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Atheism is the philosophical position that either affirms the nonexistence of gods or rejects theism, generally contrasted with agnosticism which leaves the matter open. In its broadest definition, atheism is the absence of belief in deities, sometimes called nontheism. Although atheists are commonly assumed to be irreligious, some religions, such as Buddhism, have been characterized as atheistic. Many self-described atheists share common skeptical concerns regarding supernatural claims, citing a lack of empirical evidence for the existence of deities. Other arguments for atheism are philosophical, social or historical. Although many self-described atheists tend toward secular philosophies such as Humanism, rationalism, and naturalism, there is no one ideology or set of behaviors to which all atheists adhere. The term atheism originated as a pejorative epithet applied to any person or belief in conflict with established religion. With the spread of freethought, scientific skepticism, and criticism of religion, the term began to gather a more specific meaning and was sometimes used as a self-description by atheists.
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Jihad Watch is a blog directed by American author Robert Spencer.[1][2][3][4]
Jihad Watch was launched in October 2003. Jihad Watch also contributes to The Intelligence Summit, which tracks current jihadist activity worldwide.[5] The project is affiliated with the David Horowitz Freedom Center, but is run independently by Spencer.[6]
Opponents, who say that Spencer deliberately portrays Islam and Muslims in a negative light, have called it Islamophobic. Spencer has rejected the criticism.
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The Flying Spaghetti Monster "fish" emblem, a parody of the ichthys symbol, utilizing the Flying Spaghetti Monster
In this month
- 13 February 2007 - Kansas State Board of Education votes 6 to 4 to reject the amended science standards enacted in 2005
- 26 February 2005 - Javed Akhtar (pictured) gives speech "Spirituality, Halo or Hoax", revealing he is an atheist
- 27-28 February 1963 - Abington School District v. Schempp argued before Supreme Court of the United States
- 29 February 2008 - Owner of Atheist.ie registers domain name Catholic.ie, using it for parody
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Richard Phillips Feynman (May 11, 1918 – February 15, 1988; IPA: /ˈfɑɪnmən/) was an American physicist known for expanding the theory of quantum electrodynamics, the physics of the superfluidity of supercooled liquid helium, and particle theory. He was also famous as an unscrupulous prankster. He was a proud amateur painter and bongo player. For his work on quantum electrodynamics, Feynman was a joint recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965, together with Julian Schwinger and Sin-Itiro Tomonaga; he developed a way to understand the behavior of subatomic particles, by using pictorial tools that later became known as Feynman diagrams.
Did you know...
- ... that Ferrante Pallavicino (pictured) was the anonymous author of Il Divortio celeste (1643), a satire wherein Jesus Christ asks God for a divorce from his eternal bride, the Roman Catholic Church?
- ...that Lewis Call developed an account of post-anarchism based on the work of philosophers such as Friedrich Nietzsche and cyberpunks such as William Gibson?
- ...that the Magdeburg Centuries is a 1300-year history of the Catholic Church, written particularly as a criticism of the papacy?
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