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and by IT I mean COOL THINGSFirst, I’m on the Mat Slick show again tomorrow night, http://www.carm.org/radio/radio.htmRadio Show Times6-7pm, Mountain Time,Eastern 8-9 pm 790AM, Boise, Idahostreamed at www.myfamilyradio.com. Call in. 208-377-3790ALSO, my wife Hildy will be a contestant on POWER OF TEN, taping on Wednesday. I will be her “life-line” or whatever they call it on this show. I pledge that if she wins $10 Million to donate a chunk to a political candidate that supports the separation of church and state. I also pledge to retire, move out of NJ, and throw one hell of a party at the next AA convention.

BALTIMORE – Three Baltimore firefighters were injured Tuesday afternoon after witnesses saw lightning strike a West Baltimore church steeple, igniting a four-alarm blaze Tuesday afternoon, fire officials said. Fire Chief William J. Goodwin Jr. said the firefighters received minor injuries while battling the blaze at First Mount Olive Freewill Baptist Church. The fire started about 3 p.m. after nearby residents saw lightning strike the steeple, he said. “Once the fire involves the steeple, it’s pretty much a total loss of the building,” Goodwin said in an afternoon news conference. The church’s steeple collapsed early in the fire, forcing firefighters to flee. Goodwin said the building was a total loss.

OK but really. What do you theink SOME people would say if lightning struck American Atheists HQ?

Salisbury ? Former state legislator Coy C. Privette ? a Cabarrus County commissioner, retired Baptist minister and president of the Christian Action League of North Carolina ? was charged Thursday with soliciting prostitution, authorities said.Privette, 74, of Kannapolis, was charged with six counts of misdemeanor aiding and abetting prostitution by renting a hotel room and paying for sexual acts, according to State Bureau of Investigation Agent Kevin Canty.Tiffany Denise Summers, 32, of Salisbury, was charged with six counts of prostitution, Canty said.On Thursday, the Christian Action League board of directors suspended Privette, pending the outcome of the investigation. The organization represents the Christian groups’ interests in the General Assembly.?If these allegations are true, then I?m absolutely broken-hearted and extremely disappointed,? said Mark Creech, executive director the Christian Action League.

CNN is apparently running a youtube contest for questions to ask the Democratic presidential candidates during their July 23rd debate. Votes for the different videos are being counted here:http://www.communitycounts.us/debates/Right now, the #1 vote getter is a question I would love to see asked: ?How will you appeal to non-religious voters ?? The lead is narrowing, though. The initial response from infidels.org forum members and the like is pretty much over. The question was apparently intriguing enough for Newsweek to already do an article on it:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19762059/site/newsweek/Thank you for your consideration,Ben DreidelOrganizer, Capital Region Atheists & Agnosticshttp://atheists.meetup.com/531

American Atheists Media Alerthttp://www.atheists.org ELLEN JOHNSON SLATED FOR CNN PAUL ZAHN SHOW,ROLE OF RELIGION IN PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, ELECTIONTHIS THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2007 ~ 8:00 PM ET ELLEN JOHNSON, President of American Atheists will be interviewed on the popular CNN program “The Paula Zahn Show” this Thursday, July 19, 2007. The program will examine the role of religion in presidential campaigns, including the growing use of faith-based sloganeering by most of the candidates. “The Paula Zahn Show” begins at 8:00 PM ET, check local listings. For further information, visit http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/paula.zahn.now/ WHO & WHAT: American Atheists President Ellen Johnson live on “The Paula Zahn Show” discussing the growing role of religion in presidential campaigns. WHERE: CNN, “The Paula Zahn Show” WHEN: This Thursday, July 19, 2007 beginning at 8:00 PM ET. Check your local listings. MORE INFO: http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/paula.zahn.now/ AMERICAN ATHEISTS is a nationwide movement that defends civil rights for Atheists; works for the total separation of church and state; and addresses issues of First Amendment public policy.

Just calling it like it is, folks…

CU biologists get death threatsBy PAULA PANT Colorado Daily Staff WriterThursday, July 12, 2007 9:26 PM MDTLast weekend more than a dozen envelopes bearing the image of skull and crossbones and containing letters threatening the lives of CU-Boulder evolutionary biology professors were slipped under the doors of CU-Boulder buildings.According to a reprint of the letter posted online, the threat reads: ?every true Christian should be ready and willing to take up arms to kill the enemies of Christian society.??EBIO (evolutionary biology) professors are terrorists against America and ? intellectual and spiritual child abusers of their young and impressionable students ? the EBIO department not only blasphemes God, who is invisible, but it blasphemes His Only Begotten Son and our Messiah, Jesus Christ, which is more unforgivable ? for all these reason all God-fearing and Truth-loving persons must say, They must go!?CU officials won’t name a suspect, but numerous sources close to the case say the letters – as well as a barrage of threatening e-mails – were signed ?Michael Korn.? Menacher ?Michael? Korn is a 49-year-old Israeli national and former Messianic Jew who says he was baptized into Christianity in the Sea of Galilee seven years ago and is now on a mission to convert Jews and Muslims. His blog, JesusOverIsrael. blogspot.com, references CU-Boulder specifically and says he lives in Denver, although he has a North Carolina area code.

Where is that lightning strike when you need it??Thx Lee

Religious Book Seller Struck Down by Lightning Hailu Kidane Marian was working with members of his religious group, selling religious materials door-to-door in a Northwest Miami-Dade neighborhood, when the bolt from the blue struck him down. “I heard a boom, and I looked and the guy jumped back, and he just laid there, stiff,” said witness Maria Martinez. Paramedics say Marian was not breathing and his heart was not beating when they arrived, but they were able to revive him and rushed him to Jackson Memorial hospital, where he was in critical condition Sunday night. Members of his religious group waited outside the hospital throughout the night for word of his condition. “He’s unconscious, he’s in a coma,” said Francisco Perez, leader of the Puerto Rico-based group. “It’s difficult what happened, you know, but what can we do? Things happen in life, but we still believe in God.” For analysis, see http://atheism.about.com/b/a/259256.htmOriginal article: http://cbs4.com/watercooler/watercooler_story_190140139.html

and lies, and rape, and neglect, and conspiracy. You know, all those moral things.

LOS ANGELES (AP) – Hundreds of people who claim they were abused by clergy affiliated with the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles can expect to be paid more than $1 million each in a $660 million settlement of their lawsuits. The deal, by far the largest settlement in the church’s sexual abuse scandal, was reached Saturday, said Ray Boucher, the lead plaintiff’s attorney.The archdiocese, America’s largest, and the plaintiffs were set to release a statement Sunday morning and hold a news conference Monday, he said.An anonymous source with knowledge of the deal placed its value at $660 million, by far the largest payout in the church’s sexual abuse scandal. The source spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because the settlement had not been officially announced.The amount, which would average a little more than $1.3 million per plaintiff, exceeded earlier reports that the settlement would be between $600 million and $650 million.

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Christians lobbying against a hate crimes bill got upset over a Hindu minister offering the Senate morning prayer at the request of Sen. Reid. The Hindu was from Nevada, Reid’s home state. Somehow Senator Reid didn’t know we all is in a Christian nation and do not cotton to any non-Christians praying in our Senate. So if you are a Jew or a Moslem or a Buddhist or a Hindu or etc., etc., etc., Stay the Hell out of our Christian Senate.Apparently Christians do not just hate secularists. They hate everyone not Christian, which of course, is the majority of people in the world. Such a nice religion. I can not imagine why I do not accept it as my own. Oh yea, I am way too tired to hate that many people all at once. Not to mention I am not as rich as Erik Prince. So I can not raise my own merc army to go out and kill heretics.You can read the Hill story linked to in the title to this posting.

NOTE: Julia Sweeney and Ellen Johnson at the Seattle Convention will be aired on C-Span Saturday and 8pm Eastern and 8pm Pacific time. Don’t miss it.

Peter Nuhn