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Catholic church leaders knew about abuse
by Caedes in
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8059826.stm.

an inquiry into child abuse at catholic institutions in ireland has found church leaders knew that sexual abuse was "endemic" in boys' institutions.. it also found physical and emotional abuse and neglect were features of institutions.. schools were run "in a severe, regimented manner that imposed unreasonable and oppressive discipline on children and even on staff".. and yet the real problem, the thing that is going to destroy western civilisation is atheism and subjective morality.

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Happy St George's day
by Caedes in
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happy st george's day to one and all.. i wont get into 'st' george's 3rd century christian protection racket!

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/saints/george_3.shtml.
Devolution?
by Caedes in
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http://www.open.ac.uk/darwin/devolve-me.php.

great fun, of course some of us dont have so far to go back!

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untitled
by Caedes in
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on the 6th of march there will be a "faith of britain" day where we can make our dreams come true using the power of faith.

with over 80 million people concentrating their mental energies at the same time on the same day, we will unleash an irresistible psychic force that will, quite literally, make our dreams come true.. .

why will this work?.
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How to reply to creationists
by Caedes in
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http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2009/02/how_to_respond_to_requests_to.php.

why aren't members of your institute publishing their ideas in prominent peer-reviewed journals such as science, nature, or the proceedings of the national academy of sciences?

if you want to be taken seriously by scientists and scholars, this is where you need to publish.
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Why evolution is true
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coynes chapter on the engine of evolution begins with a splendidly macabre example.

giant japanese hornets raid the nests of honeybees to feed their larvae.

a single hornet scout discovers a beehive and marks it for doom with a sort of chemical black spot.. "alerted by the mark, the scouts nestmates descend on the spot, a group of twenty or thirty hornets arrayed against a colony of up to 30,000 honeybees.
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Day of the triffids
by Caedes in
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john wyndhams "day of the triffids" is going to have another tv series filmed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7883238.stm.

i loved the last adaptation, loooks like this will be big budget (well for the bbc!
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Fossil snake 'as long as a bus' found
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7868588.stm.

the discovery of fossilised remains belonging to the world's largest snake has been reported in nature journal.. titanoboa was 13m (42ft) long - about the length of a bus - and lived in the rainforest of north-east colombia 58-60 million years ago.. .

the snake was so wide it would have reached up to a person's hips, say researchers, who have estimated that it weighed more than a tonne.. according to the report this thing might have eaten crocodiles and alligators!.
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1000th post
by Caedes in
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woohoo, do i get a badge?!

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Interesting article on evolution
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http://open2.net/sciencetechnologynature/worldaroundus/evolution_p.html.

a very interesting article on the history of evolutionary theory which has three leading scientists talking about the idea that evolution has stopped or slowed down in humans.. .