Promoting Science and Critical Thinking
The European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council has been giving the idea of “freedom to believe” some thought, so what have the come up with? They have issued 18 pages of EU Guidelines on the promotion and protection of freedom of religion or belief. It basically endorses the concept of freedom of thought and points out that this includes all … Read more
As I watch the rising tide of rage being directed against the authorities because of their use of electronic intercepts, I cannot help but wonder if there is some form of social alzheimer’s at work. Glenn Greenwald, writes in the Guardian … “Who is actually bringing ‘injury to America’: those who are secretly building a massive surveillance system or … Read more
Joyce Arthur,a political activist for abortion rights and women’s rights, has a truly fabulous article that she wrote in some time ago that I’ve only just come across it. It is about what happens when those opposed to a woman’s right to choose are suddenly faced with a choice that they deny others. In 2000 she … Read more
Thomas L Friedman, the Pulitzer prize winning American journalist, columnist and author who writes a twice-weekly column for The New York Times has a few things to say about Egypt, not from the comfort of his own plush office in that city, but on the ground in Egypt, because he went to find out what … Read more
Lets start be understanding what the term secularism does and does not mean. It does not mean that all religious beliefs should be banned, because unlike many forms of belief that will not tolerate non-belief or other beliefs, secularism is just about the separation of church and state. Why does this matter? Well because the … Read more
The debate on the proposed Gay Marriage bill in the UK has reached the House of Lords, and as might be expected, the unelected Bishops have a few thoughts on it all. Side note, yes we have people who are part of our law-making process on the sole basis that they have an imaginary friend … Read more