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    Saturday, February 22, 2014

    Alcoholics Anonymous without a "higher power:

    It's now possible for freethinkers to attend an AA meeting without being a hypocrite or saying the Serenity Prayer.

    From the New York Times:

    http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/22/us/alcoholics-anonymous-without-the-religion.html?emc=eta1&_r=0

    Wednesday, February 12, 2014

    The Bad Astronomy guy answers 22 questions posed by creationists

    Phil Plait, the author of Slate Magazine's ever-informative and enjoyable Bad Astronomy blog takes on creationists after the infamous Bill Nye/Ken Ham evolution debate.

    http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2014/02/06/religion_and_science_answering_creationists_questions.html



    Monday, February 10, 2014

    Another overwrought dismissal of the non-theist position

    From the New York Times comes this interview about the rationality of atheism.  One might question whether an individual who is a member of the Society of Christian Philosophers is an unbiased commentator.  One also might wonder why the interview went on and on and on without accomplishing much.  Read at your own risk.

    http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/02/09/is-atheism-irrational/?_php=true&_type=blogs&hp&rref=opinion&_r=0

    Would it be too much to hope for a follow-up interview on the rationality of theism?