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Congressman Reads Bible During Hearing

March 30th, 2009

During a House Subcommittee on Energy and Environment hearing earlier this week Illinois Rep. John Shimkus demonstrates his ridiculous position on climate change.   Shimkus begins to read several  Bible verses, before concluding: “The earth will end only when God declares its time to be over.  Man will not destroy this earth.  This earth will not [...]

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Tennesseans Protecting Environment for Wrong Reasons

One of the reasons Tennessee is such a great place to live and visit is its natural beauty.  With its mountains, lakes, forests and large parks systems there is an abundance of outdoor activities and wildlife for residents and visitors to enjoy and admire.
The importance of the outdoor recreation to TN’s economy and state identity [...]

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United Nations to Restrict Freedom of Speech

March 14th, 2009

The United Nations is working to restrict the ability of people to openly criticize religion in all of its member nations.  This is very troubling.
Recently Christopher Hitchens was on CNN’s Lou Dobbs Tonight and was discussing  the United Nations anti-blasphemy resolution that was passed last year in December as a non-binding resolution and the implications [...]

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My Path to Atheism, Part 3

Realizing I’m an Atheist
This is the Third and final instalment of a three article series on my personal path to atheism. It might be beneficial to read the first article My Path to Atheism Part 1: Indoctrination into Christianity and My Path to Atheism Part 2: Thinking for Myself before this part if you haven’t [...]

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