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Are Pakistan's youth giving up Islam?

A handful of Pakistani Muslim youths are beginning to question the existence of God and are in the process of giving up Islam to become atheists.

6 Sep 2010, 9:38 pm | click here to view more

Contemplating the end of the world, math, mystery and other things

I suffer from eschatological obsession. That is, I spend lots of time brooding about ends. So the cover of the September Scientific American --which reads simply "the end."--made me every shivery, like when I hear the spooky sitar opening of The Doors' apocalyptic rock poem "The End." (I'm never more Freudian than when I hear Morrison's Oedipal yowl.) [More]

6 Sep 2010, 9:18 am | click here to view more

EastEnders' Ryan set for angry scenes?

'EastEnders' star Neil McDermott has said that his character Ryan may feel very "mad" about Stacey's secret. Warning: Spoiler Alert!

6 Sep 2010, 9:15 am | click here to view more

Scrubs star Jenkins joins Cougar Town

'Scrubs' star Ken Jenkins has joined the cast of 'Cougar Town', and will play the dad of one of the characters.

6 Sep 2010, 8:49 am | click here to view more

Longoria says 'everyone loves' Victoria

'Desperate Housewives' star Eva Longoria Parker has said that "everyone loves" Victoria Beckham.

6 Sep 2010, 8:48 am | click here to view more

No royal honour for Tony Blair, Queen upset by revelations in memoir

Become friends with your favourite NDTV people and shows. Start now » What would we do without Calvin & Hobbes- sample this... Calvin:As a math atheist, I should be excused from this.

5 Sep 2010, 7:50 am | click here to view more

An atheist defends religion - Phillip Adams

Description: Broadcaster, filmmaker, author, archaeologist, social commentator and satirist, Phillip Adams is one of Australia’s 100 National Living Treasures and is presenting this year’s James Martineau Memorial Lecture.

5 Sep 2010, 3:29 pm | click here to view more

Atheist Doctors Hasten Death

*According to a new study in Britain, doctors who are atheist or agnostic are twice as likely to make decisions that could end the lives of their terminally sick patients, compared to doctors who are very religious. Dr. Clive Seale, a professor at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, conducted a random [...]

30 Aug 2010, 2:41 am | click here to view more

Evangelicals coach China in abstinence-only education

Talk about odd bedfellows: Focus on the Family founder James Dobson, a conservative evangelical leader, partnered with the atheist Chinese government to help implement abstinence-only programs in the country. William Wan at the Washington Post explains how the odd collaboration happened: It is also the result of a narrow confluence of interests: Evangelical Christian groups [... ]

3 Sep 2010, 1:15 pm | click here to view more

ATHEIST - Details zum neuen Album 'Jupiter'

Die wieder aktive Progressive/Jazz-Death-Metal-Legende ATHEIST wird am 5. November ihr neues Studioalbum 'Jupiter' über Season Of Mist veröffentlichten. Es ist das erste Studiowerk der Band seit 'Elements' aus dem Jahr 1993(!). Das Album wurde im LedBelly Studio in Atlanta, Georgia Toningenieur Matt Washburn aufgenommen und von Jason Suecof (TRIVIUM, CHIMAIRA, DEVILDRIVER) abgemischt. Das Cover ...

2 Sep 2010, 5:55 am | click here to view more