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		<title>Spark: is Digg Sexist?</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/12/31/spark-is-digg-sexist/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:13:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like most internet-based phenomena, the answer is probably &#8220;yes&#8221;. But read the article and decide for yourself (and then read the scared-boys comments and see if that changes your mind&#8230;).]]></description>
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		<title>white/black</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/10/08/whiteblack/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 05:03:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sooooooooooo&#8230; First thing that entertains me about these shots is that they were taken with the same flashâ€”and the background to the white one is darker. First thing that you&#8217;ll probably notice is that my head is missing. So are my pants (and I did wear underwear). This is a response to this (solidarity, sister), [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spark: Update from the Gay Marriage Files</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/09/17/spark-update-from-the-gay-marriage-files/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 18:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[California, post Supreme Court decision (that discrimination based on gender is discrimination), now uses marriage licenses that ask for the names of &#8220;Party A&#8221; and &#8220;Party B&#8221; to the marriage. As someone who still doesn&#8217;t feel like the word &#8220;wife&#8221; applies to her, I think this is pretty awesome. It is, however, causing waves. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Should the Punishment Be?</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2008/09/02/what-should-the-punishment-be/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 18:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>xJane</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This has been floating around the feminist blogosphere and is by no means new. The argument goes thusly: some people think that abortion should be illegal; what, then, do they propose the punishment for breaking the law be? Tellingly, the answer is often &#8220;counseling&#8221; or &#8220;prayer&#8221; for the woman but loss of license or jail [...]]]></description>
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		<title>April Advice and Queries.</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2007/04/05/april-advice-and-queries/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:42:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the first Sunday of every month, someone reads a set of questions before we settle into silence at our meeting for worship. We can draw on these queries to guide us in our personal and group meditation. I wanted to post some of April&#8217;s queries here, partly for my sake, but also for catBonny [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Skeptics Learn from Religion?</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2007/02/05/can-skeptics-learn-from-religion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2007/02/05/can-skeptics-learn-from-religion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 06:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This question is primarily to the agnostics, skeptics, secular humanists and atheists out there: Are there good things that we can learn from religion?¬† Are there practices, principles, or even ways of knowing that religion can teach us?¬† If there are, can we absorb these without buying into superstition or validating those elements we find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>the glass is unnecessary</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2007/02/04/the-glass-is-unnecessary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Feb 2007 19:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[John&#8217;s link to Pharyngula&#8217;s post about optimism &#038; pessimism in atheism &#038; religion. Both sides, of course, think that they&#8217;re the optimists and the other ones are the pessimists (I always like to say that both optimists and pessimists call themselves realists&#8230;). I wanted to start a similar conversation here. I know that for me, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Religious ethics for the 21st Century</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2007/01/26/religious-ethics-for-the-21st-century/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2007/01/26/religious-ethics-for-the-21st-century/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jan 2007 01:46:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The three major monotheistic religions all have holy books that date to a minimum of 1400 years ago. This makes the relevance of these supposed Divine rules somewhat suspect. A Jewish cartoon that I enjoy reading has an interesting take on Jewish bioethics, including links under the cartoon to discussions of same. Among some of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is the patriarchy bad for your health?</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2007/01/23/is-the-patriarchy-bad-for-your-health/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mindonfire.com/2007/01/23/is-the-patriarchy-bad-for-your-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 01:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Miko</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was watching my new favorite TV show and I cried. Once my eyes had stopped dripping, my ears started to. I immediately administered Q-tips. But it reminded me that I frequently end up with fall-out from crying that is not limited to my eyes. Apparently, there is a reason they&#8217;re called ear, nose, &#038; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quaker Query: Have you found your vocation?</title>
		<link>http://www.mindonfire.com/2006/11/26/quaker-query/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Nov 2006 05:06:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once a week, I&#8217;d like to challenge you all with a Quaker-inspired query that should be applicable to any person leading an alternately introspective yet socially-engaged life. Here&#8217;s the query for this week. I&#8217;ll do my best to answer it for myself, and encourage you to share your response. Have you found your vocation? I [...]]]></description>
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