Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
The word “Militant” is often prefixed with the word “Atheist” to describe Richard Dawkins, and yet when I hear this gross abuse of the term, I can only think of the person deploying it … “What an ignorant twat”. To those that happily abuse the term, let me remind you what it actually means. To … Read more
A group of four writers have been arrested in Bangladesh and will stand trial in November. Their crime? They have been accused of publishing material that “causes hurt to religious beliefs” [About here is the right place to start cranking up your stunned silence] In the picture on the left, the three bloggers pictured in the … Read more
Chartered Psychologist Jill Mytton has been speaking at the Annual Conference of the British Psychological Society’s Division of Counselling Psychology in Cardiff about children who grow up in religious cults. Her observation is that they face considerable difficulties, not only during their childhood, but also after leaving the group. She explains … “Second-generation adult survivors of high-demand … Read more
The latest Jesus & Mo is quite funny … Now what makes this even funnier is that a few minutes after publication a story appeared in the Jesus & Mo’s Twitter feed – Banglalore’s Barwomen Ordered to Wear Decent Clothes. Least you wonder who Jesus & Mo are … well as historian Tom Holland observed, they … Read more
People have different degrees of confidence regarding different things, and non-belief is no exception to that observation. For example, some make the observation that due to the complete lack of evidence, god claims can be dismissed. Others would take that a step further and make a “no-God” assertion for various reasons. However, it is not … Read more
Here is a quick five minute clip in which Andrew Brown challenges philosopher and atheist Daniel Dennett to convince him that the New Atheists have new ideas. Clearly since the rise of New Atheism during the past decade, things have changed, there is a rising tide of non-belief – and so it is interesting to hear … Read more