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		Comment on Young People Speaking Their Minds by Jennifer Porter		</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Porter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2018 16:18:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thank you for wrinting this, Marty. I hope we keep this dialogue going and not get burried unlike the other times before. Immediately after this awful day in Parkland, I saw something totally different. Something we all so needed to see ... angry children. I will be doing everything I can to help them meet their goals.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thank you for wrinting this, Marty. I hope we keep this dialogue going and not get burried unlike the other times before. Immediately after this awful day in Parkland, I saw something totally different. Something we all so needed to see ... angry children. I will be doing everything I can to help them meet their goals.</p>
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		Comment on Trans-Up! by Vernon C. Ray		</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Mar 2017 19:54:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		Comment on NOSHA in 2017 - Hail and Farewell by MarBanx		</title>
		<link>https://nosha.info/nosha-in-2017-hail-and-farewell/#comment-4</link>

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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2017 03:27:33 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thanks to the dearly departed and the newbies  willing to step up up and continue the work!!]]></description>
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		Comment on Reporting from Washington, DC: The Reason Rally 2016! by Beth		</title>
		<link>https://nosha.info/reporting-from-washington-dc-the-reason-rally-2016/#comment-6</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Beth]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2016 21:19:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Regarding the appropriateness of a concern with social justice in general, I&#039;m going to paraphrase Callie Wright, who pointed out that she can only think of two reasons why a person would be an active, involved atheist at all. The first is that you figured something out that most people seemingly haven&#039;t, and you want make youself feel better about it and pat yourself/each other on the back for being so much smarter than others. The other reason is because you recognize that religion is harmful, that it hurts people. And how can you meaningfully talk about that or fight it, if any attempt to focus on the *specific* harms being caused to *specific* groups of people is dismissed as &#034;SJW mission drift?&#034; I don&#039;t know how to fight the harm that religion does to women without talking about misogyny. What&#039;s the point of railing against religion&#039;s restrictive views on sexuality and gender if you won&#039;t take the next step to actually examining gay or trans people&#039;s real problems? &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;A lot of active atheists may go through an initial stage of wanting reassurance and validation just for being right, but most eventually move on, to dealing with religion&#039;s real repercussions in the real world for real people. And those things can be some sort of academic theoretical discussion only for the type of people most favored by religion and our culture. For those who were not so fortunately born, these issues can literally be matters of life and death. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I&#039;m all for widely using the word &#034;atheist&#034; to make our numbers felt and understood. But people like this poster show why we *also* need a word like &#034;humanist,&#034; a declaration of positive philosophy. For the sad truth is that there are atheists who seem to lack any empathy for people whose lives differ from their own, despite the fact that those differences are linked to problems that are rooted in religion. So we need &#034;secular humanist&#034; to describe us atheists who actually give a damn about our fellow human beings. There is an exception to that for me though: I don&#039;t give any damns at all for those who actively fight *against* humanism, who complain about how wronged they are by having their cold atheistic superiority contaminated by my icky empathy for other people. They can go and, again: they are not missed. Since they&#039;re not actively helping, it really is best if they just get out of the way.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Regarding the appropriateness of a concern with social justice in general, I&#39;m going to paraphrase Callie Wright, who pointed out that she can only think of two reasons why a person would be an active, involved atheist at all. The first is that you figured something out that most people seemingly haven&#39;t, and you want make youself feel better about it and pat yourself/each other on the back for being so much smarter than others. The other reason is because you recognize that religion is harmful, that it hurts people. And how can you meaningfully talk about that or fight it, if any attempt to focus on the *specific* harms being caused to *specific* groups of people is dismissed as &quot;SJW mission drift?&quot; I don&#39;t know how to fight the harm that religion does to women without talking about misogyny. What&#39;s the point of railing against religion&#39;s restrictive views on sexuality and gender if you won&#39;t take the next step to actually examining gay or trans people&#39;s real problems? </p>
<p>A lot of active atheists may go through an initial stage of wanting reassurance and validation just for being right, but most eventually move on, to dealing with religion&#39;s real repercussions in the real world for real people. And those things can be some sort of academic theoretical discussion only for the type of people most favored by religion and our culture. For those who were not so fortunately born, these issues can literally be matters of life and death. </p>
<p>I&#39;m all for widely using the word &quot;atheist&quot; to make our numbers felt and understood. But people like this poster show why we *also* need a word like &quot;humanist,&quot; a declaration of positive philosophy. For the sad truth is that there are atheists who seem to lack any empathy for people whose lives differ from their own, despite the fact that those differences are linked to problems that are rooted in religion. So we need &quot;secular humanist&quot; to describe us atheists who actually give a damn about our fellow human beings. There is an exception to that for me though: I don&#39;t give any damns at all for those who actively fight *against* humanism, who complain about how wronged they are by having their cold atheistic superiority contaminated by my icky empathy for other people. They can go and, again: they are not missed. Since they&#39;re not actively helping, it really is best if they just get out of the way.</p>
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		Comment on Reporting from Washington, DC: The Reason Rally 2016! by Beth		</title>
		<link>https://nosha.info/reporting-from-washington-dc-the-reason-rally-2016/#comment-7</link>

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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2016 20:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It is possible that the absence of more &#034;atheist stars&#034; may have meant that the lineup was less enticing to some people than it could have been. That&#039;s a conversation to have, but I honestly don&#039;t know anyone who made their decision to go or not based on the speaker lineup.  But I don&#039;t think that&#039;s what this comment is about. The fact that this poster uses SJW as some kind of slur suggests to me he&#039;s one of the people who were so offended by the fact that there was a harassment policy in place that he refused to go, with a straw-man argument of &#034;but then we can&#039;t even criticize religion!&#034; That he&#039;s someone who is apparently unable to understand the difference between criticizing ideas and attacking people (or is being deliberately obtuse enough to pretend there is no difference). Someone who had ZERO evidence that the policy would be applied unreasonably, yet assumed it would be, before the event even happened. This despite the fact that it was more or less identical to policies that have been used for years by atheist groups and events, where religion is criticized and ideas are hotly debated all the time. Or maybe he&#039;s just someone who DOES want to be able to freely abuse individual human beings with no repercussions. In any case, I think the people who flounced out of the RR (and would have otherwise gone) based on paranoid predictions of impending persecution were few, and as far as I&#039;m concerned: good riddance.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is possible that the absence of more &quot;atheist stars&quot; may have meant that the lineup was less enticing to some people than it could have been. That&#39;s a conversation to have, but I honestly don&#39;t know anyone who made their decision to go or not based on the speaker lineup.  But I don&#39;t think that&#39;s what this comment is about. The fact that this poster uses SJW as some kind of slur suggests to me he&#39;s one of the people who were so offended by the fact that there was a harassment policy in place that he refused to go, with a straw-man argument of &quot;but then we can&#39;t even criticize religion!&quot; That he&#39;s someone who is apparently unable to understand the difference between criticizing ideas and attacking people (or is being deliberately obtuse enough to pretend there is no difference). Someone who had ZERO evidence that the policy would be applied unreasonably, yet assumed it would be, before the event even happened. This despite the fact that it was more or less identical to policies that have been used for years by atheist groups and events, where religion is criticized and ideas are hotly debated all the time. Or maybe he&#39;s just someone who DOES want to be able to freely abuse individual human beings with no repercussions. In any case, I think the people who flounced out of the RR (and would have otherwise gone) based on paranoid predictions of impending persecution were few, and as far as I&#39;m concerned: good riddance.</p>
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		Comment on Reporting from Washington, DC: The Reason Rally 2016! by Iconoclastic Goad		</title>
		<link>https://nosha.info/reporting-from-washington-dc-the-reason-rally-2016/#comment-8</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Iconoclastic Goad]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2016 03:23:31 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Just a few scientific points here. A) time is an observable, measurable reality. If you doubt this, try stopping it or reversing it. Relativistic effects are not significant between objects or organisms that are together on earth, and even if they did occur, would be mathematically predictable. To claim, then, that time is unreal is simply irrational. B) Water molecules are NOT unchanging. Water frequently splits into hydrogen and oxygen, and vice versa. C) Evolution is a process that takes place at a level of complexity several magnitudes larger than atoms or molecules. From the molecule you must move up to complex systems of organic chemistry, from there to living organisms (organic chemical systems that can reproduce), and from a living organism to a breeding population of organisms. Populations evolve. Things that don&#039;t evolve (in the Darwinian sense of the word) include individual organisms, molecules, atoms, quarks, galaxies, solar systems, etc.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just a few scientific points here. A) time is an observable, measurable reality. If you doubt this, try stopping it or reversing it. Relativistic effects are not significant between objects or organisms that are together on earth, and even if they did occur, would be mathematically predictable. To claim, then, that time is unreal is simply irrational. B) Water molecules are NOT unchanging. Water frequently splits into hydrogen and oxygen, and vice versa. C) Evolution is a process that takes place at a level of complexity several magnitudes larger than atoms or molecules. From the molecule you must move up to complex systems of organic chemistry, from there to living organisms (organic chemical systems that can reproduce), and from a living organism to a breeding population of organisms. Populations evolve. Things that don&#39;t evolve (in the Darwinian sense of the word) include individual organisms, molecules, atoms, quarks, galaxies, solar systems, etc.</p>
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		Comment on Reporting from Washington, DC: The Reason Rally 2016! by MarBanx		</title>
		<link>https://nosha.info/reporting-from-washington-dc-the-reason-rally-2016/#comment-9</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[MarBanx]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2016 02:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Social justice has significant standing as a worthy issue within humanism. There are anti-humanist atheists out there, and they may have chosen to stay away because of the programming, but I don&#039;t think that, by itself was the primary reason for the lower turnout. That would be hard to prove.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Social justice has significant standing as a worthy issue within humanism. There are anti-humanist atheists out there, and they may have chosen to stay away because of the programming, but I don&#39;t think that, by itself was the primary reason for the lower turnout. That would be hard to prove.</p>
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		Comment on Reporting from Washington, DC: The Reason Rally 2016! by m khokon		</title>
		<link>https://nosha.info/reporting-from-washington-dc-the-reason-rally-2016/#comment-10</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[m khokon]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2016 12:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[EVOLUTION&lt;br /&gt;THEORY FALLEN SHORT&lt;br /&gt;Latest thinking comfirm Evolution  is invalid or false .SOMETHING over writes Time. (Destiny)&lt;br /&gt;“I am in your individuality but you do not observe” ( sura dahriyat.Quran 51:21) EVOLUTION is  An attempt to change humen thinking in wrong direction based on Time. Humen or Water (h2o) is not product of Time, Time will not change water (h2o).  Atomic and molecular weight of all elements or compounds will remain same on earth or distant planets in universe. There is SOMETHING permanent in universe.&lt;br /&gt;Evolution Theory succumb in concept of Time. Time is relative standard.....(Einstein).  In reality Time does not Exist. Time is illusion or  4th Dimension. What will be definite proof that Evolution Theory is invalid  or False....?? It is water H2O ... In billion years Water  H2O remained unaffected by Time...... Water H2O is not a product  of Time..Whooooo created water ??No Water, no life, No evolution, No natural selection..Water  is a phenomena out of  time, a rule over  nature.  When Time fails Evolution fails. An instant knock out of whole Evolution theory, so called Darwinism.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;If   life is   an accident   Then every incident happening in this world  will demand an accident. Even existance of a piece of Bullshit cannot be confirmed  without a Bull...So from where two cars will come to cause an Accident. What will be definite proof that life is not an accident, Just throw a bag of rice mixed with vinegar in a dark warm place, within 48  hours you will see bag of rice turned into full of  life, ( worms) Throw  it again if it happens again then this incident ( life ) is not an accident, example is silly  but  it points out   a big mistake in evolution history. ..life  is  not an Accident but conditional   (Confirmed)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;H20 ( water) is a permanent condition in nature which caused   diversity   of life on earth. Scriptures says life is created not evolved from water&#034; And  God created  every  animal from water &#034; ( Quran 24:45 ) . What will be definite proof that life is created and not evolved ??  It is water H2O. Water  suffered no evolution from another source as a  product of time thus Water  lack co ordination and  stability  with time  to aid a billion years  evolutionery process  .  If water is found in another planet, still water cannot be designated as product of Time,  H2O is   A permanent   law or command written by PEN in nature  (destiny)  which will contnue to display any where in universe where oxygen and hydrogen is available. If  life is an Accident  then Life may be found in another planet even that planet is made of  copper.  For  An accident  cannot be  dependent on another factor like water..if a Pre-condition  like water is a requirement for an accident (life) to happen,then this life must be  A  divine plan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Time is not a cause Time is not a real entity or quantity. Time is  nooothing.. Null...00.. Nada (void of self).  To validate evolution theory you must establish A definition of Time,  it is not possible. Did you ever think or  ask yourself a question  WHAT IS TIME ??? your mind will go blank, Time will create a delusion in your psyco, beacuse Time itself is illusion, In mathematical term  time is variable,Relative and unstable .To understand Einstiens space time theory you need to grow wrinkles on your forhead likeEinstein. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1 Kg, 1 Lbs, 1 Km, 1 Mile, 1 Minute, 1 Hour, 1 Year ,100 Years, Million years,  Billion  years, Time is a relative standard  (Einstein) Water is  not a product of time, Atomic and  Molecular weight of all elements and componds  will remain same unaffected and unchanged by Time until eternity. Even  number of smallest praticle electrons and protons, will remain same on this  earth or another planet. . TIME FAILED HERE AS ETERNAL CAUSE.......... Evolution is invalid  or false  (confirmed).]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>EVOLUTION<br />THEORY FALLEN SHORT<br />Latest thinking comfirm Evolution  is invalid or false .SOMETHING over writes Time. (Destiny)<br />“I am in your individuality but you do not observe” ( sura dahriyat.Quran 51:21) EVOLUTION is  An attempt to change humen thinking in wrong direction based on Time. Humen or Water (h2o) is not product of Time, Time will not change water (h2o).  Atomic and molecular weight of all elements or compounds will remain same on earth or distant planets in universe. There is SOMETHING permanent in universe.<br />Evolution Theory succumb in concept of Time. Time is relative standard.....(Einstein).  In reality Time does not Exist. Time is illusion or  4th Dimension. What will be definite proof that Evolution Theory is invalid  or False....?? It is water H2O ... In billion years Water  H2O remained unaffected by Time...... Water H2O is not a product  of Time..Whooooo created water ??No Water, no life, No evolution, No natural selection..Water  is a phenomena out of  time, a rule over  nature.  When Time fails Evolution fails. An instant knock out of whole Evolution theory, so called Darwinism.</p>
<p>If   life is   an accident   Then every incident happening in this world  will demand an accident. Even existance of a piece of Bullshit cannot be confirmed  without a Bull...So from where two cars will come to cause an Accident. What will be definite proof that life is not an accident, Just throw a bag of rice mixed with vinegar in a dark warm place, within 48  hours you will see bag of rice turned into full of  life, ( worms) Throw  it again if it happens again then this incident ( life ) is not an accident, example is silly  but  it points out   a big mistake in evolution history. ..life  is  not an Accident but conditional   (Confirmed)</p>
<p>H20 ( water) is a permanent condition in nature which caused   diversity   of life on earth. Scriptures says life is created not evolved from water&quot; And  God created  every  animal from water &quot; ( Quran 24:45 ) . What will be definite proof that life is created and not evolved ??  It is water H2O. Water  suffered no evolution from another source as a  product of time thus Water  lack co ordination and  stability  with time  to aid a billion years  evolutionery process  .  If water is found in another planet, still water cannot be designated as product of Time,  H2O is   A permanent   law or command written by PEN in nature  (destiny)  which will contnue to display any where in universe where oxygen and hydrogen is available. If  life is an Accident  then Life may be found in another planet even that planet is made of  copper.  For  An accident  cannot be  dependent on another factor like water..if a Pre-condition  like water is a requirement for an accident (life) to happen,then this life must be  A  divine plan.</p>
<p>Time is not a cause Time is not a real entity or quantity. Time is  nooothing.. Null...00.. Nada (void of self).  To validate evolution theory you must establish A definition of Time,  it is not possible. Did you ever think or  ask yourself a question  WHAT IS TIME ??? your mind will go blank, Time will create a delusion in your psyco, beacuse Time itself is illusion, In mathematical term  time is variable,Relative and unstable .To understand Einstiens space time theory you need to grow wrinkles on your forhead likeEinstein. </p>
<p>1 Kg, 1 Lbs, 1 Km, 1 Mile, 1 Minute, 1 Hour, 1 Year ,100 Years, Million years,  Billion  years, Time is a relative standard  (Einstein) Water is  not a product of time, Atomic and  Molecular weight of all elements and componds  will remain same unaffected and unchanged by Time until eternity. Even  number of smallest praticle electrons and protons, will remain same on this  earth or another planet. . TIME FAILED HERE AS ETERNAL CAUSE.......... Evolution is invalid  or false  (confirmed).</p>
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		Comment on Reporting from Washington, DC: The Reason Rally 2016! by Anonymous		</title>
		<link>https://nosha.info/reporting-from-washington-dc-the-reason-rally-2016/#comment-11</link>

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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2016 23:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Too bad it isn&#039;t about atheism, or humanism anymore. Even the report is dishonest in not mentioning that the very well known and published reason for the small turnout was the SJW takeover. BTW SJW is not reasonable.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Too bad it isn&#39;t about atheism, or humanism anymore. Even the report is dishonest in not mentioning that the very well known and published reason for the small turnout was the SJW takeover. BTW SJW is not reasonable.</p>
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		Comment on BOOK REVIEW: Who Were the Early Israelites and Where Did They Come From? by Jennifer Porter		</title>
		<link>https://nosha.info/book-review-who-were-the-early-israelites-and-where-did-they-come-from/#comment-12</link>

		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jennifer Porter]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jul 2016 11:29:22 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thanx, Jim. Interesting review!]]></description>
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