The History of Religion - Flash Animation

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The Church of Non-Believers

The New Atheists will not let us off the hook simply because we are not doctrinaire believers. They condemn not just belief in God but respect for belief in God. Religion is not only wrong; it’s evil. Now that the battle has been joined, there’s no excuse for shirking.

Three writers have sounded this call to arms. They are Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett. A few months ago, I set out to talk with them. I wanted to find out what it would mean to enlist in the war against faith.

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Atheist group takes on Bush initiative

Gaylor has helped transform the Freedom From Religion Foundation from obscurity into the nation’s largest group of atheists and agnostics, with a fast-rising membership and increasing legal clout.

Next week, the group started by Gaylor and her mother in the 1970s to take on the religious right will fight its most high-profile battle when the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments on its lawsuit against President Bush’s faith-based initiative.

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Professor says science and religion can coexist

POPLAR RIDGE - Some people in today’s society share the belief that science and religion can never truly agree.

But Dr. Christina Wahl, biology professor at Wells College in Aurora, said the two can coexist quite peacefully.

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Ancient tomb may contain Jesus’ family

Since the 1970s, hundreds of tombs and thousands of ossuaries, or ancient bone boxes, have been uncovered in the holy land. But one tomb unearthed in Talpiot in 1980 is being looked at differently now because it once held a box with this inscription: Jesus, son of Joseph. While biblical text tells us about Jesus of Nazareth, this box could show “physical” evidence he existed — and that he had a “family” beyond the Virgin Mary. Those are the claims in a new book from Emmy-winning investigative journalist Simcha Jacobovici and a documentary, “The Lost Tomb of Jesus,” from Academy-Award-winning director James Cameron. Jacobovici and Cameron were invited on TODAY to discuss this project. Read an excerpt of Jacobovic’s book, “The Jesus Family Tomb”:

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