Ellen Johnson to be Featured on "Answers in Atheism," Thursday, October 11, 2007

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ELLEN JOHNSON ON HARRIS, "ATHEIST CLEANSING,"

MORE THIS WEEK ON ANSWERS-IN-ATHEISM INTERNET RADIO

Thursday, October 11, 2007 ~ 7:00 PM ET

ELLEN JOHNSON, President of American Atheists, will be the guest on this week's live call-in broadcast from the new answersinatheism.net radio program.

Hosted by attorney, Freethought activist and writer Edwin Kagin, answersinatheism.net is a new outreach to counter religious obfuscation, distortion and obscurantism. The show is archived and can be accessed at http://www.answersinatheism.net .

Ms. Johnson will be talking about efforts to "cleanse" Atheists and Atheism from public discourse, and a recent proposal by Mr. Sam Harris that we avoid the use of the "A-word" (Atheism), and even terms like Humanist, Freethinker or Rationalist. Harris made this suggestion at a recent Atheist gathering. Check out the exchange of views between Sam Harris and Ellen Johnson at http://humaniststudies.org/enews/ .

So, be sure to tune-in this Thursday, October 11, 7:00 PM ET You can call in with your questions and opinions at 859-384-7000. There may be a toll-free number installed by air time, so visit http://www.answersinatheism.net .

WHO & WHAT: Ellen Johnson, President of American Atheists discussing "Atheist Cleansing," the "A-word" and Atheist Activism.

WHERE: Answers-in-Atheism internet radio at http://www.answersinatheism.net .

WHEN: This Thursday, October 11, 7:00 PM -- check your time zone.

MORE INFO: http://www.answersinatheism.net

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