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isPermaLink="false">http://arise-blog.org/?p=3931</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetReligious people often claim moral superiority because of the fact that there are so many religious charities, and so few explicitly secular ones. The reason for that, of course, is that atheists generally don&#8217;t care whether the charity is labelled &#8220;Christian&#8221; (or whatever other religion), so long as it does good work. Unfortunately, it turns [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://arise-blog.org/2010/12/do-not-donate-to-the-salvation-army/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>4</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Understanding the war on Christmas – part 2</title><link>http://arise-blog.org/2010/12/understanding-the-war-on-christmas-part-2/</link> <comments>http://arise-blog.org/2010/12/understanding-the-war-on-christmas-part-2/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 00:00:39 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Mark A. Gibbs</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Essays]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Censorship]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Freedom of speech]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Religious intolerance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[War on Christmas]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://arise-blog.org/?p=3927</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetIn part 1 of this two-part article, I corrected a commonly held misconception about what the &#8220;War on Christmas&#8221; is about. Now, in the second and final part, I will explain why this is a matter involving the religious intolerance of free expression. Once you understand that the &#8220;War on Christmas&#8221; is not what it [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://arise-blog.org/2010/12/understanding-the-war-on-christmas-part-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Understanding the war on Christmas – part 1</title><link>http://arise-blog.org/2010/12/understanding-the-war-on-christmas-part-1/</link> <comments>http://arise-blog.org/2010/12/understanding-the-war-on-christmas-part-1/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 00:00:38 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Mark A. Gibbs</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Essays]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Censorship]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Freedom of speech]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Religious intolerance]]></category> <category><![CDATA[War on Christmas]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://arise-blog.org/?p=3924</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetYou may have heard the term &#8220;War on Christmas&#8221;, if not this year than in years past. Unfortunately, if you&#8217;re like most people, you probably misunderstand what this &#8220;war&#8221; is about, and why it is a free expression issue worth discussing here. The &#8220;War on Christmas&#8221; is an issue of religious intolerance of free expression, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://arise-blog.org/2010/12/understanding-the-war-on-christmas-part-1/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Perhaps the funniest blasphemy law fail thus far</title><link>http://arise-blog.org/2010/12/perhaps-the-funniest-blasphemy-law-fail-thus-far/</link> <comments>http://arise-blog.org/2010/12/perhaps-the-funniest-blasphemy-law-fail-thus-far/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:00:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Mark A. Gibbs</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editorials]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blasphemy law]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Islam]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pakistan]]></category><guid
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isPermaLink="false">http://arise-blog.org/?p=3908</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetRecently I wrote about a report published by Freedom House about blasphemy laws around the world. While that report includes several disturbing examples of blasphemy law in action, they are only the tip of the iceberg. And the situation isn’t improving, either. From Pharyngula comes two more tales of blasphemy laws in action. Asia Bibi, [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://arise-blog.org/2010/11/blasphemy-laws-in-action/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Freedom House publishes report on blasphemy laws</title><link>http://arise-blog.org/2010/11/freedom-house-publishes-report-on-blasphemy-laws/</link> <comments>http://arise-blog.org/2010/11/freedom-house-publishes-report-on-blasphemy-laws/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:00:16 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Mark A. Gibbs</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Multimedia]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blasphemy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Blasphemy law]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Freedom House]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Human rights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Law]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://arise-blog.org/?p=3879</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetFreedom House recently published a report on blasphemy laws around the world, titled Policing Belief: The Impact of Blasphemy Laws on Human Rights. Much of the report centres on the relationship between the blasphemy laws of various countries and international laws on human rights and free expression, but a lot of effort is spent pointing [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://arise-blog.org/2010/11/freedom-house-publishes-report-on-blasphemy-laws/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>Accommodationism, confrontationalism, and a father forced to abort his child</title><link>http://arise-blog.org/2010/11/accommodationism-confrontationalism-and-a-father-forced-to-abort-his-child/</link> <comments>http://arise-blog.org/2010/11/accommodationism-confrontationalism-and-a-father-forced-to-abort-his-child/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 12:00:09 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Mark A. Gibbs</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Editorials]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Abortion]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Massachusetts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tone debate]]></category> <category><![CDATA[USA]]></category><guid
isPermaLink="false">http://arise-blog.org/?p=3875</guid> <description><![CDATA[TweetThe atheist/secular/humanist/sceptical world is currently abuzz with a long-running discussion about “tone”. This is a gross simplification, but essentially there are two camps: the confrontationalists, who refuse to moderate their criticisms, even when their criticisms make people uncomfortable, and the accommodationists, who believe that criticism that is too strident drives moderates away. We here at [...]]]></description> <wfw:commentRss>http://arise-blog.org/2010/11/accommodationism-confrontationalism-and-a-father-forced-to-abort-his-child/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>0</slash:comments> </item> <item><title>New cartoon: The benefits of interfaith dialogue</title><link>http://arise-blog.org/2010/09/new-cartoon-the-benefits-of-interfaith-dialogue/</link> <comments>http://arise-blog.org/2010/09/new-cartoon-the-benefits-of-interfaith-dialogue/#comments</comments> <pubDate>Sun, 19 Sep 2010 11:00:31 +0000</pubDate> <dc:creator>Mark A. Gibbs</dc:creator> <category><![CDATA[Cartoons & Drawings]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Child abuse]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Depictions of Muhammad]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Muhammad]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Pope Benedict XVI]]></category><guid
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