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  • Is John Travolta abandoning Scientology?

    Created: Monday, 27 July 2009 01:51 Author: John Draper
    A recent report from the UK Daily Mail suggests that 55-year-old John Travolta is about to leave Scientology.  Travolta is apparently unhappy that Scientology failed to help his son Jett who was reportedly suffering from autism and had seizures but died ...

  • Obama – black first, President second

    Created: Saturday, 25 July 2009 01:39 Author: John Draper
    White, caucasian people are always presumed to be at fault when it comes to a dispute.  President Obama is the latest to prove that point.  When he heard the story of the arrest of the black professor, he immediately assumed the police to be at fault. ...

  • Princess facing Saudi injustice given secret refuge in England

    Created: Tuesday, 21 July 2009 01:17 Author: John Draper
    Woman feared she would be stoned after giving birth to an illegitimate child in Britain The Independent Newspaper (U.K.) reports that a Saudi Arabian princess has secretly been granted refugee status so she can stay in England.  She  comes from a very ...

  • 2009 Toronto Film Festival to feature Film on Darwin

    Created: Sunday, 19 July 2009 01:00 Author: John Draper
    Toronto - The 34th Toronto International Film Festival® opens September 10 with the world premiere Gala Presentation of Creation, directed by Jon Amiel. The film tells the life story of Charles Darwin starring Paul Bettany as Darwin and Jennifer Connelly...

  • Economist reports on Atheism in the U.S.

    Created: Saturday, 18 July 2009 01:18 Author: John Draper
    Columnist and blogger Lexington writes for the prestigious British magazine Economist and he recently wrote an article about an atheist summer camp in Ohio.  He was probably prompted to report on it by the recent news about similar camps being sponsored ...

  • Muslims wage war on Christians

    Created: Saturday, 11 July 2009 01:37 Author: John Draper
    Reuters reported from Mogadishu that on July 10, Somali Islamist hardliners beheaded 7 people for being "Christians" and "spies".  The executions were said to be in accordance with strict sharia, Islamic law, by the al Qaeda-linked al Shabaab group. And ...

  • Harper in trouble with the Catholics

    Created: Wednesday, 08 July 2009 15:51 Author: John Draper
    Stephen Harper is Canada's Prime Minister.  He is not a Catholic.  So why a priest would give him a Communion Host at a Funeral service is hard to fathom.  And why should Harper be expected to know what to do?  And if he doesn't, why should the media ...

  • Star of Harry Potter is an Atheist

    Created: Sunday, 05 July 2009 01:01 Author: John Draper
    Daniel Radcliffe, 19 year old star of the Harry Potter movies recently said in an interview with Esquire magazine: "I'm an atheist, but I'm very relaxed about it. I don't preach my atheism, but I have a huge amount of respect for people like Richard Dawki...

  • Free speech does not apply if you are a theist

    Created: Thursday, 02 July 2009 21:24 Author: John Draper
    FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A Fort Lauderdale billboard put up by the Florida Atheists and Secular Humanists group is causing a stir among local residents. The sign states: "Being a good person doesn't require God," and, "Don't believe in God?  You're not...

  • Polish Engineer chooses beheading rather than convert to Islam

    Created: Wednesday, 01 July 2009 15:22 Author: John Draper
    It's impossible for a westerner to understand the mentality of the Muslim Taliban.  They respect courage but not human life; they are fanatical about their own religion but do not respect others. So it's not so surprising when we hear about the beheading...
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