"Think: Why You Should Question Everything" Guy P. Harrison on Atheists Talk #246, December 1st, 2013

Author Guy P. Harrison, honored guest of Atheists Talk, returns once again to discuss science, skepticism and critical thinking. His recently released book, Think: Why You Should Question Everything, is an easy to read work, accessible to learners of all ages and experience. In the book he defines what skepticism is and isn't and devotes an entire chapter to the concept of evidence. Harrison challenges readers to explore the differences between beliefs and believers, science and superstition, skepticism and intelligence, and simply, to think...

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"The Case Against the Case for Christ" Atheists Talk #77, Sunday August 1,2010

Lee Strobel wrote his book The Case for Christ, masquerading as a skeptic, back in 1998, Strobel talked to theologians and biblical scholars to come to the conclusion there is sufficent extra-biblical support for the existence of Jesus Christ Robert M. Price read the book and found the evidence to be shy of convincing.  He found the reasoning weak, the facts sketchy and a great deal to counter Rev. Strobel's conclusions.

Price wrote a chapter by chapter refutation, The Case Against the Case for Christ, and is going to discuss the book...

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"Conversion, Deconversion and Religious Indoctrination" Atheists Talk #78, Sunday August 8, 2010

"Conversion is the process through which a person's orientation on religion changes.  How do people turn from and to new religious groups, ways of life, systems of belief and modes of relating to a deity or a the nature of reality.  Dr. Grant Steves will be with me in the studio to discuss faith, conversion and deconversion with a dollop of religious indoctrination.

"Dr. Grant Steves is a member of the Minnesota Atheists.  He has a doctorate in Theology, and is an atheist. Mike Haubrich is a director on the board of the Minnesota Atheists, a former Catholic and deconverted evangelical Christian...

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The Waltons' War On Public Education: Heirs Of Wal-Mart Founder Spend Millions Supporting School Vouchers

"A lot of people don’t like Wal-Mart, and with good reason. The big-box retailer has been accused of paying unreasonably low wages, intimidating employees who complain about poor working conditions and even bribing foreign officials. Now, Wal-Mart has given us yet another reason to shop elsewhere: a foundation run by the heirs of Wal-Mart’s founder is pumping millions into supporting school vouchers  ... Read more

Business Groups To Curb Uber-Conservatives: 'No Fools On Our Ticket'

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce plans to aggressively shore up the campaigns of business-friendly establishment candidates in the new year, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday -- to the tune of at least $50 million...

Business groups are willing to spend big bucks to diminish the influence of the most activist conservatives and win a Republican majority in the Senat... Read more

US authorities continue to approve pesticides implicated in the bee apocalypse

As scientists race to pinpoint the cause of the global collapse of honey bee populations that pollinate a third of the world’s crops, environmental groups have indentified one culprit: US authorities who continue to approve pesticides implicated in the apian apocalypse...
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Iranian MPs Propose Bill To Enrich Near Weapons-Grade Uranium After Congress’s Sanctions Push

 Iranian Members of Parliament are proposing a bill to require the government to enrich uranium at near weapons grade levels in ... Read more

GOP theme for 2014: bashing Obamacare, again

Republicans meet next month to craft strategy for 2014, and attacks on 'Obamacare' are likely to top the list of many GOP ... Read more

“A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.” - The greatest Kurt Vonnegut quotes as voted by Goodreads

Arguably one of the greatest American writers of the 20^th century, Kurt Vonnegut created some of the most memorable novels of our time. In a career spanning more than half a century he wrote fourteen books including timeless classics such as Cat’s Cradle, Breakfast Of Champions, and Slaughterhouse Five. His work is a mesh of contradictions, both science fiction and literary, dark and funny, classic and counter-culture.
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Amid Declining Popularity, The Tea Party Prepares To Fight

Amid Declining Popularity, The Tea Party Prepares To Fight by Don Gonyea December 24, 201311:33 AM Listen to the Story All Things Considered 4 mi... Read more

Park and Library Refuse Atheist Donation!

There's Video of the Morton Grove Public Library Board of Trustees Calling The Friendly Atheist a 'Hate Group'

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Unemployed Screwed By Politicians - The Storm Is Coming!

"The left-leaning Public Policy Polling surveyed voters in four key congressional districts, as well as House Speaker John Boehner's (R-Ohio) district, to gauge support for extending unemployment benefits. The poll, funded by the liberal advocacy group Americans United for Change, showed that voters across party lines were overwhelmingly in favor of extending the benefits, with 63 to 68 percent of voters in each district expressing support for preserving jobless benefits."

http://youtu.be/E-UQ5lPflaM

Who Funds Climate Change Deniers?

"A study by Drexel University has identified the major sources of funding for climate change denial. Some of the names are all too familiar such as the Koch and Scaife families while some have done their best to remain obscure and have yet to get noticed."

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Do You Trust The Clergy? Most Don't

"Clergy used to rank near the top in polls asking Americans to rate the honesty and ethics of people in various professions. This year, for the first time since Gallup began asking the question in 1977, fewer than half of those polled said clergy have "high" or "very high" moral standards.

But opinions on clergy differed markedly by party, with Republicans viewing them far more favorably than Democrats.

Overall, 47 percent of respondents to the survey gave clergy "high" or "very high" ratings, a sharp drop in confidence from the 67 percent of Americans who viewed them this way in 1985."* The Young Turks host Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

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Inequality: Government Is a Perp, Not a Bystander

"...The problem is that President Obama wants the public to believe that inequality is something that just happened. It turns out that the forces of technology, globalization, and whatever else simply made some people very rich and left others working for low wages or out of work altogether. The president and other like-minded people feel a moral compulsion to reverse the resulting inequality. This story is 180 degrees at odds with the reality. Inequality did not just happen, it was deliberately engineered through a whole range of policies intended to redistribute income upward...."
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Glass Orb that collects energy from the sun and moon 35% better than solar panels

"...German architect André Broessel, of Rawlemon, has looked into his crystal ball and seen the future of renewable energy. In this case it's a spherical sun-tracking solar energy-generating globe -- essentially a giant glass marble on a robotic steel frame. But this marble is no toy. It concentrates both sunlight and moonlight up to 10,000 times -- making its solar harvesting capabilities 35 percent more efficient than conventional dual-axis photovoltaic designs...." 
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Billion-dollar climate denial network exposed: A network of 91 think tanks and industry groups are primarily responsible.

An extensive study into the financial networks that support groups denying the science behind climate change and opposing political action has found a vast, secretive web of think tanks and industry associations, bankrolled by conservative billionaires.


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Push Back At Notre Dame: Federal Court Rejects University’s Attack On Contraceptive Access

The University of Notre Dame is more than happy to rake in as much taxpayer support as it can get. ... Read more

Phoenix Becomes First City To End Chronic Homelessness Among Veterans

This could be a sign of things to come as the Obama administration aims to eradicate homelessness among veterans by 2015.The ... Read more

Thanks To Congress, 2014 Will Bring Uncertainty For The Wind Industry

The wind PTC has allowed the industry to grow and reduce costs, but now it is expiring. There hasn't been a big fight to extend ... Read more