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Christian Schools ABC's Compass

For international readers Compass is a program that examines religion, mostly in Australian society.

This weeks program focused on Christian Schooling, last weeks was on Muslim schooling in Australia.

For more information, the program website is here. You may also be able to watch the program for free over the ABC's iview…

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Added by Sean the Blogonaut on September 19, 2008 at 12:26am — No Comments

Illusional & Religious Experience

Humans have flawed systems of perception and attention. It is little wonder that many of the leaders in the skeptical / freethought movement are current or former magicians (e.g., James Randi, Penn Jillette & Teller, Richard Wiseman, D.J. Grothe, etc.), because magicians capitalize on the vulnerabilities of human perception and attention.

There are several examples of ways our senses can be fooled, but optical illusions are perhaps the easiest to display on the… Continue

Added by NH Baritone on September 4, 2008 at 7:12am — No Comments

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I post to a blog at The Enlightened Observer

Added by Enlightened Observer on July 28, 2008 at 5:37pm — No Comments

Interesting article on Psychology Today

Hey all

Check this out. A very interesting article on people who have lost their faith.

Added by Sidhant on July 12, 2008 at 8:13pm — No Comments

What a genius.

In school today, a christian fundie guy came up to me, knowing I'm an atheist, and said "You're doing Satan's work"

I tried to laugh it off, saying I don't believe in satan (duh), he does not exist.

Then he said "You might not believe in Satan, but Satan believes in you!"

And he walked off, proud of how he had "scared" me.

Added by Sidhant on July 10, 2008 at 10:00pm — 3 Comments

Taco Bell Showdown!

Okay, maybe not a showdown, persay, but still awesome...

I went to Taco Bell today because I was hungry and wanted to try the new XXL Chalupa (for the record, it is fucking awesome).

Anyways, it was pretty busy. The store itself was pretty full (I was getting my food to go, though, so I wasn't looking for a seat). Luckily, there was only one guy in front of me. There was a 6-person family in front of him, but they had already started ordering when I got in line. 4 other… Continue

Added by Nathan Hevenstone on November 30, 1999 at 12:00pm — 5 Comments