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    The 10 best books of 2008  Dec 4, 2008
    This absorbing memoir traces Barnes's progress from atheism (at age 20) to agnosticism (at 60) and examines the problem of religion not by rehashing the familiar quarrel between science and mystery, but rather by weighing the timeless questions of mortality and aging. Barnes distills his own experiences and those of his parents and brother in polished and wise sentences that recall the writing of Montaigne, Flaubert and the other French masters he includes in his discussion. (International Herald Tribune)

    Letters to the Editor (Dec. 1)  Dec 2, 2008
    How would you like it if Richard E. Tuley wrote an "expose" on agnosticism ("Under the Banner of Agnosticism"). T.T. " TruthTeller wrote on Dec 1, 2008 4:37 PM:" "And what, pray tell, is a 'secular jihadist'?". (Corvallis Gazette Times, OR)

    Thanksgiggling: An off-beat list of gratitude  Nov 27, 2008
    At Thanksgiving, because there are so many varieties of Christianity, agnosticism, and hints of confusion sitting around my family's table, we don't say a prayer. We hold hands as each person gives thanks for something that touched them during the year. (Seacoast New Hampshire)

    Religion needs more nuanced public representation  Nov 23, 2008
    In our generation, it seems, the mainstream approach is agnosticism. To think about this literally (a-gnosis, unknowable, thus there is a God but we cant know anything about God) makes it sound pretty cool; but, for the most part, agnosticism is not about losing a personal connection to God, but holding strong to a belief in a higher order. (Yale Herald, CT)

    Religious Right R.I.P.  Nov 8, 2008
    Location: NJ Reply # 2 Date: Nov 8, 2008 - 1:23 AM EST foxfire22 - Dictionary diddling --Niggles foxy about agnosticism, kvetching that he had ... "Which manifestly does *NOT* define either agnosticism, atheism, or rationalism even though an unspecified "group of persons" have found it convenient to agree upon common terms by which their dismissal of the validity of *ANY* religious belief can be discussed.To the agnostic, the position is "I don't know; there's no objective evidence, and none of... (Townhall.com)

    Martin Flanagan History, agnosticism, and why Aussies love horse racing. Read more  Nov 8, 2008
    Ours is towards agnosticism. In For the Term of His Natural Life, the classic novel written about the convict era in Tasmania, religion is represented by the chaplain at Port Arthur who is habitually drunk and weeping in his room because his religion has no consolation for the gulag he finds himself in. (The Age, Australia)

    Thank heaven for a British faith in bet-hedging  Oct 26, 2008
    There were, it is true, some who took issue with the word "probably" - pointing out that such a lily-livered caveat smacks more of agnosticism (which merely states that there can be no definitive proof of God) than of atheism (which rejects religion outright) ... I am having my son christened, partly so that he can inherit these cultural riches, and partly because of my own agnosticism. (Telegraph.co.uk)

    Spinning a web of lies at digital speed  Oct 13, 2008
    And, in their deep agnosticism, they also exist to allow false information to create quick profits. During that brief window, false information may in fact be easier to exploit it shows up just in time, and purports to answer the questions on everyone's mind. (International Herald Tribune -- Technology)

    Andy Warhol exhibit disproves some assumptions  Oct 8, 2008
    Liberals who cleave to the idea that Warhol was an important artist don't like to be reminded of his political agnosticism. "I know I should be for the Republicans, because I hate paying taxes," he once said, but "artists just can't be Republican, can they?" They cling instead to Warhol's images of the Kennedys, whom he depicted repeatedly, and Mao. (Boston Globe)

    read my full review here  Oct 3, 2008
    A montage of plane and car crashes occurs just for effect; so is a blink-length discussion of agnosticism. The series of random afflictions are as inexplicable and capricious as the pandemic in M. Night Shyamalan s The Happening. (New York Press)

    Illegal Immigration and the Mortgage Mess  Sep 24, 2008
    The minute either one of these fools takes office it will be wholesale war on American taxpayers and bread and circuses for illegals, because as McCain told us, "They are God's children!" I guess that is one factor contributing to my new found agnosticism. Hey McCain, let God foot the bill. (Townhall.com)

    The end of a gilded age  Sep 20, 2008
    As it turned out, though, the days of Washington agnosticism about Wall Street were numbered. The economy had become too complex and delicate a mechanism and, in 1907, had come far too close to meltdown - even Morgan's efforts couldn't prevent several years of recession - to leave financial matters entirely in the hands of the private sector. (Asia Times Online)

    Where she was saved (202)  Sep 13, 2008
    I was an intriguing and life-influencing experience, and ultimately led to my agnosticism. Did I experience speaking in tongues. (Salon)

    Investment restrictions might have hidden cost  Sep 1, 2008
    The Rudd Government has swallowed its agnosticism about bilateral trade agreements and is now chasing China with the conviction of the newly converted. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Trade Minister Simon Crean have each journeyed twice to Beijing to demonstrate their faith while Treasurer Wayne Swan and Resources Minister Martin Ferguson have also made the pilgrimage. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)

    Protecting the Unborn: A Step-By-Step Approach  Aug 28, 2008
    But Obamas agnosticism on the question of the beginning of life is actually nothing knew. In 1973, in the era before 4-D ultrasounds made their way into the lives of ordinary American couples, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to specify when life began in the historic case known as Roe v. Wade. (Townhall.com)

    Good and Evil and Obama  Aug 20, 2008
    But when the question turns to abortion, political Obama insists on a policy of moral agnosticism and political laissez-faire. Asked directly when life begins as a legal matter, he punted, saying the answer was "above my pay grade.". (Townhall.com)

    What's the Big Deal About Other Rel...  Jul 18, 2008
    The final section discusses multi-god and anti-God religions, the New Age movement, Agnosticism and Atheism. Clear, Concise and Understandable. (Suite101.com)

    What's your take on the latest Don Imus imbroglio?  Jun 25, 2008
    You can't criticize certain "protected" religions, like Islam, Judaism, or Christianity, but as for the rest of them, especially agnosticism, go ahead and fire away. And of course, if you suck up to "family values," you can't go wrong, but criticize the bourgeoisie and you're fired. (Entertainment Weekly)

    * All hail the new consensus from Michael Spence  Jun 14, 2008
    By contrast, the new policy mindset starts with relative agnosticism about what works. Its hypothesis is that there is a great deal of slack in poor countries, so simple changes can make a big difference. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Junk Science: Time to Retire 'Denier'  Jun 6, 2008
    In trying to position his agnosticism on whether man-made CO2 emissions are actually cause for concern, his column begins: "I am not a global warming believer. I am not a global warming denier.". The term "denier" is the environmentalists' preferred means of tar-and-feathering anyone who dares question climate alarmism a key tactic in their effort to dupe the nation into consuming the green Kool-Aid. (Fox News)

    Audiobook ponders the question of why we suffer  May 18, 2008
    Author Bart D. Ehrman says that he was once "born again" but now is "dead again", meaning that he turned from deep faith to agnosticism. He says that he stopped believing years ago, yet he (surprisingly) quotes the Bible over and over in his zeal to back up his opinions. (Westerly Sun, RI)

    John Turley-Ewart: Ontario shouldn't ditch the Lord's Prayer  May 8, 2008
    Conclusions reached include: "God exists and this can be proven"; "God exists, but this cannot be proven or disproven" (theism in both cases); "God does not exist" (strong atheism); "God almost certainly does not exist"[11] (de facto atheism); and "no one knows whether God exists" (agnosticism). There are numerous variations on these positions. (National Post)

    Birds are never pregnant  May 3, 2008
    Ramsey abandoned his agnosticism, and embraced Jesus Christ as the Son of God who died for his sins and rose from the dead. He wrote: The Bearing of Recent Discoveries on the Trustworthiness of the New Testament. (Longview Daily News, WA)

    Five Great Cigars and Why I Smoke Them  Apr 22, 2008
    One of them suggested it was cowardly to remain stuck in a mode of agnosticism ... One of them suggested it was cowardly to remain stuck in a mode of agnosticism. (Townhall.com)

    From Muslim to Christian  Apr 21, 2008
    " For Sophia and Ziya, a lot of the prejudice they faced seemed to be borne out of cultural ideas, which are particularly ingrained in the South Asian community relating to notions of family honour. Aghajari's death sentence sparked protests and a review But it's too easy to say this is just a cultural problem. Dig a little deeper and you find that there is a theological argument which advocates the death penalty for apostates, which has serious implications for British society. Last week,... (BBC News -- UK)

    Fostering community in nontheism  Apr 19, 2008
    The oxymoron hints at its own explanation: The society and Ethical Culture apply a central benefit and salient trait of religion - community - to agnosticism, atheism, humanism, secularism, and whatever other "isms" huddle under the umbrella of nontheism. "There are some people in here who are worth knowing. I get a chance to talk to them," said Jack Osgood, an 82-year-old former member, explaining why he still attends talks like Federman's on occasion. (Boston Globe)

    The future for Catholic schools  Apr 19, 2008
    Regarding the religious aspect of the kid s education, they study comparative religion as well as agnosticism. Our kids are free thinkers and I m not sure they actually believe that the world was magicked into existence by an invisible sky pixie. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

    Blogosphere: Safe haven for agnostics, atheists  Apr 17, 2008
    A Jakarta-based journalist, who asked for anonymity, said she decided to conceal her agnosticism toward the question of God because she did not want to hurt her family. At home, she admitted, she pretended to be a good believer. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)

    SC: Is Sethu a place of worship?  Apr 16, 2008
    Swamy, however, stood his ground, suggesting that the agnosticism of judges cannot trump the faith of "millions". "It is not a question of the individual perception and belief of Lordships. It is a question of the belief of 00004000 millions of people. This court cannot sanction breaking of Ram Sethu." The Bench seemed reluctant to get into emotive waters and swiftly clarified that it was not expressing any opinion on the merits of the case. (Times of India)

    Debate fails to settle question of God's existence  Apr 15, 2008
    Agnosticism is not a starting point it would have to be an achievement, Foley said. I haven t been moved that far. (Mattoon Journal-Gazette, IL)

    Richard Dawkins' secular army must be stopped. God is behind some of our greatest art  Apr 14, 2008
    But this perpetual state of agnosticism, this lack of commitment, must surely be corrosive. Those who are able to locate, and to explore intelligently, a system of belief, be that religious or political, are surely making a valuable contribution to our times. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)

    MISSING IN ACTION The Ten Commandments have been missing from the Foundations of American Law and Government display in the Grayson County Courthouse since a temporary injunction was ordered in 2002.  Apr 10, 2008
    I Agree TOTALLY wrote on Apr 9, 2008 3:00 PM:" Religion is a personal and individual thing, keep your religion in your personal places like your homes, churches, etc and in your heart - dont force your beliefs on others whether the belief is a majority belief or not. I commend the US judge for doing the right thing as one sole majority religion does not belong having things in public buildings being shoved down other people's throats and no representation of all the others - and agnosticism and... (Leitchfield Grayson County, KY)

    The Prisoner  Apr 7, 2008
    Over the course of the next few years I would devolve from agnosticism to hardened atheism. I became a disciple of B.F. Skinner. (Townhall.com)

    Faiths accepting global warming  Apr 6, 2008
    By JOHN HART - Your Turn - 03/23/08. A few years ago, scientists testified confidently before Congress that there was no universally accepted scientific proof linking cigarette smoke and lung cancer. (Helena Independent Record, MT)

    Minding the gap: exploration in the Holy Land  Mar 29, 2008
    It has become Zions captive, an objectified pawn, broken for statehood; between Ben Gurions secular state and Ezequiels land of milk and honey now lies a gap of agnosticism a gap Israel seems unable to bridge ... In 1880, a New York Times columnist, his name long-forgotten, grappled with Yales emergent agnosticism ... Even when looked at from the most favorable side, he wrote, the present religious position of our collegiate institutions [namely Yale and Harvard] is serious in the... (Yale Herald, CT)

    William F. Buckley Jr. Dies At 82  Feb 28, 2008
    Since 1951, when he published his first book, "God and Man at Yale" a scathing indictment of the agnosticism and socialist leanings he found as a student at Yale Buckley was a lively figure in American intellectual life, positioning himself as a conservative sea wall against what he considered an infectious liberalism eroding the national character. From that base, the tireless and glib Buckley launched a remarkable life trajectory founding National Review, the biweekly conservative bible,... (FOX61, CT)

    Yes, Romney, thereis a Sanity Clause  Feb 5, 2008
    This worldliness ultimately led the Puritans to Unitarianism, a sort of pseudo-Judaizing that ends up in agnosticism - for example, Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Transcendentalists. The trouble is that people don't want to be an "almost chosen people", pilgrims on this Earth hoping for the Kingdom of Heaven. (Asia Times Online)

    Opinion: Genocide prevention: 60 years of abject failure  Jan 30, 2008
    Only a hopelessly constrained reading of the Genocide Convention, or a refusal to look at the systematic nature of ongoing ethnic destruction, can sustain diffidence or agnosticism. The National Islamic Front regime in Khartoum continues to commit all the genocidal acts enumerated in Article 2 of the Convention, even if one such act now has particular prominence: "Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part." We... (Christian Science Monitor)

    Christians put issue ahead of personal debt, content of movies, TV, homosexual agenda  Jan 22, 2008
    Democratic candidates will have to reach even further, he said, because one out of five in the Democratic Party professes a belief in atheism or agnosticism. "In terms of faith perspectives, each of these different tribes is becoming more and more difficult to coalesce," he said. (WorldNetDaily)

    What is atheism?  Jan 11, 2008
    gaucho mom wrote on Jan 9, 2008 5:19 PM:" Jeff: I think you are defining agnosticism. Atheists believe there is no god. ". Alan G. wrote on Jan 9, 2008 5:38 PM:" My opinion differs slightly from Jeff's in that I believe an atheist is absolutely sure, beyond a doubt that there is no higher power or deity. Agnostics are open to the possibility that a higher power exists, but want absolute proof that they can see and verify. I fall a little closer into the agnostic territory, but find it's easier... (Hanford Sentinal, CA)

    A Return To Horror  Dec 28, 2007
    Agnosticism has killed the horror genre in the United States. Take away the afterlife, take away a belief in the spirit world, and horror becomes about nothing but the fear of death and stories about sadism. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)

    Joe Orso: A Christmas of divided emotions  Dec 20, 2007
    Christian wrote on Dec 19, 2007 12:16 PM:" Freedom of choice to belive or not. Is that even true anymore? I DO choose to belive. Unfortunately, any mere mention of Christian beliefs or customs are scrubbed from anything public. Meanwhile, it's okay to mention any other 'religion.' Also, attempting to eradicate ALL 'religion' still promotes atheism, agnosticism, skepticism, secular humanism, or whatever one claims on any given day. Still religion. ". Michael Welch wrote on Dec 19, 2007 12:08 PM:"... (La Crosse Tribune, WI)

    8 comments  Dec 15, 2007
    Dec 14, 2007 @ 11:29 AMAs one who had a long journey coming back to the Lord I had some flirtations with agnosticism and atheism and I can understand our misguided fellows. It was only by His grace that I came back home. (Human Events Online)

    And Everybody Hates the Atheists  Dec 12, 2007
    Like other founders who leaned toward deism or agnosticism, Adams thought religion was important not because it was true but because it helped keep the common people in line ... Like other founders who leaned toward deism or agnosticism, Adams thought religion was important not because it was true but because it helped keep the common people in line. (Townhall.com)

    Investing in health; God and country; Fixing the mortgage crisis  Dec 12, 2007
    Although American politicians are free to end speeches with "God Bless America," they are not free to speak of atheism, agnosticism or acknowledge any religious ambivalence. Nor are they free to dwell on their heartfelt Muslim, Hindu, Buddhist, Jewish or Mormon beliefs if they have any hope of being elected on national level. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)

    ANN McFEATTERS: Romney's speech was possibly his most important  Dec 7, 2007
    He disdained agnosticism and atheism. Any believer in religious freedom who has knelt to God has a "friend and ally in me," he pledged. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)

    Murdoch purchases 'spiritual' website  Dec 5, 2007
    The multi-faith site targets devotees - as well as the merely curious - across dozens of persuasions, from agnosticism and African religions to Zoroastrianism. Its offerings include news, blogs, commentary, social networking, video and even a "soul matching" service to bring soul mates together spiritually, and presumably romantically. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)

    Simon Jenkins  Dec 5, 2007
    A previous assertion that Iran is "determined to develop nuclear weapons" becomes studied agnosticism. "We judge with high confidence that in fall 2003 Tehran halted its nuclear weapons programme" - and has not restarted it. (Guardian Unlimited)

    Celibacy Blues  Dec 4, 2007
    binford, your self-description defines your beliefs as Agnosticism, it s no surprise that you d have conflicts with Christians. Live and let live, for sure, but Christians and Agnostics are quite diametrically opposed in their belief systems. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Living)

    U.S. finds Iran halted its nuclear arms effort in 2003  Dec 4, 2007
    The report's agnosticism about Iran's nuclear intentions represents a very different tone than had been struck by President George W. Bush, and by Vice President Dick Cheney, who warned in a speech in October that if Iran "stays on its present course, the international community is prepared to impose serious consequences.". The estimate does not say when intelligence agencies learned that the arms program had been halted, but officials said new information obtained from covert sources over the... (International Herald Tribune)

    Exclusive: a 'Chuck Norris disapproval' for agnostic, atheistic, secular movie  Dec 3, 2007
    The reasons are it will very subtly push agnosticism, atheism, secularism and anti-Christian thoughts upon youthful minds and hearts. There is hot debate right now about this movie all over the Internet. (WorldNetDaily)

    Off the Clock  Nov 24, 2007
    The Christian ideals upon which this nation was founded faces massive attacks by atheism, agnosticism, all encouraged by victims of lethargy who seem to care not at all. It is time that we assemble the armies of the positives not to respond in like manner but by applying our own tools of constructive ideals rather than weapons of destruction. (Carthage Press, MO)

    U.S. control of my Food Network? That's appalling  Nov 21, 2007
    The chap in charge of the CRTC actually admitted some agnosticism about the proposed takeover of Alliance Atlantis by CanWest. Given the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission's history of blithe acceptance of all manner of grand promises by Canadian commercial broadcasters, the mind is suitably boggled by this development. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)

    The Priest, Conan OBrien and Fellinis La Dolce Vita  Nov 9, 2007
    He also described his journey from agnosticism to Catholicism, a journey in which watching the film La Dolce Vita was a seminal moment ... In a message for Harvard classmates, a priest who has been arrested for stalking the talk-show host described his path from agnosticism to Roman Catholicism. (New York Times)

    Father Jonathan: Atheism — New Civil Rights...  Nov 6, 2007
    The movement is not agnosticism. Nor is it traditional atheism. (Fox News)

    Hitchens provides for the 'Portable Atheist'  Nov 6, 2007
    And sooner or later, one must take a position on agnosticism. This word has not been with us for very long it was coined by the great Thomas Huxley, one of Darwin's stalwart defenders in the original argument over natural selection. (USA Today -- Life)

    Q&A with Dinesh DSouza (Part I)  Oct 25, 2007
    I want to show Christians and religious believers that theism makes vastly more sense of the world and of our lives than agnosticism or atheism ... I want to show Christians and religious believers that theism makes vastly more sense of the world and of our lives than agnosticism or atheism. (Townhall.com)

    Books: Book Review: The Abstinence Teacher  Oct 18, 2007
    The exchanges between Tim and Ruth about religion and its place in school tend to devolve into fairly standard-issue debates about church and state, faith and agnosticism. But happily, the author keeps such passages to a minimum, focusing instead on Tim and Ruth's daily lives in suburbia: a place defined by soccer games and trips to strip malls and middle-aged malaise, a place that Perrotta, with this novel and "Little Children," is increasingly mapping as his own. (International Herald Tribune)

    * Scientists armed for planet hunt  Oct 13, 2007
    "Put it like this. If we don't find anything, I'll have to rethink my agnosticism." This story has been viewed 151 times. Advertising. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Ballmer Talks Advertising, SAAS  Oct 11, 2007
    Meanwhile, Ballmer said he believes the move to more Web-based applications is not due to what he referred to as operating system agnosticism. "I think the things people are moving to is not from OS agnosticism; they want an easy install," he said. (eWeek)

    * John Tkacik on Taiwan: Taiwan's status remains `unsettled'  Sep 30, 2007
    " Aside from that one assertion of agnosticism, the matter had been avoided assiduously for 34 years. Until now. In June, a mid-level State Department official began answering mail from citizens concerned about Taiwan with the explanation that: "Although the United States recognizes the PRC Government as the sole legal government of China, we have not formally recognized Chinese sovereignty over Taiwan. In fact, we have not made any determination as to Taiwan's political status. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)

    Amazon Challenges iTunes' Might  Sep 28, 2007
    The combination of platform agnosticism and the lack of DRM, said analysts, position Amazon favorably if not immediately, then in the near future. Click here to read more about. (eWeek)

    How religious do we want our presidential candidates to be?  Sep 22, 2007
    The speaker was actually Thomas Jefferson, whose tolerance of agnosticism would surely tank a campaign 225 enlightened years later. Religiosity is a requirement in a viable 2008 candidacy, right up there with being a natural-born citizen, and not being Dennis Kucinich. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)

    Today's assignment: meaning of life  Sep 22, 2007
    If one is sincere about knowing what is so, it seems better to admit that there could be some truth in religion than to accept an unthinking assumption that atheism is truth or that agnosticism is wisdom. ROBERT O'HEARNEChelmsford. (Boston Globe -- Editorial)

    Science Classroom Is Not The Place To Teach Intelligent Design  Sep 14, 2007
    Kids would soon learn that the study of science does not naturally lead to atheism or agnosticism. For many of the greatest minds in history the opposite is true. (Nebraska Statepaper)

    Read More...  Sep 14, 2007
    For the book, Barker, co-president of the , has written a 19,000-word opus chronicling the atheism or agnosticism of 14 classical composers (including Mozart, Brahms, Schumann, and Verdi) and a dozen writers from the Great American Songbook (including Irving Berlin, the Gershwin Brothers, Stephen Sondheim, and Yip Harburg (best known for the lyrics for The Wizard of Oz)). Two of the shorter sections are presented here. (Disinformation)

    ISSUES & IDEAS  Sep 9, 2007
    Guantanamo omnipresent in pop culture - 09/08/2007 - MiamiHerald (The Miami Herald)

    John Humphrys: On the threat to 'Today'  Sep 3, 2007
    Humphrys told his uninvited visitors that he possesses a dozen Bibles and that he feels confident in drawing his own conclusions, having just completed a book on the validity of agnosticism, In God We Doubt: Confessions of a Failed Atheist. But as he walks into his kitchen to prepare some coffee, he appears a little flustered by his door-stepping. (Independent)

    China's Secret Arms Dealings  Aug 9, 2007
    Lawless, revered in the Pentagon as a steely-eyed China skeptic, evinced less agnosticism to the FT, explaining that the country of origin was less important than who was facilitating the transfer. One might wonder why Beijing, as a matter of policy, would sell weapons to Iran for the clear purpose of killing American soldiers. (CBS News)

    Mother practices 'spiritual parenting'  Jun 30, 2007
    The twin engines of her church and child slung her from agnosticism to the conviction that "we are all spiritual beings, having a physical experience.". The church influence began with the director of her program, who, though part of the noncredal Unitarian Universalists, embraced Christianity. (Boston Globe)

    And The Nominees Are...  Jun 19, 2007
    Dr. Collins considers and rejects several positions along the spectrum from atheism to young-earth creationism -- including agnosticism and Intelligent Design. Instead, he proposes a new synthesis, a new way to think about an active, caring God who created humankind through evolutionary processes. (WNBC.com, NY)

    ReadingHillaryRodham'shiddenthesis  May 30, 2007
    Alinsky's daughterMany authors on the long shelf of unsympathetic Clinton biographies have envisioned the thesis as evidence of Marxist or socialist views held by young Hillary or conversely as proof of her political agnosticism, a lack of any ideology besides a brutal willingness to attack opponents and accumulate power in the Alinsky style. David Brock, in his 1996 biography, "The Seduction of Hillary Rodham," called her "Alinsky's daughter.". (MSNBC -- Politics)

    HP SOA strategy leans toward runtime governance  May 25, 2007
    In a Web conference announcing the strategy, Tom Hogan, senior vice president HP Software, championed his company's agnosticism ... In a Web conference announcing the strategy, Tom Hogan, senior vice president HP Software, championed his company's agnosticism. (Search Webservices)

    Exclusive: Chuck Norris slams atheistic agenda  May 21, 2007
    "Agnosticism reserving judgment about divine purpose remains as defensible as ever, but atheism the confident denial of divine purpose becomes trickier. If you admit that we can't peer behind a curtain, how can you be sure there's nothing there?". a former senior staff writer for Scientific American and the Director of the Center for Science Writings at the Stevens Institute of Technology, wrote a book titled, "The End of Science." In it he discusses the futility of men like Oxford's Dawkins,... (WorldNetDaily)

    The root of all evil?  May 21, 2007
    They eschew the "cop-out option" of agnosticism. They proclaim the irrationality of faith, of the search for "meaning", for belief in a God, any God, for which, they argue, no evidence exists. (Sydney Morning Herald)

    What would you say to Richard Dawkins?  May 21, 2007
    " If you REALLY believe this postmodern garbage, Narelle, show your sincerity by rejecting science based life saving medical treatment if you are unfortunate enough to ever be seriously ill. Posted by: Protea on May 21, 2007 10:33 AM Richard Dawkins voices the rational alternative to religion; a view that encourages us to shape our beliefs based on science and not by the beliefs of 'religious leaders' reading from mouldy old books. Posted by: PJW on May 21, 2007 10:33 AM Christianity is based on... (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)

    The angel at my bedside  Apr 17, 2007
    Now in her early 30s, working as a medical social worker by day and volunteer at St Luke's Hospital by night, a recent convert (from agnosticism) to evangelical Christianity, restless, energetic, imbued with a sense of vocation, and still grieving for Tasma, Cicely was at a crossroads in her life. Most women her age were busy bringing up families. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)

    Missing from the campaign: the world  Apr 14, 2007
    On the European question, both Royal or Sarkozy would translate a shift of generation into even greater agnosticism toward Europe. Only Bayrou could mark a return to a France more engaged in the European project. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)

    2007: a new space odyssey  Mar 25, 2007
    Yet despite his current free-form agnosticism, Boyle's films have continued to be haunted by the detritus of his religious background, from the worldly angels of the romantic fantasy A Life Less Ordinary (which owes a debt to Powell and Pressburger's A Matter of Life and Death aka Stairway to Heaven) to the solidly earthy apparitions of saints who appear to the young hero of the underrated Millions. Other Boyle hits include 28 Days Later, a Garland-scripted zombie shocker set in a terrifying... (Guardian Unlimited)

    Atheist Students At UNL Invite Questions  Mar 21, 2007
    In recent years, however, agnosticism has become more of a catchword for those with a belief in something undefined, where as "weak atheists" are those who don't believe in a higher power but accept the possibility of such. On the other hand, strong atheists typically don't adhere to a specific deity and feel confident that such a deity simply doesn't exist. (Nebraska Statepaper)

    Committee reviews CBC mandate  Mar 11, 2007
    The act was written at a time when cable and satellite broadcasting were seen as a vast unknown, so the act was created with a certain built-in platform agnosticism. The act is specifically designed to be technology-neutral, said Richard Stursberg, the current head of CBC Television, but an official during the 1980s at the Department of Communications (now part of the Heritage Department), where he helped to draft the act. (Globe and Mail -- Entertainment)

    Letters to the Editor  Mar 9, 2007
    " OK, let's do this one more time. Clinton was caught covering up a personal indiscretion that affected exactly four people, his wife, daughter, Monica Lewinsky and himself. There were no fatalities in this media holiday, just the kind of smut that is so-well loved in this country (See: TV). The Bush administration, as is now damnably clear, lied to the entire world that Saddam Hussein had sophisticated stores of weapons of mass destruction and was an imminent threat. This declaration has cost... (San Francisco Chronicle)

    She's No Fundamentalist:  Mar 6, 2007
    The pathetic oversimplification, which describes skepticism, agnosticism, and atheism as equally "fundamentalist," is of no help here. And notice what happens when Newsweek takes up the cry: The enemy of fundamentalism is defined as someone on the fringe while, before you have had time to notice the sleight of hand, the aggrieved, self-pitying Muslim has become the uncontested tenant of the middle ground. (Slate)

    Thomas develops Darwin project  Feb 28, 2007
    With his scientific discoveries leading him toward agnosticism, he was unable to find consolation in belief in an afterlife, but coped with his loss by plunging into his work. Thomas plans to have the movie ready for release in 2009, the bicentennial of Darwin's birth. (Variety)

    EDITORIAL: Banishing conceit  Feb 24, 2007
    If honest agnosticism dilutes the value of these writings, one can use his own eyes to see that pride -ill-conceived and misdirected - is a part of most societal ills. How many wars could be averted if all parties swallowed a large dose of humility. (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)

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