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My earlier views of the unsoundness of the Christian scheme of salvation and the human origin of the scriptures have become clearer and stronger with advancing years, and I see no reason for thinking I shall ever change them. — Abraham Lincoln

Snapshot of the International Space Station

On March 13, 2008, the International Space Station passed across the field-of-view of Germany's remote sensing satellite, TerraSAR-X, at a distance of 195 kilometers, or 122 miles, and at a relative speed of 34,540 kilometers per hour, or more than 22,000 mph. In contrast to optical cameras, radar does not 'see' surfaces. Instead, it is much more aware of the edges and corners which bounce back the microwave signal it transmits. Smooth surfaces such as those on the station's solar generators or the radiator panels used to dissipate excess heat, unless directly facing the radar antenna, tend to deflect rather than reflect the radar beam, causing these features to appear on the radar image as dark areas. The radar image of the station therefore looks like a dense collection of bright spots from which the outlines of the space station can be clearly identified. The central element on the station, to which all the modules are docked, has a grid structure that presents a multiplicity of reflecting surfaces to the radar beam, making it readily identifiable. This image has a resolution of about one meter (about 39 inches). In other words, objects can be depicted as discrete units--that is, shown separately--provided that they are at least one meter apart. If they are closer together than that, they tend to merge into a single block on a radar image. Since this image as taken, the station has expanded and is more than 90 percent complete, including a full complement of solar arrays. Image Credit: DLR
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Like myself, Heidi is a former Jehovah's Witness turned atheist. She has good advice and (GASP!) a sense of humor. Check it out.

Like myself, Heidi is a former Jehovah's Witness turned atheist. She has good advice and (GASP!) a sense of humor. Check it out.

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News and Links For Atheists: Ghost Hunting Technology

Sunday, February 7th, 2010

NOTE: I’ve been trying to move for the past week even while the East Coast has been dealing with an string of blizzards. Yeah, it sucks. And before that I was trying to get everything together for settlement on our place. That’s why I haven’t been posting much. Sorry about that. Too many problems hitting [...]

News And Links For Atheists: A God Delusion Video

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

VIDEO: A God Delusion Video

The God Fraud: Sam Harris responds to Karen Armstrong

Best-selling atheist author Sam Harris pushes back against Karen Armstrong's sympathetic take on religion.

Without God, Without Leader, Harlem Atheists Have Faith in Future

Once a month, Harlem atheists, along with a smattering of outerborough residents, gather at the Adam Clayton Powell State Building on [...]

News And Links For Atheists: What is Scientology?

Sunday, November 15th, 2009

VIDEO: What Is Scientology?
Suddenly, I like James Spader. And Boston Public.
That's me in the corner
I have a vivid childhood memory from when I was perhaps eight or nine years of age. I was with my mom in our minivan. I think my younger sister was with us, but I'm not positive about that. I remember [...]

News And Links For Atheists:

Saturday, August 15th, 2009

NOTE: I was toying with a new plugin called Old Post Promoter, which promoted this old post to a more recent spot even though I asked the plugin to omit this category from promotion. So this news is out of date. I thought this would be a nice to bring some of my older articles [...]

Harassment By Evangelicals Lit My Path To Atheism

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

Just a quick link before I head off to work. I submitted an article to Ex-Christrian.net entitled Harassment By Evangelicals Lit My Path To Atheism and it appears there today. Some of the links were added by the folks over there in case you’re wondering.
Check it out at the link.

News and Links for Atheists: Video of Bill Maher Reading from “The Purpose Driven Life”

Sunday, June 14th, 2009

Bill Maher Reads from The Purpose Driven Life
I’m so there.
Puppets Like Skepticism, Too
This week I was interviewed by Farrah, a puppet on the Hoggworks Studios video podcast called The Rant Puppets. He asked me about bird smarts, critical thinking, crystals, PZ Myers, and chiropractic medicine. I liked his hair. Enjoy…
Is Obama more religious than George [...]

News and Links for Atheists: Lotta Videos Today.

Sunday, June 7th, 2009

Sapolsky on Religion
Stanford’s Robert Sapolsky, one of the most interesting anthropologists I’ve heard lecture, gives us 90 minutes on the evolutionary basis for literal religious belief, “metamagical thinking,” schizotypal personality and so on, explaining how evolutionarily, the mild schizophrenic expression we called “schizotypal personality” have enjoyed increased reproductive opportunities.
‘Daniel Dennett – The Genius of Charles [...]

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