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Approximately what does Clarity Media pay for such content?
This is vague: "Examiners are paid a very competitive rate based on standard Internet variables including page views, unique visitors, session length, and advertising performance. This i...
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Now see, the tax payer ends up footing the bill on this one. There's much to be said for public hanging.
I'm curious to know what race these people were...I got to be upfront about that because had this been some muslim black family living in brooklyn ain't no way in hell pardon the pun they would have gotten this kind of light sentence. "They are wh...
Religion should never have been an issue. As AceLucky said, it was negligent homicide.
It's an interesting ruling when you consider the judge took religion into account. What would his ruling be for a the murder of an OB/GYN who performed abortion procedures if the perpetrator was "well-meaning" and thought he was saving lives?
I agree with Tear and Sonny. These nutjobs are unfit parents who comitted murder and their asses should be in jail.
This case was negligent homicide. The religious nature of the case should have been irrelevant. That's how others learn; they get treated according to the law without preferential treatment. No one, and no group, should be above the law.
Should t...
They did what they really believed was right. A better punishment, IMO, would be to sentence them to some science and history classes. That would serve a higher purpose than just thinking about their little girl for a month.
They should be starved to death. This pisses me off. They murdered a little girl! And if you can get away with that then you can get away with anything.
I agree with John. I think that this judge was very good about it. If he made the sentence too harsh, then the religious community would have had an uproar of horrible "just" thinking.
I would have liked to see this addition of "think about what ...
I want to be sympathetic to their plight but I can't find it in me. All I can say is, "Idiots!". There is no excuse for endagering the life of your child, and there is NO excuse for believing that prayer will be sufficient to save your child's lif...
It's scary the judge wants them to continue their delusion in their useless, imaginary overlord. The punishment also sends out the wrong message to other faith-healing, criminally negligent parents.
Tough call on sentencing. I have mixed feelings. What is really best?
Assuming the parents are (at least to some extent) brainwashed by this Jesus cult, they didn't believe they were harming their daughter. They really thought they were right. Th...
And not in a row... disgusting!
Yeah, six months.
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If you are a writer and are interested in becoming a freelance writer with Examiner, they are now looking for writers to write on a national level as well as on the local level. They have a great number of topics you can choose from (doesn't have to be atheism). Also, if you feel you want to write about somethig that isn't listed, you can suggest a new topic (that's how I got the atheism gig - s… Continue
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Posted on November 12, 2009 at 9:14am — 1 Comment
Faith healing proponent parents sentenced for death of daughter
Dale and Leilani Neumann of Wausau, Wisconsin could have saved their daughter. But they chose to rely on God rather than take their daughter to the doctor. Because they imposed their religious beliefs on their 11-year-old daughter, the young girl died. Yes, the parents have a right to believe as they like, but what about the rights of their daughter? Didn't she have a right to live?
The couple was sentenced yesterday for their part in their daughter's death. They received a sentence of one mont… Continue
The couple was sentenced yesterday for their part in their daughter's death. They received a sentence of one mont… Continue
Posted on October 7, 2009 at 7:55am — 14 Comments
Denver school to include irreligion in its 'Assets' after settling lawsuit with FFRF
The national Freedom From Religion Foundation has settled a federal lawsuit against the Cherry Creek School District in Denver, Colo., over a policy that urged children to spend an hour a week at a religious institution. The District and the Foundation agreed upon wording to include encouragement to children to spend an hour a week in various civic or educational pursuits, including not only religious but irreligious.… Continue
Posted on August 31, 2009 at 3:54pm — 1 Comment
Atheists victorious - Judge orders 'Almighty God' in Kentucky unconstitutional
When American Atheists (AA) realized that the Kentucky office of Homeland Security had '"God" in its law, it sprang to action. Along with 10 other plaintiffs, AA filed suit to get the reference to God removed from the law.
According to AA, the "2006 law... blatantly mixes church and state, in defiance of the US Constitution." The law they speak of requires that the executive director of Kentucky's Homeland Security shall "[p]ublicize the findings of the General Assembly stressing the dependence… Continue
According to AA, the "2006 law... blatantly mixes church and state, in defiance of the US Constitution." The law they speak of requires that the executive director of Kentucky's Homeland Security shall "[p]ublicize the findings of the General Assembly stressing the dependence… Continue
Posted on August 30, 2009 at 11:54am — 1 Comment
New company to rescue left-behind pets after the Rapture
A new company has started up - a company that will rescue and care for pets once their owners are Raptured away. Christians, take note - this is no joke. Just as it says on the official Eternal Earth-Bound Pets, USA Web site, this is serious.
Have you ever wondered who will care for your pets once you are joined with your maker in Heaven? Well, now you can put your mind at ease. For a small fee, you can rest easy knowing that the fine folks at Eternal Earth-Bound Pets will rescue and care for y… Continue
Have you ever wondered who will care for your pets once you are joined with your maker in Heaven? Well, now you can put your mind at ease. For a small fee, you can rest easy knowing that the fine folks at Eternal Earth-Bound Pets will rescue and care for y… Continue
Posted on August 27, 2009 at 4:24pm — 10 Comments
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- At 2:19pm on September 21, 2009,
moJoe said… - Happy Birthday!
- At 9:03pm on September 8, 2009,
John Bock said… - Trina, if you listen to the video again it might be clearer to what Yasser is saying. Yasser George is an exMuslim originally from Saudi Arabia.
This is what Yasser told me about why he made the video:
"the main purpose of the video is to let muslims know that we were actually muslims, because muslims still believe that we are an israelis spies sent by the mosad to mislead them."
As you can hear he refers to Mecca as "one of the worst places of all" and said that he is ready to fight for the Atheists rights. He said in the video that "if anyone here knew that I am an Atheist or an ExMuslim I would definitely be executed. It's a huge crime here. You cannot pass that area if you were not a Muslim". He also says: "I really encourage other Atheist exMuslims to prove their points and have the guts to come here and let others know that they were exMuslims one day."
- At 8:56pm on September 7, 2009,
John Bock said…
- Hi Trina, did you see the videos yet? If so, do you plan to make an article about them?
- At 3:52pm on September 3, 2009,
John Bock said…
- Hi Trina,
I have two videos of Atheism in Saudi Arabia. I'm trying to promote them, but I haven't been getting enough responses from it. Here are the two videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyWsoWu3elU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGmOpVrYJ5Q
- At 11:58am on July 8, 2009,
Sonja Martin said… - Hi Trina,
I did hit that button, but it kept coming back telling me I was not signed in. So then I just tried the Reply and got the same message and after signing in again about 3 times it worked. Maybe it's my computer (or the person operating it) Look forward to meeting you.
- At 10:55am on July 8, 2009,
Nick Pecoraro said…
- You are so sweet to ask me to be your friend,
Nick Pecoraro
- At 9:42am on April 28, 2009,
V1ktor said… - hi how are you?
- At 4:01pm on April 16, 2009,
V1ktor said…
- i see, thats cool. yes, really hope I can make it.
We'll definitely need to grab some drinks if I can
make it to Phoenix.
hows florida treating you?
- At 10:24pm on April 15, 2009,
V1ktor said…
- Sounds great. Yes, you did mention that.
I'll be on the look out for your application.
hmm are you planning on attending AHA in Phoenix?
Not sure if I will be able to go yet, I will be in-between
things so only time will tell.
- At 3:21pm on April 15, 2009,
V1ktor said…
- Yea, I bet it was a long drive. I'd keep you company if I could =)
What do you think about doing a piece about our convention, I would love to reach out to your audience?
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my sister has my bible that I used when I was still a church-goer. It's a nice KJV with gold trim and archeological information and thematic indexes. I get that coppery blood taste in my mouth just thinking about all the crap I let myself consider...
Put them in a blender for a delicious Bible smoothie.
I found that Jared Diamond's book made some sense, but was flawed in many aspects. Richard Lynn and Tatu Vahanen utterly trashes his thesis in their book "IQ and the Wealth of Nations". Diamond's theories do not account for the fact that the Ameri...
Exactly! This is a map of "good schools" and in no way reflects potential in races or individuals.
Extremely amusing.
I have argued about a similar issue before. Omnipotence is not possible in reality, and free will isn't possible if there is an omnipotent being. All we need to do is finding just one example of task that isn't possible to perform for anyone in re...
I have all my books about philosophy and religion in the cabinet above my computer desk, but they aren't organized in any particular fashion.
People are already immoral. Religion just gives us warrant to let loose.
Not at all. I was not referring to anything you or her said specifically. Some of those things were clearly wrong. A few of them were just stupid, or attempting to get a negative response.
The ones that were specifically derogatory should have bee...
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