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An Indian astronomy researcher explains solar eclipses in Kolkata on July 19.
Indian astrologers are predicting violence and turmoil across the world as a
result of this week's total solar eclipse, which the superstitious
and religious view as a sign of potential doom.
(AFP/Deshakalyan Chowdhury)

by Phil Hazlewood Phil Hazlewood - Mon Jul 20, 1:48 am ET

MUMBAI (AFP) - Indian astrologers are predicting violence and turmoil across the world as a result of this week's total solar eclipse, which the superstitious and religious view as a sign of potential doom...

The importance of Daniel Radcliffes atheism

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 05:14:54 -0700

Tonight the sixth Harry Potter movie will be hitting theater screens across the nation and the world. Many religious fundamentalists are already convinced that these films and the books they are based on promote witchcraft and Satan worship. Now they can add atheism to their list of paranoid outrage used to scare people into donating to their churches and “family values” organizations.
A few weeks ago, the actor who plays Harry Potter, Daniel Radcliffe came out as a Richard Dawkins loving atheist. Radcliffe joked, that "that's half of America that's not going to see the next Harry Potter film on the back of that comment." The odds are that those people who are outraged about the star actor being an atheist probably weren’t planning on seeing the film anyway. Those who would boycott the film due to Radcliffe’s lack of belief in a deity would probably be the same people who believe that the film series and books promote witchcraft.

Still, Radcliffe risked a lot by coming out of the atheist closet. Movie studios might be less likely to cast the young actor knowing that his presence would alienate a large portion of the American moviegoer. On the other hand, Potter fans would surely flock to any future Radcliffe film. Plus, Radcliffe isn’t the only atheist actor in Hollywood these days. Both Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have come out as atheists as well. Being an open atheist hasn’t seemed to hurt Bill Maher or Jon Stewart’s ratings either.

The more high profile actors and other famous people make their lack of belief in deities known the more mainstream Christians will see that atheists aren’t devil worshippers who eat babies and have no morals. Many young people may be curious as to why Daniel Radcliffe doesn’t believe in the God of the Bible. They may start asking questions in church or in their homes that they normally wouldn’t have asked. There is little doubt in my mind celebrities who are open about their atheism help to generate conversation, questions, discussions, and free thinking.

t r u t h o u t | President Barack Obama: Happy 4th of July

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 19:47:36 -0700

Remarks of President Barack Obama
Weekly Address
The White House
Saturday 04 July 2009

Hello and Happy Fourth of July, everybody. This weekend is a time to get together with family and friends, kick back, and enjoy a little time off. And I hope that's exactly what all of you do. But I also want to take a moment today to reflect on what I believe is the meaning of this distinctly American holiday.

Today, we are called to remember not only the day our country was born - we are also called to remember the indomitable spirit of the first American citizens who made that day possible.

We are called to remember how unlikely it was that our American experiment would succeed at all; that a small band of patriots would declare independence from a powerful empire; and that they would form, in the new world, what the old world had never known - a government of, by, and for the people.

That unyielding spirit is what defines us as Americans. It is what led generations of pioneers to blaze a westward trail.

It is what led my grandparents' generation to persevere in the face of a Depression and triumph in the face of tyranny.

It is what led generations of American workers to build an industrial economy unrivalled around the world.

It is what has always led us, as a people, not to wilt or cower at a difficult moment, but to face down any trial and rise to any challenge, understanding that each of us has a hand in writing America's destiny.

That is the spirit we are called to show once more. We are facing an array of challenges on a scale unseen in our time. We are waging two wars. We are battling a deep recession. And our economy - and our nation itself - are endangered by festering problems we have kicked down the road for far too long: spiraling health care costs; inadequate schools; and a dependence on foreign oil.

Meeting these extraordinary challenges will require an extraordinary effort on the part of every American. And that is an effort we cannot defer any longer.

Now is the time to lay a new foundation for growth and prosperity. Now is the time to revamp our education system, demand more from teachers, parents, and students alike, and build schools that prepare every child in America to outcompete any worker in the world.

Now is the time to reform an unsustainable health care system that is imposing crushing costs on families, businesses, large and small, and state and federal budgets. We need to protect what works, fix what's broken, and bring down costs for all Americans. No more talk. No more delay. Health care reform must happen this year.

And now is the time to meet our energy challenge - one of the greatest challenges we have ever confronted as a people or as a planet. For the sake of our economy and our children, we must build on the historic bill passed by the House of Representatives, and make clean energy the profitable kind of energy so that we can end our dependence on foreign oil and reclaim America's future.

These are some of the challenges that our generation has been called to meet. And yet, there are those who would have us try what has already failed; who would defend the status quo. They argue that our health care system is fine the way it is and that a clean energy economy can wait. They say we are trying to do too much, that we are moving too quickly, and that we all ought to just take a deep breath and scale back our goals.

These naysayers have short memories. They forget that we, as a people, did not get here by standing pat in a time of change. We did not get here by doing what was easy. That is not how a cluster of 13 colonies became the United States of America.

We are not a people who fear the future. We are a people who make it...

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