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BLAIR SCOTT ON ANSWERSINATHEISM.NET

THIS THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2007

Blair Scott, Alabama State Director for American Atheists will be the guest this Thursday, October 25 on the ANSWERSINATHEISM.NET internet radio program.

Mr. Scott is working on a number of Atheist and First Amendment-related projects, including OPERATION FOXHOLE ATHEISTS. Read more about his activities and sound off at his blog at http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=127588169 .

ANSWERSINATHEISM.NET is a new internet-based radio outreach hosted by attorney Edwin Kagin, and airs every Thursday beginning at 7:00 PM ET. The show will be upgrading to a new server shortly to allow many more listeners; but if you can’t sign on, you can enjoy all of the programming by clicking on the “Archives” section at http://www.answersinatheism.net .

The free call-in number is 859.384.7000

WHO & WHAT: Blair Scott, Alabama State Director for American Atheists discussing Operation Foxhole Atheists and more.

WHEN: This Thursday, October 27, 2007 beginning at 7:00 PM ET

WHERE: http://www.answersinatheism.net. If unable to connect, listen to the show when it is archived.

(AMERICAN ATHEISTS is a nationwide movement that defends civil rights for Atheists, Freethinkers and other nonbelievers; works for the total separation of church and state; and addresses issues of First Amendment public policy.)

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Traditional Family Values Department:

Look here. How wonderful! An assault upon Camp Quest, although those making such are too cowardly to say so.

The bible quote they cite, from the cleaned up NKJV version, is more correctly translated in the King James Version as: “[42] And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.”

Those priests are in a world of hurt, huh?

This calls for some activism.

So, you have now been informed.

Edwin.

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From Coral Ridge Ministries of Fort Lauderdale, Florida:

Atheism is nothing new, we all know about it. But in the past 12 months there have been disturbing developments in this country. There is a new breed of atheists on the scene. They are skilled men and women mounting an aggressive crusade to “evangelize” America.

Atheists are a minority of the population, but they have made startling inroads into centers of national influence: the media, the education system, movies and television, and more. Famed market researcher George Barna ominously warns Christians: “The new evangelists are atheists.”

Just this summer, while our children and grandchildren were away at Bible camp, hundreds of other children were attending a new, nationwide network of camps designed as training grounds for young atheists. These camps feature talks on famous “free thinkers” such as Isaac Asimov and Ted Turner . . . and games such as the “invisible unicorn exercise” where campers must try to prove that imaginary unicorns, used as a metaphor for God, don’t exist.

Jesus said, “But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea” (Mark 9:42 NKJV).

Countless people—young and old—wrestle with doubt. For their sake, you and I must respond to the challenge of the New Atheists. Coral Ridge Ministries is dedicated to combating atheist attacks on Christianity through our media ministry. Media is activism and media is influence. We are going to fight back against the attacks of the “new atheists” by growing Coral Ridge Ministries into a media powerhouse to spread the gospel and expose the lies of atheism with greater force, innovation, and effect than ever before, but we can’t do it without your help.

That’s why, for your gift today; I will send you a copy of Dr. Kennedy’s classic book Skeptics Answered. On any given day, you could encounter someone who has doubts . . . has difficult questions . . . or harbors hostility to the Truth. This book will arm you with intelligent answers to the most common arguments and questions that skeptics use.

Thank you in advance for your gift to help spread the Truth to the world and counter the attacks of the “New Atheists.”

Please Click Here to order your copy of ‘Skeptics Answered’

In His Grace,

Brian Fisher
President and CEO,
Coral Ridge Ministries

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You can learn more about these self proclaimed good Christians here:

http://www.coralridge.org

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._James_Kennedy

http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?pid=871

http://www.mediatransparency.org/story.php?storyID=1

Be afraid. Be very afraid.

Edwin.

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Here are a few responses to this outrage. More will be welcomed. Camp Quest staff and campers are particularly invited to comment.

Edwin.

I love that we’re the latest Evangelical boogyman; it shows we’re doing our job. They should give us a cut of the profits they make from this latest scaremongering…

-DF

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Hmmm… This is interesting. They are using us as a fundraising pitch. I wonder if we could use their fundraising pitch as a fundraising pitch…

A.

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In response to my inquiry, “Do you reckon we can, in fairness, use them to raise funds for us?”

Sure. Why not.

We can start by accusing them of using children to promote their agenda of propaganda — rather than maintaining debate as a matter for adults who are better equipped. They want to use children as pawns, after all. We simply want to send our kids to a summer camp of our choice.

I say use them like a dog uses a hydrant.

-Z

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When I read this, I didn’t think it was one bit funny. I was extremely angry & upset. I wondered why you didn’t send it out immediately in your regular AA news alert. It deserves to be in every major newspaper, magazine, radio & TV network in the country. And it needs to be done before they consider it old news. We put it on (redacted) immediately but not prominently enough. I’m sick of hearing about how Jesus & Christianity are all about love. This is proof – biblical & in practice – that they’re not about love. This is incitement to murder specific people made by a wealthy, major, well-respected ministry with a huge audience. It’s an ongoing threat. It doesn’t matter that CRM doesn’t mention CQ. It’s easy for any follower of the ministry to determine that it can’t mean anything but CQ & its administrators. And the only result of tying millstones to a person & casting him into the sea can be death. This needs to be brought to the major media’s attention in a big way. Answers in Atheism isn’t enough. Perhaps start with Air America. Maybe you should get a restraining order against Brian Fisher. Make the big deal out of this that it really is.

K

The big news is the advent of our new, and wildly successful, Internet radio call-in show, “Answers in Atheism.”

The show airs live every Thursday, at 7:00 pm. Eastern time.

You can tune in here: www.answersinatheism.net. Note that you can only tune in to the live show when the live show is on.

Previous shows, and related materials, are archived on the web site and can be heard at any time. Our last show featured Ellen Johnson, President of American Atheists. The response was so overwhelming that our server could not handle all of the calls. We are looking into getting a new server. The show is now archived, along with other materials, on www.answersinatheism.net and is ready for you to listen at your convenience.

New servers and such cost money. Contributions are sought, and will be willingly accepted. You may send any such to:

Answers in Atheism

P.O. Box 666

Union, KY 41091

NOTE: This week’s radio show will not be a call in show. For various reasons, it has been prerecorded and will be played as recorded at the appointed time. The show is an excellent discussion on the mythology of “Creationism,” the “Creation Museum” and the science of evolution that the pseudo scientists are trying to discredit. Guests are Dr. Robin Cooper and Dr. James Krupa of the biology department of the University of Kentucky at Lexington, Kentucky. Also appearing as guests are two brilliant and beautiful young women, Ashley and Barbara, from the Rational Response Squad of Columbus, Ohio. Truly, our cup runneth over.

Others involved in the production are Frank Bicknel, Engineer, John & Fran Welte, producers, Helen Kagin, commentator, and host Edwin Kagin.

The webmaster of our web site is Len Zanger.

Next show:

Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 7:00 pm Eastern. Topic: Creationism, the mythology.

See you on the radio!

Edwin.

“Answers in Atheism.” Internet Radio call-in talk show.

The show airs live every Thursday, at 7:00 pm. Eastern time.

You can tune in here: www.answersinatheism.net. Note that you can only tune in to the live show when the live show is on.

Previous shows, and related materials, are archived on the web site and can be heard at any time. Our last show featured Ellen Johnson, President of American Atheists. The response was so overwhelming that our server could not handle all of the calls. We are looking into getting a new server. The show is now archived, along with other materials, on www.answersinatheism.net and is ready for you to listen at your convenience.

New servers and such cost money. Contributions are sought, and will be willingly accepted. You may send any such to:

Answers in Atheism

P.O. Box 666

Union, KY 41091

NOTE: This week’s radio show will not be a call in show. For various reasons, it has been prerecorded and will be played as recorded at the appointed time. The show is an excellent discussion on the mythology of “Creationism,” the “Creation Museum” and the science of evolution that the pseudo scientists are trying to discredit. Guests are Dr. Robin Cooper and Dr. James Krupa of the biology department of the University of Kentucky at Lexington, Kentucky. Also appearing as guests are two brilliant and beautiful young women, Ashley and Barbara, from the Rational Response Squad of Columbus, Ohio. Truly, our cup runneth over.

Others involved in the production are Frank Bicknel, Engineer, John & Fran Welte, producers, Helen Kagin, commentator, and host Edwin Kagin.

The webmaster of our web site is Len Zanger.

Next show:

Thursday, October 18, 2007 at 7:00 pm Eastern. Topic: Creationism, the mythology.

See you on the radio!

Edwin.

I am pleased to announce that the call-in Internet Radio Show “Answers in Atheism” now has a national toll free call-in number.

Listen to the show at 7:00 pm. Eastern Time each Thursday at www.answersinatheism.net

Call in and rant or rave or both.

Toll free number: 877.814.9287.

The next show is Thursday October 11, 2007 at 7:00 pm. See www.answersinatheism.net for details.

Ellen Johnson, President of American Atheists will be the featured guest. She will discuss certain remarks by author Sam Harris suggesting that use of the word Atheist be discontinued.

This toll free number also works for the office of Edwin Kagin, National Legal Director for American Atheists.

Edwin.

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Media Announcement

ELLEN JOHNSON ON HARRIS, “ATHEIST CLEANSING,”

MORE THIS WEEK ON ANSWERS-IN-ATHEISM INTERNET RADIO

Thursday, October 11, 2007 ~ 7:00 PM ET

ELLEN JOHNSON, President of American Atheists, will be the guest on this week’s live call-in broadcast from the new answersinatheism.net radio program.

Hosted by attorney, Freethought activist and writer Edwin Kagin, answersinatheism.net is a new outreach to counter religious obfuscation, distortion and obscurantism. The show is archived and can be accessed at http://www.answersinatheism.net .

Ms. Johnson will be talking about efforts to “cleanse” Atheists and Atheism from public discourse, and a recent proposal by Mr. Sam Harris that we avoid the use of the “A-word” (Atheism), and even terms like Humanist, Freethinker or Rationalist. Harris made this suggestion at a recent Atheist gathering. Check out the exchange of views between Sam Harris and Ellen Johnson at http://humaniststudies.org/enews/ .

So, be sure to tune-in this Thursday, October 11, 7:00 PM ET You can call in with your questions and opinions at 859-384-7000. There may be a toll-free number installed by air time, so visit http://www.answersinatheism.net .

WHO & WHAT: Ellen Johnson, President of American Atheists discussing “Atheist Cleansing,” the “A-word” and Atheist Activism.

WHERE: Answers-in-Atheism internet radio at http://www.answersinatheism.net .

WHEN: This Thursday, October 11, 7:00 PM — check your time zone.

MORE INFO: http://www.answersinatheism.net

American Atheists is a nationwide movement which defends the civil rights of nonbelievers, works for the separation of church and state, and addresses issues of First Amendment public policy.

Answers in Atheism

Will air tonight, Thursday, September 20, 2007, at 7:00 pm. Eastern Time.

See www.answersinatheism.net for details.

Call in at 859.384.7000

Or email us at: [email protected]

We really do need you to call. Makes for a much better show.

If the line is busy, please call back. We only have one line for now.

Working on getting a toll free number.

Hope to see you on the radio.

The first show is archived at www.answersinatheism.net

Oh, my, how nice. How wonderful. How blissful in execution.

An attack on Edwin, on Atheists, and on the much acclaimed “Gospel of Thaddaeus.”

Scholars knowledgeable regarding the Thaddaeusian papers should really respond to this uninformed critic and to his deliberately duplicitous, or grossly careless, exegesis.

For but one example of error, the “Gospel of Thaddaeus” in no wise claims that Mary the Magdalene was a prostitute. The writer of the attack invents the charge and then refutes his invention. Indeed, she was thus described by Thaddaeus: “Mary was a woman of loose virtue who seemed to know everyone in Judea. She had a face of angelic stupidity, and a body that could have tempted a castrated stoic.” This is hardly an allegation of prostitution and could apply to many women, ancient and modern, and even to some Baptists, in areas ranging far beyond Judea, yeah, even unto Pig, Kentucky, even if they had never met a stoic.

The author of the broadside further incorrectly denominates Thaddaeus as “a practicing Jew from Galilee.” The entirety of the text refutes this conclusion. Indeed, Thaddaeus identified himself as “a Jew by birth, a Greek by temperament, and a scholar of Alexandria by circumstance and the Peace of Rome.”

Yet are we grateful for the publicity and for the posting of the link to the article itself. Perhaps, through the bumbling efforts of the author of the attack, there can be a much needed reawakening of interest in this much neglected test.

Edwin.

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“Atheists Say the Nuttiest Things.” (Being an attack on Edwin and on the “Gospel of Thaddaeus.”—Edwin)

http://atheist-nutters.blogspot.com/2007/09/atheist-snake-oil.html

Saturday, September 15, 2007

Atheist Snake Oil

Here’s an article by attorney and atheist activist Edwin Kagin, right from his website:

KAGIN’S COLUMN ON THE GOSPEL OF THADDAEUS

“But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.”
Saul of Tarsus, a.k.a., The Apostle Paul

For the protection of persons yet living, the circumstances of the discovery and translation of the following cannot now be revealed. The authenticity of this document, and its accurate rendering into English from first century common era Greek, is assured. It is presented now, and with some urgency, for fear that it might otherwise be lost through the efforts of persons who are aggressively attempting to suppress forever any evidence of its existence. The very zeal of those who seek to prevent this work from becoming known, when considered together with the tone and content of the writing itself, indicates this is something far different, and perhaps more reliable, than the pseudepigraphical writings of the Canon pronounced holy at Nicaea. [EFK]

The article is linked here: http://www.edwinkagin.com/columns/thaddeus.htm

You gotta love the dramatic introduction about “protecting living persons” (lawyer talk for ‘I don’t want to be sued’) and guaranteeing that the document he posted was accurately translated from 1st Century Greek. That seals the deal right there!

Now, let’s take a look at one line in Kagin’s explosive document:

“It was said that Mary Magdalene wanted only two mites and a mattress and the wit to fall backwards.”

Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzz! FORGERY ALERT!

There is no historical data that proves Mary Magdalene was in fact a prostitute. That traditional story about her was started by the early Church around the time of Pope Gregory, circa AD 600.

I don’t need to go into an exhaustive expose on Mr. Kagin’s article, because the mistake about Mary Magdalene is one commonly made by forgers of 1st Century documents.

Needless to say, Edwin Kagin’s article On the Gospel of Thaddeus is pure BUNK. That line about Mary Magdalene is the electric fan that blew away this house of cards.

By the way, here’s another link that deals with the origin of the “Gospel of Thaddeus”:

http://www.paulburgess.org/thaddeus.html

That’s right. The Gospel of Thaddeus is a fake. In fact, it’s not even a “lost” gospel, like the Gnostic gospels. The Gospel of Thaddeus was created by a biblical studies professor as a learning exercise for his students. Fakes abound for the ignorant to enjoy.

Edwin Kagin, outspoken atheist, and author of books against Christianity, ought to be ashamed of the absolutely SLOPPY attempt he made to deceive people with his medicine show. If he can’t be bothered to verify the truthfulness of one silly little forged document, I can only imagine how much drivel he packs into his books. Move over, Earl Doherty.

It appears that, in keeping his source secret, Mr. Kagin is only protecting that source from being laughed off the planet. Certainly Mr. Kagin deserves the same.

Mr. Kagin’s “document” ends like this:

“May that measure of peace, justice, harmony and understanding denied religion and its deities be attained by mortals through the use of their minds, and may reason, science, curiosity, and discovery replace the fear, the guilt, the pain, and the ignorance of trembling in terror before capricious gods. Ecce homo.”

That’s a pretty interesting comment made by a practicing Jew from Galilee, don’t you think? This ending line only reinforces the real purpose behind the forgery.

Shame on Mr. Kagin. As a lawyer, he should know the value of doing your due diligence, especially when presenting something as “truth”.

I believe that Mr. Kagin, caught here with his pants down, is a fine upstanding member of American Atheists. And since good old O’Hair Inc. NEVER bothers to check FACTS on anything Biblical, a rotten scholar like Edwin Kagin is quite welcome in their midst.

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Please spread the word, ELLEN JOHNSON on CBS Sunday Morning, August 19!

American Atheists Media Alert
http://www.atheists.org

ELLEN JOHNSON ON CBS NEWS “SUNDAY MORNING”
TO DISCUSS ROLE OF ATHEISM & ATHEISTS
THIS SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 2007 — 9:00 AM ET

ELLEN JOHNSON, President of American Atheists will be one of the guests on the CBS News program “CBS Sunday Morning” this coming Sunday, August 19, 2007. The show airs at 9:00 AM ET; check your local listings.

Ms. Johnson will be discussing the latest wave of popular books on Atheism, and role that religion and Atheism now plays in the country. Other guests include Julia Sweeney, Christopher Hitchens, and Boston University Professor Stephen Prothero.

WHO & WHAT: Ellen Johnson, President of American Atheists on “CBS Sunday Morning” program on the role of Atheism and religion in civic life.

WHEN: This Sunday, August 19, 2007 — 9:00 AM ET, check local listings.

WHERE: CBS “Sunday Morning” program on the CBS Network.

MORE INFO: http://www.cbsnews.com/sections/sunday/main3445.shtml (see: “Atheists Make Their Case Against God.”)

AMERICAN ATHEISTS is a nationwide movement that defends civil rights for
Atheists; works for the total separation of church and state; and
addresses issues of First Amendment public policy.