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What's New Archive ● 1998 ● February

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What's New?

The following is an itemized list of new items available on the Secular Web.

• February 28, 1998

• • Added The Door - Religious Satire Magazine to the Humor Section

  • Added America's Real Religion to the Activists' Corner - Related Site List

• February 27, 1998

• • Added Book Review: The God Who Sits Enthroned (1998) [6K] by James Still

• February 25, 1998
• • Added FFRF's 21st Annual Convention,October 16-18, 1998, Madison, Wisconsin and 1998 Lollapalooza of Freethought, July 3-5, 1998, Lake Hypatia, Talladega, Alabama to the Events page.

• February 22, 1998

• • Added a link to "Origins of Christianity and the Quest for the Historical Jesus" from the historicity of Jesus section of the Modern Library

  • Added December 1997 Feedback (1997) [ 32K ]
    Questions and comments by readers of the Secular Web, with a few replies from the Internet Infidels.

  • Updated (slightly) Creation ex nihilo - without God (1997) [ 15K ] by Mark Vuletic
    List of quotes supporting quantum vacuum fluctuation origin of the universe (no commentary).

  • Added "Stephen Hawking and the Mind of God" (1996) [ 21K ] by Antony Flew
    

• February 21, 1998

• • Added "Blasphemous Allegations" to the humor section

  • Added Daniel C. Dennett's "Darwin's Dangerous Idea : Evolution and the Meanings of Life" and "Consciousness Explained" to the Science & Philosophy section of the II Bookstore

• February 19, 1998

• • Added Graham Oppy to the list of II supporters

• February 16, 1998

• • Added a brief biographical sketch of Graham Oppy

  • Added Freethought Association of West Michigan to the list of local organizations

  • Added "Some Questions for Duane Gish" (1998) by Brian Pietruszweski

  • Added Brian Pietruszewski Author Page

  • Addded The Istook-Lynn debate on the so-called, "Religious Freedom Amendment" to the debates page

  • Reminder: the debate between William Lane Craig and Antony Flew on the existence of God is in two days

  • Added American Center for Law and Justice to the list of RRR organizations in the Activists' Corner

  • Added Rutherford Institute to the list of RRR organizations in the Activists' Corner

• February 15, 1998

• • Added Arguments to Design by Antony Flew

  • Added Antony Flew author page

• February 12, 1998

• • Added The Church-State Page to the Activists' Corner List of Related Sites
    Widely regarded as the best site on the Internet which defends church-state separation.

  • Added a brief biographical sketch of Paul Pardi

  • Added "Response to the Arguments from Evil and Nonbelief" (1998) [ 50K ] by Paul Pardi

  • Added Paul Pardi Author Page

  • Updated (slightly) On the Nature of Morality (1998) [ 25K ] by Niclas Berggren
    Dr. Berggren argues against the existence of objective moral values. Along the way, he states an interesting "Moral Knowledge Argument for Atheism".

• February 11, 1998

• • Added The Secret of the Psychics to the television shows section of the events section.

  • Added On the Nature of Morality (1998) [ 25K ] by Niclas Berggren
    Dr. Berggren argues against the existence of objective moral values. Along the way, he states an interesting "Moral Knowledge Argument for Atheism".

  • Added "A Note on the Concept of Belief" (1998) [ 22K ] by Niclas Berggren
    Dr. Berggren argues that beliefs are not the result of the intentional act of choosing, therefore, it is immoral to punish someone for being in the state of unbelief.

• February 10, 1998

• • Added the upcoming "Front Line" special on Christian origins to the television shows section of the events section.

  • Changed the look-and-feel of the News Wire to make it more user friendly. This includes a clickable U.S. map so that you can jump to the news for your state. Also, placing entries in "What's New?" for each new headline added to the News Wire will be discontinued. The News Wire has its own e-mail notification service, which you can sign up for to receive notices when it changes.

• February 9, 1998

• • Revised James Still author section.

• February 8, 1998

• • Added American Atheists 1998 National Convention, June 12-14, 1998, Washington, D.C to the events page.

• February 5, 1998

• • The Fine-Tuning Argument (1998) [ 26K ] by Theodore Drange
    Currently, a very popular theistic argument is the so-called "fine-tuning argument," the argument that God is the best explanation for the combination of physical constants which allow life. Drange argues that (1) God is a poor explanation, and that (2) there are better explanations than God for the combination of physical constants.

  • Added Story Headline, Virginia - Religious Freedom Act Proposed, to the News Wire

• February 2, 1998

• • Billions and Billions by Carl Sagan is the February 1998 II Book of the Month

  • Added the February 1998 issue of the Happy Heretic by Judith Hayes: The Papacy Comes of Age [ 10K ] (1998)
    

  • Archived January 1998 News Wire

  • Added Story Headline, Mississippi - Teen Challenges Football Game Prayer, to the News Wire

  • Added Story Headline, Utah "Our Mother in Heaven" Prayer Denied Equality, to the News Wire

  • Added Story Headline, Virginia - Pat Robertson Attempts to Dismiss Suit, to the News Wire

• February 1, 1998

• • February web.scan: Desopxe gniksam sdrawkcab fo slive eht!
    Is rock music a tool of Satan? Are movie theaters programming you to buy more popcorn?

  • Brett Lemoine is now the Honorary President of II

See "What's New?" for past months.

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• American Civil Liberties Union
• American Humanist Association
• Council for Secular Humanism
• Electronic Frontier Foundation
• Fight Against Coercive Tactics Network, Inc.
• National Center for Science Education
• Operation Clambake (anti-$cientology site)
• Skeptic's Society
• Talk.origins Archive