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	<title>Cross Examined</title>
	
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	<description>An energetic but civil critique of Christianity from an atheist viewpoint</description>
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		<title>Happy Anniversary of the World Not Ending</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/crossexamined/2013/05/happy-anniversary-of-the-world-not-ending/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 19:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Seidensticker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Armageddon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[End of the World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rapture]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[You may not realize how lucky you are to be reading this. The world was supposed to have ended two days ago … but I guess it didn’t. Again. (And do you know what today is the anniversary of?)]]></description>
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		<title>What’s Up With Other Atheist Bloggers?</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/crossexamined/2013/05/whats-up-with-other-atheist-bloggers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/crossexamined/2013/05/whats-up-with-other-atheist-bloggers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 19:36:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Seidensticker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Atheism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Atheist blogs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What to check out what other atheists at Patheos are blogging about? Here’s a sample.]]></description>
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		<title>Bungling the Facts Behind Evolution</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/crossexamined/2013/05/bungling-the-facts-behind-evolution-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 19:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Seidensticker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[evolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An apologetic for politicians who attack science falls short.]]></description>
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		<title>The Childish Faith of John Lennox (2 of 2)</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/crossexamined/2013/05/the-childish-faith-of-john-lennox-2-of-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 19:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Seidensticker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Lennox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Problem of Evil]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/crossexamined/?p=2276</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Oxford mathematics professor John Lennox is an energetic defender of Christianity, but a recent interview on the Problem of Evil suggests that his mathematical proofs may be a lot stronger than his Christian ones (part 2 of 2).]]></description>
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		<title>The Childish Faith of John Lennox</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/crossexamined/2013/05/the-childish-faith-of-john-lennox/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/crossexamined/2013/05/the-childish-faith-of-john-lennox/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 19:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Seidensticker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christianity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Lennox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Problem of Evil]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/crossexamined/?p=2269</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Oxford mathematics professor John Lennox is an energetic defender of Christianity, but a recent interview on the Problem of Evil suggests that his mathematical proofs may be a lot stronger than his Christian ones.]]></description>
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		<title>Quest for the Simplest Explanation</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/crossexamined/2013/05/quest-for-the-simplest-explanation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/crossexamined/2013/05/quest-for-the-simplest-explanation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 19:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Seidensticker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Occam's Razor]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/crossexamined/?p=2263</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Pick an important leader in any field. Now imagine a detailed history that omits that central figure. You’d notice the absence, right? We’re told that God is a central figure in reality—let’s try the same thought experiment with him.]]></description>
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		<title>How Religious are Americans? Not as Much as You Think.</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/crossexamined/2013/05/how-religious-are-americans-not-as-much-as-you-think-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/crossexamined/2013/05/how-religious-are-americans-not-as-much-as-you-think-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 19:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Seidensticker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Polls]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religiosity]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/crossexamined/?p=2257</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Americans are famously religious when compared to other countries in the West. But new studies have peeked behind the curtain to determine how religious Americans really are. It turns out that they’re not as religious as we thought. ]]></description>
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		<title>A Biblical Foundation for American Freedoms?</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/crossexamined/2013/05/a-biblical-foundation-for-american-freedoms/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/crossexamined/2013/05/a-biblical-foundation-for-american-freedoms/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 May 2013 19:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Seidensticker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Separation of Church and State]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ten Commandments]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[U.S. Constitution]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/crossexamined/?p=2251</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some Christian history revisionists eagerly claim biblical precedents for the pioneering rights that the U.S. Constitution. But compare it with the Ten Commandments and the differences become clear.]]></description>
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		<title>How to Invent a Plausible God</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/crossexamined/2013/05/how-to-invent-a-plausible-god/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/crossexamined/2013/05/how-to-invent-a-plausible-god/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 21:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Seidensticker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Balance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invented Religion]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/crossexamined/?p=2242</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Religions walk a fine line between promising too little and promising too much. Too little and no one cares; too much and you get found out. But there’s a surprising advantage to contradictions in your religion’s story.]]></description>
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		<title>Why Pretend That There Is a Soul?</title>
		<link>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/crossexamined/2013/05/why-pretend-that-there-is-a-soul/</link>
		<comments>http://www.patheos.com/blogs/crossexamined/2013/05/why-pretend-that-there-is-a-soul/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 May 2013 18:52:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob Seidensticker</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soul]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.patheos.com/blogs/crossexamined/?p=2238</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Research from neuroscience and physics show that there is no good reason to imagine that souls actually exist. We’ll start with the guy in the photo. A blasting accident shot an iron rod through his head, but he survived to give science early evidence of the mind/brain connection.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>144</slash:comments>
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