What's New Archive ● 1998 ● September
What's New?
The following is an itemized list of new items available on the Secular Web.
- September 28, 1998
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- Added "Science and Miracles" (1998) [ 22K ] by Theodore M. Drange
Using the simplified definition of a "miracle" as an event which violates a law of nature, Drange investigates the relation between science and miracles. He argues that scientists, as scientists, can't believe that such events ever occur, but leaves open whether they could consistently believe in miracles apart from their scientific work. If they do, it would only be in virtue of having compartmentalized minds.
- Added "Science and Miracles" (1998) [ 22K ] by Theodore M. Drange
- September 27, 1998
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- Added God and Evil: An Introduction to the Issues by Michael L. Peterson to the atheism section of the II Bookstore
- Added a review by Dean Stretton of Ken's Guide to the Bible to the Biblical errancy section of the II Bookstore
- September 26, 1998
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- Added "Religious Freedom: What's At Stake" (1998) [ 8K ] by Janet Brazil to the features section
What exactly is at stake -- for both sides -- concerning the Religious Freedom Amendment? - Added " Creation Deception Exposed" by Barry Williams to the Creationism section of the Modern Library.
ICR and AiG engages in deceptive selective editing of an interview with Richard Dawkins to make him appear stumped by a creationist's question! - "Seeking Purpose in a Universe of Chance" (1998) [ 16K ] by Victor J. Stenger
Physicist and Anglican priest John Polkinghorne cannot accept the possibility that mindless chance operates in the universe. So he joins those who seek evidence for top-down causality in a scientific system where bottom-up causality continues to rule. - "Fitting the Bible to the Data" (1998) [ 12K ] by Victor J. Stenger
Israeli physicist Gerald Schroeder insists both science and the Bible are right. He argues that the six days of creation are measured in a "cosmic time" that is blueshifted from the present, and claims that the events described in Genesis corresponds to what is understood from paleontology and other sciences.
- Added "Religious Freedom: What's At Stake" (1998) [ 8K ] by Janet Brazil to the features section
- September 23, 1998
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- Added a short review by Dean Stretton of Tim Leedom (ed.), The Book Your Church Doesn't Want you to Read, to the freethought section of the II Bookstore
- September 22, 1998
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- Added Reply to Robert Turkel by Farrell Till
- September 20, 1998
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- Added Introduction to Logic (10th ed.) by Irving Copi and Carl Cohen to the Logic section of the II Bookstore
- Added Humanists of Idaho (Off Site) to the list of local organizations
- September 19, 1998
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- Added "Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition" (1998) by Judith Hayes (The Happy Heretic, September 1998)
- September 16, 1998
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- Updated the Call for Papers asking for a Freethought Coalition Building Study.
- September 15, 1998
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- Posted August 1998 Feedback to the Feedback section.
The mailbag contains letters that are often outrageous, sometimes paranoid, but always entertaining! - Moved the humor collection from the library to the miscellaneous section
- Posted August 1998 Feedback to the Feedback section.
- September 13, 1998
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- Added a link to Naturalism.org from the naturalism section of the Modern Library
- Added Pioneer Outreach (Ex-JW) List to the list of other mailing lists
- September 7, 1998
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- Added "Ten Golden Words" (1995) [ 3K ] by Gerd Lüdemann
- Added brief biographical sketch of Gerd Lüdemann (Off Site)
- Added Books by Gerd Lüdemann
- Added Gerd Lüdemann author page
- II is now hosting the Military Association of Atheists and Freethinkers (update: II no longer hosts MAAF)
- Added Wes Morriston's God discussion list to the list of other email lists
- September 3, 1998
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- Added "Why I Am Not a Hindu" by Ramendra Nath to the Modern Library.
- September 2, 1998
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- Josephus Unbound: Reopening the Josephus Question (1998) [ 121K ] (Off Site) by Earl Doherty
"I am going to suggest that in this article I will offer, along with some fresh arguing of familiar positions, several new analyses and arguments which are nothing short of fatal to the currently complacent view that the Josephan passages, even in a core fashion, are essentially reliable and can be used to support the contention that Jesus existed."
- Josephus Unbound: Reopening the Josephus Question (1998) [ 121K ] (Off Site) by Earl Doherty
- September 1, 1998
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- Added the September 1998 issue of the Newsletter.
- Roll up, roll up, ladies and gentlemen to get your own stupid web awards in this month's grab-bag of strange religious web sites. See Areala the Warrior Nun! Admire the Jesus of the Week! Find out what extraterrestrial interplanetary space Jews have in common with Beanie Babies! In this month's web.scan, mathew continues to peek under the circus tent of on-line absurdity.
See "What's New?" for past months.