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Posted in Faith, Literature, Religion, Science on Jan 25th, 2010
Although it is nearly 24 hours since I watched the first in Channel 4’s new series, The Bible: A History, I still find myself annoyed at the mere memory of it. It ended up being more of the aspirational wishful thinking of a romantic presenter than the history deceptively portrayed in the title.
The first quarter [...]
Who will win this year’s bad faith award?
The New Humanist’s annual vote to discover who people think deserves a bad faith award is still open. If you haven’t cast your vote yet, do pop along to the site and see if anyone merits your selection.
Last year Sarah Palin romped home to victory for her [...]
Posted in Faith, Human Rights, Humanity, Humor, Humour, Morality, Religion on Oct 6th, 2008
Richard Dawkins reading his fan mail.
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Posted in Censorship, Education, Faith, Religion on Dec 27th, 2007
One of the most commented on newspaper articles in recent days was the online version of a report printed in The Sunday Times that Richard Dawkins is planning a lecture tour of America during 2008. The report itself is reasonably neutral and factual, but some of the comments can only be described as ‘interesting’.
Dawkins [...]
Posted in Faith, Politics, Religion, Society on Dec 21st, 2007
It is a truth universally acknowledged that the differences between men and women are bigger than their variations in biological plumbing, and that the differences between Britain and America are more substantial than the lack of harmony between their common languages. I was reminded of this latter point this week on hearing a statement about god from the newly elected [...]
On the 30th of September 2007, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens sat down for an unmoderated 2-hour discussion, convened by The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science and filmed by Josh Timonen. In this conversation the group trades stories of the public’s reaction to their recent books, their unexpected successes, [...]
Posted in Education, Human Rights, Morality on Nov 25th, 2007
Let me ask you some potentially painful questions. Think carefully before you answer.
Just suppose you had a bad tooth-ache that required skilful dental surgery. Question 1 - Would you entrust your mouth, your gums, your nerve endings to a dentist who had a reputation for being one of
Posted in Censorship, Education, Isolation, Language, Religion on Nov 23rd, 2007
Just imagine that you couldn’t read, or that if you could read, you only had access to a very restricted range of material. I know, the pain of not being able to read this blog would be almost unbearable …
One index of a society’s health and modernity is the extent to which its members can read and write. [...]
Religious people say to atheists: “Why don’t you leave us alone? Why can’t we be left to believe what we believe? Why are organisations like the National Secular Society, and people like Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris so angry with us and advocating that people should speak out against us?” The simple [...]
Posted in Human Rights, Religion, Terrorism on Oct 25th, 2007
Mina Ahadi, an Iranian exile now living in Germany, is a woman who has spent her life opposing the mistreatment of women by the Iranian clerical regime.
Mina was at university in 1979 at the time of the Iranian revolution and she was soon noticed by the authorities because she began to organise demonstrations opposing the compulsory veiling [...]
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