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...least” is probably better represented by “not.” More than a little defensively, I quickly added that I had grown up in a non-religious family. My mother and father never pushed religion on us—understandably, as my mother is atheist and my father is, as far as I can tell, Christian in spirit but indifferent in his daily life...
...jurisdiction over nine western states including California, Goodwin held last week that the words under God were unconstitutional because they violated the separation of church and state required by the First Amendment. He was responding to a case brought by Sacramento, Calif. emergency-room physician Michael Newdow, an atheist who argued that his daughter?s rights were infringed when the phrase was included in the pledge at her school each morning. Goodwin reasoned that saying, "we are a nation ?under God? " is equivalent to saying "we are a nation ?under Jesus,? a nation ?under Vishnu,? a nation ?under Zeus...
...while waiting in line to buy soap at a grocery store that Newdow, a lifelong atheist born in the Bronx, began his linguistic crusade. Noticing that all his coins and notes had "in God we Trust" written on them, he decided to use his University of Michigan legal training to sue the government for removal of the phrase. After a bit of research, Newdow decided it would be easier to protest the pledge of allegiance by claiming he didn?t want his daughter to say "under God," even though she wasn?t in school at the time. He lost while...
Thank God for Michael Newdow. If this plucky atheist hadn't stood up for what he believes in, we might still be talking about things that have lasting impact, like the financial meltdown of WorldCom. We might be rehashing news of terrorist threats, or babbling about homeland security, or remembering that there's a World Cup going on. So for cleverly distracting us from these unpleasant topics, Newdow is our person of the week...
...intelligence beyond the universe?” “Is there a universal moral law?” and “Is all love sublimated sex?” In answer, Nicholi draws on two of the 20th century’s greatest thinkers: Sigmund Freud, an atheist known for inventing psychoanalysis, and C.S. Lewis, an Oxford don, prolific writer and author of the popular children’s series (arguably a religious allegory) The Lion, The Witch, and The Wardrobe. These two opposing voices each seek to answer fundamental questions in polar ways: Lewis through...