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		<title>Creationists: stick your fingers in your ears and sing ting-a-ling-a-loo</title>
		<link>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2010/01/24/creationist-fingers-in-ears/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2010/01/24/creationist-fingers-in-ears/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 09:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Richard Dawkins' latest book lays out the evidence for evolution clearly: but creationists will always prefer ignorance to an uncomfortable truth]]></description>
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		<title>Dishonest debate</title>
		<link>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2010/01/07/dishonest-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2010/01/07/dishonest-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 15:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Creationists are again attempting to infiltrate the UK education system with lies and disinformation. Why are they always so dishonest about what they're doing?]]></description>
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		<title>Quiverfull: the high road to low brows</title>
		<link>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2009/10/08/quiverfull-breeding-morons/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2009/10/08/quiverfull-breeding-morons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 10:20:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Large broods lead to low-quality offspring, who seek out low-quality mates, according to new research. Bad news for the Quiverfull movement]]></description>
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		<title>Religious group fails to impose its narrow views</title>
		<link>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/12/18/religious-group-fails/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/12/18/religious-group-fails/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 09:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Christian group has failed in its attempt to impose its narrow beliefs on society - beliefs that could have prolonged suffering for untold thousands of people.]]></description>
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		<title>Sarah Palin: on a mission from god?</title>
		<link>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/10/11/palin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/10/11/palin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:49:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/10/11/palin/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just how much are fundamentalist and bigoted religious views driving Sarah Palin&#8217;s bid for the VP slot? And given that Palin has now been found, by an enquiry, to have acted unethically, can she be trusted in such a powerful position?]]></description>
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		<title>Faith schools: the wrong issue</title>
		<link>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/08/31/faith_schools/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/08/31/faith_schools/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 09:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Faith schools have been criticised for hiring only those teachers who practice that faith. But the real issue is the existence of those schools.]]></description>
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		<title>Religion as child abuse</title>
		<link>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/08/28/religion_child_abuse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/08/28/religion_child_abuse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The case of the British muslim who forced his children to flog themselves has rightly caused outrage &#8211; including among many in the muslim community. But are we in danger of missing a more important point? The Ashura ceremony, part of the month-long period of &#8216;mourning&#8217; known as Muharram, is an important part of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thou shalt not be different</title>
		<link>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/04/07/being_different/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/04/07/being_different/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 09:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enforced conformity is the lynch pin of totalitarian regimes. We have just had yet another example of how religions try to enforce their narrow world views on others when a Christian radio station got its panties in a bunch over some schoolkids dressing up. The Associated Press report, &#8216;Kids&#8217; Dress-Up Day Draws Christian Ire&#8217;, explains [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blair calls for more faith</title>
		<link>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/04/03/blair_and_faith/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/04/03/blair_and_faith/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/04/03/blair_and_faith/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There always was something slightly messianic about Tony Blair. Now he is calling for a greater role for faith in world affairs &#8211; as if religion were the solution rather than the problem. [photopress:blair.jpg,full,alignright]According to The Guardian, Blair will be delivering a lecture at Westminster Abbey where he will say that &#8220;failure to engage with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The wrong religion</title>
		<link>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/04/02/wrong_religion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/04/02/wrong_religion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:59:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When atheists criticise the more risible aspects of religion or the actions of believers, the faithful often respond with something along the lines of &#8220;your point is worthless because that&#8217;s not real religion&#8221;. Do they have a point? Or are they indulging in a peculiar form of bigotry? When I wrote When faith kills, one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When faith kills</title>
		<link>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/04/01/faith_healing_kills/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/04/01/faith_healing_kills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:41:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/04/01/faith_healing_kills/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The next time someone tells you that religion is a &#8220;force for good&#8221;, remind them of the Oregon fundamentalist Christian couple currently under indictment for the death of their 15-month old daughter. And, sadly, this looks like it&#8217;s not an isolated case. It&#8217;s time people were held fully responsible for their strange, and sometimes dangerous, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expelled: a lesson in suppression</title>
		<link>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/03/25/expelled/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/03/25/expelled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Mar 2008 15:32:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/03/25/expelled/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[PZ Myers, scientist and author of the famous Pharyngula blog, was recently prevented from attending a screening of a documentary movie in which he appears. The movie is called Expelled. How ironic. The movie is a piece of propaganda on behalf of creation science (yes, that old oxymoron). It seems that Myers and others, including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Huckabee: the thin end of the wedge</title>
		<link>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/02/07/huckabee_wedge/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/02/07/huckabee_wedge/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2008 10:16:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/02/07/huckabee_wedge/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mike Huckabee&#8217;s failed bid for the Republican nomination might seem to consign him to the list of also-rans. Yet the fact that he was ever in the running has profound and dark implications for America&#8217;s future. [photopress:huckabee.jpg,full,alignright]At the time of writing, Mike Huckabee&#8217;s bid for the Republican presidential nomination looks all but over. Many will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bill Maher on Republicans and religion</title>
		<link>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/01/09/bill-maher-on-republicans-and-religion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/01/09/bill-maher-on-republicans-and-religion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:39:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who&#8217;d have thought Bill Maher would have had such a negative view of the Republican party&#8217;s religious nutjobs. Certainly opened my eyes.]]></description>
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		<title>A war on science</title>
		<link>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/01/02/a-war-on-science/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/01/02/a-war-on-science/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:58:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freeinfidel.com/?p=49</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The &#8216;intelligent design&#8217; trial in Dover, Pennsylvania was a landmark case. It established that ID is just a dishonest re-badging of creationism and has no place in a science class. It was an important victory for rationalism, commonsense and science.The video above is the 2006 BBC Horizon programme on the case and the underlying issues.I [...]]]></description>
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