Representation matters, and when various media reports combined to create the “New Atheist” meme without mentioning the contributions of the women involved in the movement, the result was that the meme itself became masculinised. And because contemporary atheism has become so synonymous with this initially identified group, women atheists may well continue to be overlooked by the mainstream (or will, as some female skeptics have, reject inclusion on principle). It’s a state of affairs very much in line with the history of women in other fields in which battling continued institutional neglect – as opposed to intrinsic hostility – is an ongoing theme.

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There is a brutal movement in America that legitimizes child abuse in the name of God. 

Train Up a Child, a book by Christian preacher Michael Pearl that advocates using a switch on children as young as six months old. 

the books of Michael Pearl and his wife Debi have been found in the homes where several children were killed. 

Mr. Pearl, who has no degree or training in child development, writes in his book that he and his wife used “the same principles the Amish use to train their stubborn mules” — namely, “switches.”

Determined to defy the protesters at Occupy movement encampments across the country, mayors and law enforcement agencies from coast-to-coast are attempting to crack down on the growing movement.

This could be because the current Dalai Lama is so undogmatic about how Buddhism is understood. Richard Davidson, a University of Wisconsin psychiatry professor who studies meditation’s impact on the brain, calls the Dalai Lama “one of the strongest advocates for secularizing these practices.” That is, Davidson said, because the Dalai Lama believes the practices can “reduce suffering,” a core Buddhist objective.