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		<title>The story behind those creationism test papers</title>
		<link>http://melbourneskeptics.com.au/2013/05/the-story-behind-those-creationism-test-papers/</link>
		<comments>http://melbourneskeptics.com.au/2013/05/the-story-behind-those-creationism-test-papers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 05:27:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Atheism and Religion]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Young Earth Creationism]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[According to the test, dinosaurs were the size of sheep, lived with humans on a planet less than a billion years old. Fossils were caused by a 'global flood', and the Bible is the 'history book of the universe'. To anyone who challenges these ideas, the child should simply ask "Where you there?". Yeah, that'll show 'em. <a href="http://melbourneskeptics.com.au/2013/05/the-story-behind-those-creationism-test-papers/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594; </span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Phil Plait on Astronomy</title>
		<link>http://melbourneskeptics.com.au/2013/04/phil-plait-on-astronomy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 23:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://melbourneskeptics.com.au/?p=109</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We live in an amazing place, this Universe of ours, and it&#8217;s quite fantastic enough without needing people to make up things about it. Astrology dims the beauty of nature, cheapens it. - Phil Plait, Bad Astronomy]]></description>
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		<title>Next meet-up: SitP 2013-05-27</title>
		<link>http://melbourneskeptics.com.au/2013/04/next-meet-up-sitp-2013-05-27/</link>
		<comments>http://melbourneskeptics.com.au/2013/04/next-meet-up-sitp-2013-05-27/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 13:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ben Finney</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://melbourneskeptics.com.au/?p=151</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our next meet-up is the Melbourne Skeptics in the Pub on Monday 27 May, 2013. As usual we meet at the Mount View Hotel, 70 Bridge Road in Richmond from 18:00 (6pm) onwards. Find us upstairs in the lounge, grab a meal and a drink as you please, and chat with other freethinkers!]]></description>
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		<title>Neil deGrasse Tyson on The Most Astounding Fact</title>
		<link>http://melbourneskeptics.com.au/2013/04/neil-degrasse-tyson-on-the-most-astounding-fact/</link>
		<comments>http://melbourneskeptics.com.au/2013/04/neil-degrasse-tyson-on-the-most-astounding-fact/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 22:35:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“We are part of this universe; we are in this universe, but perhaps more important than both of those facts is that the universe is in us.” The most astounding fact is the knowledge that the atoms that comprise life on Earth the atoms that make up the human body are traceable to the crucibles that cooked light elements into heavy elements in their core under extreme temperatures and pressures. These stars, the high mass ones among them went unstable in their later years they collapsed and then exploded scattering their enriched guts across the galaxy guts made of carbon, … <a href="http://melbourneskeptics.com.au/2013/04/neil-degrasse-tyson-on-the-most-astounding-fact/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594; </span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Event: &#8216;Are we alone? The hunt for ET&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://melbourneskeptics.com.au/2013/04/event-are-we-alone-the-hunt-for-et/</link>
		<comments>http://melbourneskeptics.com.au/2013/04/event-are-we-alone-the-hunt-for-et/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Apr 2013 04:49:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://melbourneskeptics.com.au/?p=157</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is there life beyond earth? Join a panel of eminent scientists with Fairfax science columnist Peter Spinks for the debate, 'Are we alone? The hunt for ET'. <a href="http://melbourneskeptics.com.au/2013/04/event-are-we-alone-the-hunt-for-et/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594; </span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Carl Sagan on Something Incredible</title>
		<link>http://melbourneskeptics.com.au/2013/04/carl-sagan-on-something-incredible/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://melbourneskeptics.com.au/?p=102</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. - Carl Sagan, unsourced.]]></description>
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		<title>Roger Ebert, A Quintessence of Dust</title>
		<link>http://melbourneskeptics.com.au/2013/04/roger-ebert-a-quintessence-of-dust/</link>
		<comments>http://melbourneskeptics.com.au/2013/04/roger-ebert-a-quintessence-of-dust/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 04:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://melbourneskeptics.com.au/?p=144</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pulitzer prize winning film critic Roger Ebert died today at the age of 70, according to his long-time employer, The Chicago Sun-Times. While Ebert will be most well known for his prolific and engaging film reviews it is worth noting he also wrote many articles extolling science and skepticism. In 2009, in an article warning that &#8220;new agers and creationists&#8221; have no place in politics, he wrote: Yet they assure everyone they are &#8220;a typical Gemini,&#8221; were royalty in a previous lifetime, have a personal spirit guide, and have been told they will develop a serious disease but will recover from … <a href="http://melbourneskeptics.com.au/2013/04/roger-ebert-a-quintessence-of-dust/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594; </span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of Prayer</title>
		<link>http://melbourneskeptics.com.au/2013/04/the-power-of-prayer/</link>
		<comments>http://melbourneskeptics.com.au/2013/04/the-power-of-prayer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Apr 2013 22:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Atheism and Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Church of England]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[prayer]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://melbourneskeptics.com.au/?p=136</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After survey results claiming &#8220;four out of five British adults believe in the power of prayer&#8221; were published on the Huffington Post UK website, Martin Robbins did some digging. he discovered the survey was conducted by &#8211; surprise, surprise &#8211; the Church of England. Turns out the &#8216;survey&#8217; didn&#8217;t even ask what the headline was claiming &#8211; it didn&#8217;t ask if the respondent believes in prayer. Instead, it simply asks &#8220;if you were to pray for something at the moment, what would it be for?&#8221; (Emphasis mine!) And as Martin writes, the results themselves speak volumes about the power of prayer: 31% of … <a href="http://melbourneskeptics.com.au/2013/04/the-power-of-prayer/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594; </span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Stephen Fry on Incuriosity</title>
		<link>http://melbourneskeptics.com.au/2013/04/stephen-fry-on-incuriosity/</link>
		<comments>http://melbourneskeptics.com.au/2013/04/stephen-fry-on-incuriosity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 22:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://melbourneskeptics.com.au/?p=93</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If you are hungry for food you are prepared to hunt high and low for it. If you are hungry for information it is the same. Information is all around us, now more than ever before in human history. There are young men and women up and down the land who happily (or unhappily) tell anyone who will listen that they don’t have an academic turn of mind, or that they aren’t lucky enough to have been blessed with a good memory, and yet can recite hundreds of pop lyrics and reel off any amount of information about footballers, cars … <a href="http://melbourneskeptics.com.au/2013/04/stephen-fry-on-incuriosity/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594; </span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Creationist stakes $10,000 on contest between Bible and evolution</title>
		<link>http://melbourneskeptics.com.au/2013/03/creationist-stakes-10000-on-contest-between-bible-and-evolution/</link>
		<comments>http://melbourneskeptics.com.au/2013/03/creationist-stakes-10000-on-contest-between-bible-and-evolution/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 05:17:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ed</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://melbourneskeptics.com.au/?p=126</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From The Guardian: A California creationist is offering a $10,000 challenge to anyone who can prove in front of a judge that science contradicts the literal interpretation of the book of Genesis. &#8230; A majority of scientists disavow creationism, but a June 2012 Gallup poll showed that 46% of Americans believed in a literal interpretation of the biblical version of creation. Legislation to allow students to be taught religious versions of the creation of life is currently being considered in four states. Read the full article here. I always recommend against reading the comments (to prevent brain explosions) but I think … <a href="http://melbourneskeptics.com.au/2013/03/creationist-stakes-10000-on-contest-between-bible-and-evolution/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594; </span></a>]]></description>
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