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	<title>PinPonPun &#187; Church and State</title>
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		<title>Meacham: Jesus started church-state separation</title>
		<link>http://www.pinponpun.com/blog/2010/04/26/meacham-jesus-started-church-state-separation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Apr 2010 00:26:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jon Meacham, Newsweek&#8217;s Editor and author of several tomes on American history, had a column in this week&#8217;s issue of the news magazine that took a look at the National Day of Prayer decision. He argues, like AU&#8217;s Rev. Barry W. Lyn, that there is a religious case and basis for the separation of church [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nation Day of Prayer: Unconstitutional</title>
		<link>http://www.pinponpun.com/blog/2010/04/26/national-day-of-prayer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 11:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Little late in posting this to the blog, but on April 15th U.S. District Judge Barbara Crabb of the Western District of Wisconsin ruled that the federal law mandating a National Day of Prayer was a violation of the US Constitution. You can read the full ruling here, hosted at the Americans United for Separation of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>America: A Christian Nation?</title>
		<link>http://www.pinponpun.com/blog/2010/04/25/america-a-christian-nation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 04:33:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In short, no. Period. Keith Olbermann sums it up: Our founding fathers deliberating excluded any reference to a god or gods or creator in our Constitution, the law of our land. They were heavily inspired by John Locke and his Two Treatises on Government who argued that an effective government must remove the supposed divine-appointed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Praying for a Bailout</title>
		<link>http://www.pinponpun.com/blog/2008/12/08/praying-for-a-bailout/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pinponpun.com/blog/2008/12/08/praying-for-a-bailout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 20:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Atheism]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The automotive industry is in trouble and it appears that a bailout plan may be decided upon by the end of today. Surely the Rev. Charles Ellis at Detroit&#8217;s Greater Grace Temple will believe that his actions yesterday were directly responsible for it as the congregation at one of Detroit&#8217;s largest choices gathered to ask [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The God Delusion = Judas Priest = D&amp;D = Suicide</title>
		<link>http://www.pinponpun.com/blog/2008/11/21/the-god-delusion-judas-priest-dd-suicide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pinponpun.com/blog/2008/11/21/the-god-delusion-judas-priest-dd-suicide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:26:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When someone commits suicide it is common for that person&#8217;s friends and family to seek an explanation for the act; what caused the person to take such a drastic action? Who or what is to blame? In modern days it&#8217;s not uncommon to evaluate those recent changes in a person&#8217;s life, specifically those changes that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Newsweek: Is Obama the Antichrist?</title>
		<link>http://www.pinponpun.com/blog/2008/11/18/newsweek-is-obama-the-antichrist/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pinponpun.com/blog/2008/11/18/newsweek-is-obama-the-antichrist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Nov 2008 22:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Newsweek, the fairly reputable weekly news magazine, has published a column titled &#8220;Is Obama the Antichrist?&#8221; as part of their Belief Watch series. The Washington Monthly takes them to task for this, noting: When bizarre, fringe publications speculate openly about who may or may not be the Antichrist, it&#8217;s easy to dismiss. When Newsweek publishes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Things Atheists Hate #2: Using Religion to Justify Racism</title>
		<link>http://www.pinponpun.com/blog/2008/10/15/things-atheists-hate-2-using-religion-to-justify-racism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pinponpun.com/blog/2008/10/15/things-atheists-hate-2-using-religion-to-justify-racism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:41:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m really at a loss of words, sometimes, when I read articles like this one on The New York Times website. Really, with quotes like this it&#8217;s difficult to believe that were are in the year 2008: “He’s neither-nor,” said Ricky Thompson, a pipe fitter who works at a factory north of Mobile, while standing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tossed (back) in jail for not believing in god?</title>
		<link>http://www.pinponpun.com/blog/2008/10/01/tossed-back-in-jail-for-not-believing-in-god/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pinponpun.com/blog/2008/10/01/tossed-back-in-jail-for-not-believing-in-god/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Oct 2008 17:30:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Overcoming addiction is no easy feat; it can be both physically and mentally taxing on a person. Fortunately there are rehab programs out there, organizations like Alcoholics Anonymous and other twelve step programs exist to help recovering addicts battle their past. Unless, of course, you&#8217;re an atheist. In most of these programs, god is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Religion&#8217;s Role in the 2008 Elections</title>
		<link>http://www.pinponpun.com/blog/2008/09/28/religions-role-in-the-2008-elections/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pinponpun.com/blog/2008/09/28/religions-role-in-the-2008-elections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:55:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This video speaks volumes about the role religion has played in this year's presidential race and yet doesn't even touch upon the persisten and yet unfounded rumors about Obama's faith]]></description>
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		<title>Teach the Controversy</title>
		<link>http://www.pinponpun.com/blog/2008/06/16/teach-the-controversy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pinponpun.com/blog/2008/06/16/teach-the-controversy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 01:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Evolution vs Creationism. There&#8217;s no doubt in my mind that creationism, and religion in general, has no place in our public school systems&#8217; science curricula. Still, if we were to &#8220;teach the controversy&#8221; as some creation myth supporters believe then we&#8217;d truly have to address *all* the possible creation myths, no? To that end, I [...]]]></description>
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