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		<title>Discussion Techniques: &#8220;Why?&#8221; and &#8220;How do you know?&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.atheismnetwork.org/2012/07/21/discussion-techniques-why-and-how-do-you-know/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jul 2012 13:49:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you&#8217;re locked in vigorous discussion with someone on the topic of religion or related subjects, I find the temptation is to try and present counter-arguments which describe what you think is correct. However, I don&#8217;t think this is the easiest or most effective way to do it. In most arguments, it seems the easiest [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What the Higgs boson shows about rationality</title>
		<link>http://www.atheismnetwork.org/2012/07/04/what-the-higgs-boson-shows-about-rationality/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2012 09:49:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jos Gibbons</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.atheismnetwork.org/?p=1143</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new particle has been discovered, almost certainly the Higgs boson first predicted 48 years ago. If so, then at last the final prediction of the Standard Model has been confirmed. To be sure, there are many questions still to answer, such as how real physics deviates from the Standard Model at very high energies, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Business in Charity Clothing</title>
		<link>http://www.atheismnetwork.org/2012/06/21/business-in-charity-clothing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.atheismnetwork.org/?p=1135</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It has been frequently remarked that churches show strong similarities to businesses. The evolution of such schemes is obvious: the church is set up so that people can gain better lines of communication to the core of their religion, but the church must be built and renovated, and its many services maintained, so it must [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One Year Today</title>
		<link>http://www.atheismnetwork.org/2012/05/25/one-year-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 15:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s official, it&#8217;s one full year since the website was created! So it seems relevant to cover some of what&#8217;s happened in the first twelve months. The website was inaugurated on the 25th May 2011. At the time, the general purpose and direction of the website weren&#8217;t clear, only the subject matter. The website looked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pascal&#8217;s Wager</title>
		<link>http://www.atheismnetwork.org/2012/05/05/pascals-wager/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 23:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.atheismnetwork.org/?p=1124</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;ll start by noting that this won&#8217;t be a comprehensive argument against Pascal&#8217;s Wager, but I intend to discuss two of my favourite points discrediting it. My motivation on this occasion is from watching too many videos of very stupid people, which is a pass-time I&#8217;m sure many of you do too. If you&#8217;re new [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consider Easter</title>
		<link>http://www.atheismnetwork.org/2012/04/08/consider-easter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 06:08:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jos Gibbons</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Paganism; Biblical contradictions; seasons; authority; faith; revelation; tradition]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.atheismnetwork.org/?p=1113</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Critics of Christianity are often well-aware some of its festivals are stolen. The most famous example is that the Northern Hemisphere’s celebrations of the December Solstice, in which days finally get longer again, began as an agricultural festival. The Ancient Egyptians, recognizing the role of the Sun in this occasion, quickly co-opted it for their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>If only religious apologists understood statistics…</title>
		<link>http://www.atheismnetwork.org/2012/04/06/if-only-religious-apologists-understood-statistics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.atheismnetwork.org/2012/04/06/if-only-religious-apologists-understood-statistics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:58:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jos Gibbons</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.atheismnetwork.org/?p=1111</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The last time I uploaded many articles in quick succession, I had just returned from on the all-inclusive holiday with my parents in Spain during which I authored said articles. My return to writing for this site after a long recess also involves authorship during such a holiday. This is what is often called a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Something from nothing</title>
		<link>http://www.atheismnetwork.org/2012/04/05/something-from-nothing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.atheismnetwork.org/2012/04/05/something-from-nothing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:53:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jos Gibbons</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.atheismnetwork.org/?p=1109</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t written anything for this site in a few months because my efforts to secure a funded PhD place in the competitive field of quantum gravity have taken up all of my time. Now I&#8217;ve been granted such a place in York, I can return to writing here. What makes quantum gravity such a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Monopoly on Marriage</title>
		<link>http://www.atheismnetwork.org/2012/04/03/monopoly-on-marriage/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 09:29:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.atheismnetwork.org/?p=1106</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes people wonder why atheists, homosexual or not, take an interest in the equal marriage debate. The response is simple: the opposition to equal marriage frequently originates from religious beliefs. The argument which presently seems to dominate the debate is over who has the right to define marriage. This word &#8216;define&#8217; is not one we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Next Confusing Word: Fundamentalism</title>
		<link>http://www.atheismnetwork.org/2012/03/14/the-next-confusing-word-fundamentalism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 21:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jake Wilson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently there was another religion-based debate on The Big Questions which discussed one question: whether fundamentalism undermines faith. The show itself was thoroughly interesting, as it often is, even if this episode was an exercise in how many mad people you can get into one room; it was more interesting to simply marvel at the ridiculousness of [...]]]></description>
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