Religious Freedom vs Secular Freedom – what is the right balance?

As an atheist, there are specific things that have clear simple answers, for example God claims can be dismissed due to the lack of evidence,  attempts by the religious to impose by force their crazy ideas can also be rejected, obnoxious behaviour or abuse motivated by irrational beliefs can and should be denounced, but what … Read more

Abortion Debate – Texas Freethought Convention – Matt Dillahunty vs. Kristine Kruszelnicki

Now here is an interesting debate that recently took place. First some brief facts … It’s a debate between two atheists: Matt Dillahunty and Kristine Kruszelnicki and was Titled “Secularists Should Not Support the Right To Abortion”. It starts off with an Introduction by Paul Cooper. He is the President Texas Freethought Convention (that is … Read more

Is an “Appeal to Einstein” as “proof for God” a valid claim? – No.

One Einstein quote that appears to pop up on a regular basis is often rattled off as follows: “Science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind.” “So there you go then“, chips in the believer to the non-believer, “One of the smartest men is not as dismissive as you are of the importance … Read more

Bestiality – belief vs non-belief

Not too long ago, a Muslim posted the following on FB … “What a load of B*&&*cks”, you might mutter in reply, and rightly so. This complete loon has tripped over a non-believer who suggests that Bestiality is just fine and so he is using a screenshot of it to establish his specific variation as … Read more

Atheism+ … just 7 days old and already rapidly growing

It was just seven days ago that a new movement was started, and as explained by an article in the New Statesman … Less than a week old in its current form, Atheism+ is the brainchild of Jen McCreight, a Seattle-based biology postgrad and blogger at the secularist Freethought network. She has called for a “new … Read more

Atheism+ … can this be the third wave?

A rather interesting line of thought appears to be emerging and also rapidly gaining a bit of traction in the community regarding what can be termed “Atheism+” Jen McCreight writes on Freethought blogs … How I Unwittingly Infiltrated the Boy’s Club & Why It’s Time for a New Wave of Atheism … It’s time for a new … Read more

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