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While the godless are raising money for the Red Cross and Doctors Without Borders, a Christian group is sending boxloads of solar-powered digital Bibles to Haiti (Update: Reuters article).
Called the “Proclaimer,” the audio Bible delivers “digital quality” and is designed for “poor and illiterate people”, the Faith Comes By Hearing group said.
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Holy Canoli. Imax has put out a trailer for their hi-res 3D movie about the Hubble repair mission from May 2009.
Need I say more?

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If you ever argue with creationists, you know that the Index to Creationist Claims is an incredibly useful site, as is the book version, The Counter Creationism Handbook.
Life just got a little sweeter: it is now available in iTunes.

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I got three kids and I’ll be the first to admit I may not be perfect in raising my kids. They can be wilful little beasts. They are also desperate for approval.
With a special revulsion I read this story of oblivious parents giving their kids home tattoos.
“I’m their mother,” Patty Jo Marsh said late Saturday. [...]

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Harold Camping lets out a hearty chuckle when he considers the people who believe the world will end in 2012.
He must be a very sensible person.
“That date has not one stitch of biblical authority,” Camping says from the Oakland office where he runs Family Radio, an evangelical station that reaches listeners around the world. ”It’s like [...]

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Well, well, well, the year has hardly started and already the religious dimwits are on the prowl:
A Somali man was shot as he allegedly tried to enter the home of Danish political cartoonist Kurt Westergaard — known for his controversial depictions of the Muslim prophet Mohammad — on Saturday, police said.
Nothing says respect and religious [...]

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