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Sex and death lie at the poisoned heart of religion

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/belief/2010/sep/14/sex-death-poisoned-heart-religion “Live in optimism without fear of judgment and death. There is enough purpose and meaning in life, love and leaving a good legacy. Oppose the danger of religious zealotry with the liberating belief that life on earth is precious because this here and now is all there is, and our destiny is in our own hands.”

The Moral Naturalists

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/23/opinion/23brooks.html?_r=2&th&emc=th “people have a rudimentary sense of justice from a very early age. This doesn’t make people naturally good. If you give a 3-year-old two pieces of candy and ask him if he wants to share one of them, he will almost certainly say no. It’s not until age 7 or 8 that even half the children are willing toContinue readingThe Moral Naturalists

Iranian Director Faces Death For LGBT Film

http://jezebel.com/5539059/iranian-director-faces-death-for-lbgt-film Kiana Firouz is at risk of being deported from the UK. (http://librarianchick.com/kiana-deported) to Iran, where homosexuality is considered a heinous crime punishable by hanging. Make your voice heard by writing to the British Home Office (public.enquiries@homeoffice.gsi.gov.uk) requesting that Kiana receive refugee status.

“In Good We Trust,” Says New Humanist Billboard

http://americanhumanist.org/news/details/2010-04-in-good-we-trust-says-new-humanist-billboard From the page: “This billboard nicely sums up two of the main messages of the American Humanist Association,” said Roy Speckhardt, executive director of the AHA. “First, that you don’t have to believe in God to be good–in fact, humanists and other nontheists see being good as one of the most important of responsibilities in our one and onlyContinue reading“In Good We Trust,” Says New Humanist Billboard

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