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		<title>Pope John Paul II: saintly or unbalanced?</title>
		<link>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2010/01/27/saintly-or-unbalanced/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2010/01/27/saintly-or-unbalanced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 09:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Self-flagellation may make the Pope a saint, but it's the clearest sign you could ask for of the gulf between faith and the real world.]]></description>
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		<title>Separation of faith and job</title>
		<link>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2010/01/26/faith-and-job/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2010/01/26/faith-and-job/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:45:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freeinfidel.com/?p=284</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Spiritual beliefs should not be allowed to conflict with tasks, such as dispensing medicines, that have important effects on other people's lives.]]></description>
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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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		<category><![CDATA[intelligent design & creationism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Richard Dawkins]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freeinfidel.com/?p=267</guid>
		<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>Bertrand Russell talking sense</title>
		<link>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2010/01/21/bertrand-russell-talking-sense/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2010/01/21/bertrand-russell-talking-sense/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jan 2010 09:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Atheism]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freeinfidel.com/?p=273</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In this video, Bertrand Russell describes clearly why religious belief is intellectual treachery, of no value and the product of savage ages]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;d rather be human than spiritual</title>
		<link>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2010/01/15/spirituality-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2010/01/15/spirituality-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:33:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freeinfidel.com/?p=256</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Being 'spiritual' is automatically seen as a good thing, even though it is a vague term. I'd rather celebrate being human]]></description>
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		<title>Lies believers tell: religion is the source of beauty</title>
		<link>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2010/01/09/lies-believers-tell-religion-is-the-source-of-beauty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2010/01/09/lies-believers-tell-religion-is-the-source-of-beauty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 14:07:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[belief]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[art]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[literature]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freeinfidel.com/?p=243</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Religion has given us great works of art, but only because of the power and wealth of the church. It does not mean there is any intrinsic validity to faith.]]></description>
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		<title>God in our image?</title>
		<link>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2009/10/31/god-in-our-image/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2009/10/31/god-in-our-image/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:21:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freeinfidel.com/?p=213</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is god the product of our brains? A new documentary film seeks the answers.]]></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>
				<category><![CDATA[christianity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[fundamentalism]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[evangelical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Quiverfull]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freeinfidel.com/?p=176</guid>
		<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>Religion as a hate crime</title>
		<link>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2009/09/03/religion-as-a-hate-crime/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2009/09/03/religion-as-a-hate-crime/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Sep 2009 08:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[hate]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[mass movements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religious hatred]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freeinfidel.com/?p=166</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As Eric Hoffer pointed out, hate is a major unifying factor in mass movements, and religions - even those that profess peace and love - are no exception.]]></description>
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		<title>Scientology on trial in France</title>
		<link>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2009/05/27/scientology-on-trial-in-france/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2009/05/27/scientology-on-trial-in-france/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 07:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freeinfidel.com/?p=164</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Bizarre pseudo-religion Scientology faces being banned in France if its leaders are found guilty of seizing victims' fortunes by "exerting a psychological hold".]]></description>
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		<title>Ireland: one step back?</title>
		<link>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2009/05/11/ireland-one-step-back/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2009/05/11/ireland-one-step-back/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 May 2009 18:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[belief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blasphemy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freeinfidel.com/?p=162</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Certain forces in Ireland want to introduce a blasphemy law, taking the country firmly back into the Middle Ages.]]></description>
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		<title>Neo-Nazi bishop rejoins Catholic church</title>
		<link>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2009/01/24/neo-nazi-bishop/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2009/01/24/neo-nazi-bishop/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:30:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[christianity]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freeinfidel.com/?p=154</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A blanket lifting of excommunications by the Pope has had the effect of bringing back into the Roman Catholic church a bishop who also happens to be a notorious Holocaust denier.]]></description>
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		<title>A common delusion</title>
		<link>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2009/01/19/common-delusion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2009/01/19/common-delusion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 17:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freeinfidel.com/?p=147</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The BBC series 'Around the World in 80 Faiths' is an entertaining guide to the world of spiritual wackiness - but it's evading one critical question.]]></description>
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		<title>Did Mohammed walk the earth?</title>
		<link>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/12/31/did-mohammed-walk-the-earth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/12/31/did-mohammed-walk-the-earth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 09:55:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DK</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freeinfidel.com/?p=144</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A furore in Germany over an Islamic scholar's claim that Mohammed might not have existed highlights a fundamental difficulty in many religions - that they emphasise faith while simultaneously basing their beliefs around unverifiable facts.]]></description>
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		<title>Church and state: a bad combination</title>
		<link>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/12/24/church-and-state/</link>
		<comments>http://www.freeinfidel.com/2008/12/24/church-and-state/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2008 09:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Steve</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.freeinfidel.com/?p=132</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What the UK needs isn't just disestablishment but a genuine separation of church and state. Faiths are, by their very nature, exclusionary and discriminatory and they have no place in government business.]]></description>
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