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	<title>Comments on: A Battle Cry for secularism</title>
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		<title>By: Anon</title>
		<link>http://terahertzatheist.ca/2008/08/27/a-battle-cr/comment-page-1/#comment-1362</link>
		<dc:creator>Anon</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Alright... let me try to make sense of this.

Up to 1/3rd of people apparently question the existence of God, and therefore the university must cater to those people? What about the rest who honestly have no problem? 

If the thought or idea of God bothers you so much, you might want to identify exactly *why* it does, and take a long look inside of yourself. It&#039;s really kind of disturbing for somebody to take religion and another&#039;s belief so personally -- not to mention, your pathetic causes and obnoxious and pretentious behaviour embarrass the rest of us who would otherwise like to identify as Atheists, but want nothing to do with the stereotype you morons perpetuate in freaking out over phrases that mean absolutely nothing. 

It sounds like nothing more than an ego trip of a typical university pseudo-intellect, sorry to say. Wish I could support it, but it is truly lame...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Alright&#8230; let me try to make sense of this.</p>
<p>Up to 1/3rd of people apparently question the existence of God, and therefore the university must cater to those people? What about the rest who honestly have no problem? </p>
<p>If the thought or idea of God bothers you so much, you might want to identify exactly *why* it does, and take a long look inside of yourself. It&#8217;s really kind of disturbing for somebody to take religion and another&#8217;s belief so personally &#8212; not to mention, your pathetic causes and obnoxious and pretentious behaviour embarrass the rest of us who would otherwise like to identify as Atheists, but want nothing to do with the stereotype you morons perpetuate in freaking out over phrases that mean absolutely nothing. </p>
<p>It sounds like nothing more than an ego trip of a typical university pseudo-intellect, sorry to say. Wish I could support it, but it is truly lame&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Meeting the candidate &#124; Terahertz</title>
		<link>http://terahertzatheist.ca/2008/08/27/a-battle-cr/comment-page-1/#comment-509</link>
		<dc:creator>Meeting the candidate &#124; Terahertz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Sep 2008 05:32:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] a 14 day moratorium on the article, but the positions are summarized by my previous post on attaining a secular convocation. The article will hopefully run Tuesday if everything goes [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] a 14 day moratorium on the article, but the positions are summarized by my previous post on attaining a secular convocation. The article will hopefully run Tuesday if everything goes [...]</p>
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		<title>By: Clubs Fair 2009: The first two days &#124; Terahertz</title>
		<link>http://terahertzatheist.ca/2008/08/27/a-battle-cr/comment-page-1/#comment-452</link>
		<dc:creator>Clubs Fair 2009: The first two days &#124; Terahertz</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Sep 2008 03:58:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>[...] In two days we&#8217;ve collected around 120 interested names and around 50 signatures for the Secular Convocation petition. Last year in total we received around 300 names of interested [...]</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[...] In two days we&#8217;ve collected around 120 interested names and around 50 signatures for the Secular Convocation petition. Last year in total we received around 300 names of interested [...]</p>
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		<title>By: quantum_flux</title>
		<link>http://terahertzatheist.ca/2008/08/27/a-battle-cr/comment-page-1/#comment-434</link>
		<dc:creator>quantum_flux</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Aug 2008 18:28:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Please tell the McCain/Palin Campaign (preferrably politely) why teaching creationism in our public schools around America is superstitious and is not in our nation&#039;s best interests. These are the feelers McCain has out there, the way in which Americans can have a voice and be heard by his campaign:

Contact his campaign directly here:

http://www.johnmccain.com/Contact/

Or go to his blogs and leave a polite message about the subject matter wherever appropriate:

http://www.johnmccain.com/blog/

Remember, McCain does a lot of things right and is a great heroic war veteran who genuinely puts his country first, but Creationism is one key area where he is completely wrong and could potentially create a major setback for American students and businesses. We can&#039;t let America fall behind foriegn countries in the departments of Science and Technology because of his superstitious beliefs.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Please tell the McCain/Palin Campaign (preferrably politely) why teaching creationism in our public schools around America is superstitious and is not in our nation&#8217;s best interests. These are the feelers McCain has out there, the way in which Americans can have a voice and be heard by his campaign:</p>
<p>Contact his campaign directly here:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.johnmccain.com/Contact/" rel="nofollow">http://www.johnmccain.com/Contact/</a></p>
<p>Or go to his blogs and leave a polite message about the subject matter wherever appropriate:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.johnmccain.com/blog/" rel="nofollow">http://www.johnmccain.com/blog/</a></p>
<p>Remember, McCain does a lot of things right and is a great heroic war veteran who genuinely puts his country first, but Creationism is one key area where he is completely wrong and could potentially create a major setback for American students and businesses. We can&#8217;t let America fall behind foriegn countries in the departments of Science and Technology because of his superstitious beliefs.</p>
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		<title>By: Ian</title>
		<link>http://terahertzatheist.ca/2008/08/27/a-battle-cr/comment-page-1/#comment-419</link>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Fixed, thanks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Fixed, thanks.</p>
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		<title>By: Ian</title>
		<link>http://terahertzatheist.ca/2008/08/27/a-battle-cr/comment-page-1/#comment-418</link>
		<dc:creator>Ian</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>This was raised 3-4 years ago and the answer then is that they thought it was inclusive enough and didn&#039;t care to mess with tradition.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>This was raised 3-4 years ago and the answer then is that they thought it was inclusive enough and didn&#8217;t care to mess with tradition.</p>
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		<title>By: thoughtcounts Z</title>
		<link>http://terahertzatheist.ca/2008/08/27/a-battle-cr/comment-page-1/#comment-416</link>
		<dc:creator>thoughtcounts Z</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:26:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>From the response:
&lt;blockquote&gt;An objection to use of this phrase has already been recently considered by the President&#039;s Standing Committee on Convocation. The majority of Committee members voted in favour of leaving the Admission as it presently reads.&lt;/blockquote&gt;
That&#039;s pretty unsatisfying. Do you know what arguments they found particularly convincing or unconvincing? They should have explained why they made the decision they did. As it stands, it looks like the committee members just voted their personal religious beliefs rather than considering the larger issues.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>From the response:</p>
<blockquote><p>An objection to use of this phrase has already been recently considered by the President&#8217;s Standing Committee on Convocation. The majority of Committee members voted in favour of leaving the Admission as it presently reads.</p></blockquote>
<p>That&#8217;s pretty unsatisfying. Do you know what arguments they found particularly convincing or unconvincing? They should have explained why they made the decision they did. As it stands, it looks like the committee members just voted their personal religious beliefs rather than considering the larger issues.</p>
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		<title>By: James Bell</title>
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		<dc:creator>James Bell</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:19:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>(who’s tax dollars support this institution) -&gt; should be (*whose* tax dollars support this institution)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>(who’s tax dollars support this institution) -&gt; should be (*whose* tax dollars support this institution)</p>
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