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  Faith and power is the fundamentalist’s brew | Libby Purves - Times Online

  I would rather not have come back to this topic. Back in May, I wrote about the Ryan report into child abuse by Irish clerics, having been shocked by an unfortunate comment from the Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols, about the “courage” of clergy who in “weakness” may have believed ...

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  Morality | Religion | Biology

  For many, living a moral life is synonymous with living a religious life. Just as educated students of mathematics, chemistry and politics know that 1=1, water=H2O, and Barack Obama=US president, so, too, do religiously educated people know that religion=morality. As simple and pleasing as ...

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  Anglican cutbacks could leave two universities with no chaplain | Ekklesia

  Financial cutbacks by the Church of England could leave two south coast universities as the only universities in England with no Anglican chaplain. The Diocese of Winchester is considering a motion to withdraw funding from the chaplaincies at Southampton and Southampton Solent Universities, ...

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  Ed Balls comes out fighting - for 'racist' Islamic schools - Telegraph

  By Andrew Gilligan Published: 6:27AM GMT 27 Nov 2009 We connoisseurs of Ed Balls, a small but happy band, know from experience that the moment he gets that complacent little smile playing round his lips is the time to set the video; the moment when Her Majesty's Secretary of State for ...

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  ANDREW ALEXANDER: Without religion, the human race will work out its own rules for right and wrong | Mail Online

  Without religion, the human race will work out its own rules for right and wrong Last updated at 11:23 PM on 24th November 2009 With Rome and Canterbury at loggerheads over doctrinal trivialities - in reality over power - now is a good moment to make a heartfelt plea for atheism. For ...

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