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What's New Archive ● 1998 ● March

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What's New?

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

• March 30, 1998

• • Added a brief biography of Antony Flew

• March 29, 1998
• • Updated The Craig-Atkins debate on the existence of God adding RealAudio URL
• March 25, 1998

• • Added In God We Trust: But Which One? by Judith Hayes to the freethought section of the II Bookstore

  • Added "Defending Mother Theresa" by Judith Hayes (The Happy Heretic, March 1998)

  • Added "The Role of Xianity in the Oppression of Women" (1998) [ 35K ] by Jennifer Drouin
    Our contribution to Women's History Month: "For almost the last two thousand years, there has been one single institution which has had a significantly powerful realm of control and oppression over the everyday lives of the majority of individuals, especially women, in Western Europe and subsequently North America. This insidious institution is the Roman Catholic Church, or, in fact, Christianity in general (henceforth written xianity)."

  • Added Jennifer Drouin Author Page

  • Added a similar statement at the beginning of "Butler's Reply" (1997) by Michael Martin

  • Added a statement to the beginning of "Reply to Butler, Ventrella, and Fields" (1996) by Michael Martin. The statement points out SCCCS's refusal to acknowledge Martin's rebuttal.

  • Reorganized the Michael Martin Author Page

• March 23, 1998

• • Added a link to the Atheist League of Washington from the Local Organizations page

• March 22, 1998

• • Added The Argument from Reason (1998) [ 15K ] by Victor Reppert
    This is the opening statement in a written debate between Reppert and Keith Parsons

  • Added Victor Reppert Author Page

  • Expanded (and slightly revised) "Is a Proof of the Non-Existence of a God Even Possible?" (1998) [ 27K ] by Jeffery Jay Lowder

  • Added some additional responses to feedback message sent during January and February

• March 21, 1998

• • Added the DETOX Award to the list of Secular Web Awards

• March 18, 1998

• • Added What Is an Agnostic? (1953) (Off Site) by Bertrand Russell

  • Added Am I an Atheist or an Agnostic?: A Plea for Tolerance in the Face of New Dogmas (1947) (Off Site) by Bertrand Russell

  • Is Science a Religion? (1996) by Richard Dawkins
    Speech given at the 1996 American Humanist Association conference, in acceptance of the Humanist of the Year award.

  • Added The "Know-Nothings", the "Know-Alls", and the "No-Contests" (Off Site) by Richard Dawkins
    

  • Added James Madison on Separation of Church and State (Off Site) to the Church-State Separation section of the Activists' Corner

  • Added Critique of David Barton's "America's Godly Heritage" (1996) (Off Site) by the Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs to the Church-State Separation section of the Activists' Corner
    David Barton, in his taped presentation called "America's Godly Heritage", peddles the proposition that America is a "Christian Nation," legally and historically. He also asserts that the principle of church-state separation, while not in the Constitution, has systematically been used to rule religion out of the public arena, particularly the public school system. This is not a new argument, but Barton is especially slick in his presentation. His presentation has just enough ring of truth to make him credible to many people. It is, however, laced with exaggerations, half- truths, and misstatements of fact. His citation to supporting research is scant at best and at times non-existent.

  • Nick Pollard Talks to Richard Dawkins (Off Site)

  • A Critique of Aspects of the Philosophy and Theology of Richard Dawkins (1994) [ 63K ] (Off Site) by Michael Poole
  • Reply to Poole (1994) [ 20K ] (Off Site) by Richard Dawkins

  • Response to Dawkins (1994) [ 23K ] (Off Site) by Michael Poole

• March 17, 1998

• • Added the question, "Why is the Secular Web so one-sided?", and its answer, to the II FAQ

  • Revised our answer to the question, "If I write a critique of something on the Secular Web, will you also publish my critique on the Secular Web?", in the II FAQ

• March 16, 1998

• • Added February 1998 Feedback [60K]
    Questions and comments by readers of the Secular Web.

• March 15, 1998

• • Added the Parents' Corner, a new section aimed at helping nontheistic parents to meet the challenges of raising children without religion.

• March 12, 1998

• • Added a link to the Ex-Tian Ring (Off Site) from the Web Rings page

• March 10, 1998

• • Added "Review of The Creator and the Cosmos by Hugh Ross" (1998) [ 15K ] by Vic Stenger
    According to Stenger, "This book by High Ross does great damage to the need for an open, non-dogmatic discussion of the issues. As a PhD physicist and astronomer, he does not merit the benefit of the doubt that he is writing from a position of ignorance."

• March 9, 1998

• • Added a link to The Thermodynamics of Hell (Off Site) to the Humor Library.

  • Added God (1997) [ 27K ] by Jan Narveson
    Jan Narveson argues that God as a hypothesis is not an explanation for anything. The traditional ontological, cosmological, and design arguments all fail, according to Narveson. And religion is not necessary to provide a foundation for morals.

  • Added Jan Narveson Author Page

• March 8, 1998

• • Substantially revised and extended The World Religions, Philosophies Etc. - Complete Shit List, which is in the Humor Library, and properly attributed its compilation to Bob Schroeck.

• March 3, 1998

• • Added January 1998 Feedback [52K]
    Questions and comments by readers of the Secular Web

• March 1, 1998

• • Added Divine Hiddenness and Human Reason to the atheism section of the II Bookstore

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

We also recommend checking the following pages to keep abreast of recent changes at the following highly recommended sites:

• 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