Author of 'Patience with God' to give talk tonight
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FFRF brings 10 irreligious atheist billboards to Albuquerque
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Humphrys: let atheists on Thought for the Day
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John Humphrys favours allowing atheist guests to take part in the show's three-minute religious slot. John Humphrys, the senior host of Radio 4's Today ...

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Atheist gathering set for weekend
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What's billed as the largest gathering of atheists in the Midwest will be held this weekend in Springfield, according to a news release. ...

So, everything will be in the cloud and nothing on the local disk? Who exactly decided that this will be a good idea, again?

*facepalm*

Respect for atheists
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"There is no truth"? Really?
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A few weeks back, there was an article posted here that speculated what kind of music Johann Sebastian Bach would have written if he had not believed in god. Granted, most of his compositions were written solo dei gloria (to God alone the glory), and he didn't write any operas, but he did write non-religious music, even for vocalists. Thus I present to you compositions by composers that will be off the beaten track record, so to speak.

J. S. Bach Coffee Cantata. I'm surprised that Starbucks never picked up on this piece as a marketing tool, although most classical musicians are hooked up to coffee machines.

Arnold Schoenberg Verklaerte Nacht (Transfigured Night). Usually we think of this guy as the father of serial technique, using a matrix to help him employ all 12 chromatic tones in his compositions before repeating another one, as well as sprechstimme, that eerie sing/speak voice that help express out darkest inner feelings. Not so with Transfigured Night; this sounds completely romantic - more like Richard Wagner, sans the anti-semitism lurking in the background.

Gustav Holst Savitri. When most people think of Holst, they think of The Planets and anything sounding remotely like it, with British folk song leading the way. Ah, but the man's sadly well-kept secret is that he dug eastern culture. This terrific piece is based on Mahabharata. Totally worth changing your perspective on England's World War II hero-composer.

And, as a little extra no one expects the Spanish Inquisition (see anonymous composer). OK, see this as well!

Genetics has published three essays in honor of 150th anniversary of the Origin. Allen Orr’s piece provides an interesting historical perspective on the interaction between the science of evolution (or Darwinism) and the impacts on society. The Charlesworths provide an opinion on the importance of Darwin on genetics (note that they get the D-M speciation model wrong by suggesting that it’s anything but apathetic toward the role of natural selection). And Adam Wilkins weighs in... Matt Young http://www.mines.edu/~mmyoung

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