AAB03B1465F8.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="90" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>5000 Tunisian secularists protest against Islamist rulers - Yahoo! News</title>
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TUNIS (Reuters) - Thousands of secularist protesters accused Tunisia's Islamist government on Monday of undermining a transition to democracy by failing to stem violence after a secular politician was killed in political violence last week.Tension has been growing between Islam&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[King Dave]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[King Dave]]></source><link>http://king-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14652312-5000-tunisian-secularists-protest-against-islamist-rulers-yahoo-news</link><guid>http://king-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/23/14652312-5000-tunisian-secularists-protest-against-islamist-rulers-yahoo-news</guid><category>religion</category><category>islam</category><category>jihad</category><category>atheism</category><category>christianity</category><category>richard-dawkins</category><category>misogyny</category><category>anti-science</category><category>commentid-religion</category><pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 00:07:20 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=king-dave99F4598B-F205-4016-53B4-39FF007774F0.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="276" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=king-dave99F4598B-F205-4016-53B4-39FF007774F0.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="83" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>New Atheism scares a Christian Professor because it's too optimistic </title>
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Now, over at PuffHo&lsquo;s &ldquo;Religion&rdquo; section, Paul Wallace (self-described as &ldquo;a professor of physics [at Agnes Scott College] and a former working scientist&rdquo;), Wallace diagnoses this optimism as &ldquo;The real problem with New Atheism&ldquo;:What sca&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[King Dave]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[King Dave]]></source><link>http://king-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/22/14616575-new-atheism-scares-a-christian-professor-because-its-too-optimistic</link><guid>http://king-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/22/14616575-new-atheism-scares-a-christian-professor-because-its-too-optimistic</guid><category>religion</category><category>islam</category><category>jihad</category><category>atheism</category><category>christianity</category><category>richard-dawkins</category><category>anti-science</category><category>commentid-religion</category><pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 14:32:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=king-daveCA2CC810-0FE3-0809-CE54-9A9773261413.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="201" width="201" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=king-daveCA2CC810-0FE3-0809-CE54-9A9773261413.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="120" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>What Does It Take To Remove a Pastor Who Hangs Out at a Middle School?</title>
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You want to see Christian privilege in action?Get this: At Summit Middle School in Fort Wayne, Indiana, a pastor from a church called The Chapel was allowed to hang out in the cafeteria while students were there, pass out pamphlets (that may or may not have been religious in na&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[King Dave]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[King Dave]]></source><link>http://king-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/20/14584816-what-does-it-take-to-remove-a-pastor-who-hangs-out-at-a-middle-school</link><guid>http://king-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/20/14584816-what-does-it-take-to-remove-a-pastor-who-hangs-out-at-a-middle-school</guid><category>religion</category><category>islam</category><category>jihad</category><category>atheism</category><category>christianity</category><category>richard-dawkins</category><category>misogyny</category><category>anti-science</category><pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2012 23:51:45 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=king-dave4884D3A9-13D2-81FE-B879-76CF6CD28375.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="125" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=king-dave4884D3A9-13D2-81FE-B879-76CF6CD28375.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="38" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>'Legitimate Rape' in the Bible</title>
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For those not convinced that the rights of a sexual assault victim were a low priority in the Bible, and that &ldquo;legitimate rape&rdquo; had a niche in biblical law, consider this: Deuteronomy 21:11 permits Israelite soldiers to force war captives into marriage; Numbers 31:1&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[King Dave]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[King Dave]]></source><link>http://king-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/19/14566484-legitimate-rape-in-the-bible</link><guid>http://king-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/19/14566484-legitimate-rape-in-the-bible</guid><category>religion</category><category>islam</category><category>jihad</category><category>atheism</category><category>christianity</category><category>richard-dawkins</category><category>misogyny</category><category>sam-harris</category><category>anti-science</category><pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2012 01:52:13 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=king-dave21D790A1-C5BA-231F-E73A-BF170DA70347.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="521" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=king-dave21D790A1-C5BA-231F-E73A-BF170DA70347.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="156" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Mali Islamists 'getting more barbaric'</title>
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Bamako -The Islamists who have seized control of Mali's desert north are growing increasingly brutal as they impose sharia on the region, even as they violate the strict Muslim law themselves, say fleeing residents.&ldquo;They are really getting more and more barbaric. They kil&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[King Dave]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[King Dave]]></source><link>http://king-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/19/14558795-mali-islamists-getting-more-barbaric</link><guid>http://king-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/19/14558795-mali-islamists-getting-more-barbaric</guid><category>religion</category><category>islam</category><category>jihad</category><category>atheism</category><category>christianity</category><category>richard-dawkins</category><category>misogyny</category><category>anti-science</category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 15:23:12 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=king-daveBE2D2AB6-AC85-5B5E-C036-0AD934F99163.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="69" width="318" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=king-daveBE2D2AB6-AC85-5B5E-C036-0AD934F99163.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="27" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Afghan woman beheads daughter-in-law for refusing prostitution, police say – This Just In - CNN.com Blogs</title>
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A young woman had her head chopped off for refusing to prostitute herself - and one of the killers was her mother-in-law, police say.The other was the mother-in-law's cousin. And both admit it, according to Afghan police.To most people, the slaying of 20-year-old Mah Gul is uni&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[King Dave]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[King Dave]]></source><link>http://king-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/19/14548686-afghan-woman-beheads-daughter-in-law-for-refusing-prostitution-police-say-this-just-in-cnncom-blogs</link><guid>http://king-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/19/14548686-afghan-woman-beheads-daughter-in-law-for-refusing-prostitution-police-say-this-just-in-cnncom-blogs</guid><category>religion</category><category>islam</category><category>jihad</category><category>atheism</category><category>christianity</category><category>richard-dawkins</category><category>misogyny</category><category>anti-science</category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 05:41:29 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=king-dave669550CB-5FE3-95E1-BA53-F286D1A5E105.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="100" width="100" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=king-dave669550CB-5FE3-95E1-BA53-F286D1A5E105.jpg&amp;width=120" width="100" height="100" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>More Believe In Space Aliens Than In God According To U.K. Survey</title>
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More than 33 million U.K. citizens believe in extraterrestrial life, compared to just over 27 million -- less than half the country -- who believe in God.That's the result of an online survey of 1,359 adults who were asked a variety of questions ranging from belief in alien vis&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[King Dave]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[King Dave]]></source><link>http://king-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/18/14544087-more-believe-in-space-aliens-than-in-god-according-to-uk-survey</link><guid>http://king-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/18/14544087-more-believe-in-space-aliens-than-in-god-according-to-uk-survey</guid><category>religion</category><category>islam</category><category>riots</category><category>honor-killings</category><category>atheism</category><category>christianity</category><category>richard-dawkins</category><category>misogyny</category><category>sam-harris</category><category>anti-science</category><category>pat-condell</category><pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2012 01:00:50 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=king-dave2F0D08E1-6B95-4050-1898-63F5A85CCC91.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="82" width="112" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=king-dave2F0D08E1-6B95-4050-1898-63F5A85CCC91.jpg&amp;width=120" width="112" height="82" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>After a Bullet in the Head, Assaults on a Pakistani Schoolgirl's Character Follow - NYTimes.com</title>
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As a Pakistani schoolgirl who was shot in the head by Taliban militants last week fights for her life in a British hospital, a battle to tarnish her reputation is being waged on social networks and news sites in Pakistan.In yet another statement to the Pakistani news media defe&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[King Dave]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[King Dave]]></source><link>http://king-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/16/14492487-after-a-bullet-in-the-head-assaults-on-a-pakistani-schoolgirls-character-follow-nytimescom</link><guid>http://king-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/16/14492487-after-a-bullet-in-the-head-assaults-on-a-pakistani-schoolgirls-character-follow-nytimescom</guid><category>religion</category><category>islam</category><category>jihad</category><category>atheism</category><category>christianity</category><category>richard-dawkins</category><category>misogyny</category><category>anti-science</category><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 02:25:32 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=king-dave673E4F3D-5447-5E68-9173-164F5803D3BC.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="75" width="75" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=king-dave673E4F3D-5447-5E68-9173-164F5803D3BC.jpg&amp;width=120" width="75" height="75" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item><item><title>Public School Teacher Orders Students to Pray to Jesus… and Keeps Her Job</title>
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Because that&rsquo;s what Michelle Schindelheim of Bronx Middle School 301 did last year. She teaches English as a Second Language and was investigated in March of 2011 after students complained she was forcing them to pray instead of teaching them how to read. She confessed to&nbsp;&hellip;]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[King Dave]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[King Dave]]></source><link>http://king-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/15/14452022-public-school-teacher-orders-students-to-pray-to-jesus-and-keeps-her-job</link><guid>http://king-dave.newsvine.com/_news/2012/10/15/14452022-public-school-teacher-orders-students-to-pray-to-jesus-and-keeps-her-job</guid><category>religion</category><category>islam</category><category>jihad</category><category>atheism</category><category>christianity</category><category>richard-dawkins</category><category>anti-science</category><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:34:59 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/bookmark</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=king-daveB0FE117E-C448-9C46-098A-7DBCB51F6F8F.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="514" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=king-daveB0FE117E-C448-9C46-098A-7DBCB51F6F8F.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="154" /><media:description type="plain"></media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>