UK TV Alert – Prof Brian Cox
If in the UK and have an hour to spare, tune into Professor Brian Cox … on right now on the BBC – “Wonders of the Universe“, well worth watching.
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UK, an evolving post-christian secular nation
Social researchers have been looking into the attitudes of the growing numbers of non-religious young Britons. Its an important question to ask because if the recent polls are correct, then the...
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Religious discrimination in a secular culture
The recession in the UK (are we allowed to call it that) has motivated the powers that be to seriously consider finding god. Well not quite, what they are doing is starting to look upon religious...
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UK Weather report – Lots of snow coming!!!
Several UK tabloids have been reporting that a big UK freeze is coming and also claiming … Britain is about to experience an early winter, with snow expected to arrive as soon as next month,...
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The “Official” religion in the UK under threat
As I’m sure you are aware, the Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England, but something has happened that now increases the pressure to change that. First I have a bit...
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BBC News clip : Andrew Copson of the BHA does a great job debunking the...
Here is a truly excellent performance by Andrew Copson (Chief Executive of the British Humanist Association), he is to be congratulated for a job well done, he interviews very well and comes across as...
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New Poll: “76% Britons say they are ‘not religious’”
YouGov, the international internet-based market research firm, has a new poll out. Here is a quick summary of the findings that they published yesterday … 76% Britons say they are ‘not religious’, but...
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Cardinal Keith O’Brien announces to media that he is a Homophobic Bigot … not...
Cardinal Keith O’Brien, the UK’s most senior Catholic, sets out his opposition to the Government’s plans to legalise gay marriage. It is not really a surprise … we all knew he was clueless before he...
View ArticleFantastic News for UK Libel reform
A Bill to protect freedom of speech and reform the libel laws is to be introduced into Parliament, it was announced in the Queen’s Speech. It is understood that the Bill is likely to be published on...
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Remembrance Sunday in the UK – What should Atheists make of it, take part or...
There is a very interesting and thoughtful article in the Telegraph today by Peter Thompson, director of the Centre for Ernst Bloch Studies at the University of Sheffield. In it he lays out his...
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UK Only: AshTag app launched to prevent spread of devastating tree disease –...
A devastating Ash Dieback disease that has already affected millions of trees on the continent and has led to a ban on imports coming into force is rippling into the UK. You can help. Ash dieback, is...
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UK Census results are out … Jedi knights in sharp decline
In the UK, the 2011 census numbers came out yesterday so we now get a bit of an insight into how things have changed over the last ten years. So here is an immediate fun fact … Jedi Knights are in...
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UK Libel Laws gag Scientology Exposé
Steve Rose points out that there is a book that you cannot buy if you live in the UK … …Going Clear is a veritable book of revelations on L Ron Hubbard’s sci-fireligion, exhaustively detailing its...
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UK Libel Reform under threat of failure
Heads up folks … I really thought it was a done deal and that the rest would be simply rubber stamping, but it now appears that UK libel reform is at risk. The quick summary is this … the Defamation...
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Libel Reform in the UK …. “Victory”
Its done. The UK’s house of Lords voted by a majority of 78 to pass the defamation bill. Is this really a big deal, or is it just another bit of boring law that will not really have much of an impact?...
View ArticleState Funded Islamic Free Schools in the UK are a complete disaster
As reported by the National Secular Society, there have been more revelations regarding the bizarre ethos that pervades the Islamic Free school in the UK city of Derby … As previously reported,...
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Islam – The UK’s fastest growing …… prison population
The statistics from a July 29 House of Commons research report entitled, “Prison Population Statistics” show that the number of Muslim inmates in England and Wales jumped to 11,248 in 2012, up from...
View ArticleEx-Muslims are living the British dream
Ed West has a nice article over in the Spectator entitled “Ex-Muslims are living the British dream – Britain should support them”. He writes … There was an excellent Radio 4 documentary on yesterday in...
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Eric Pickles
As I’m sure you may be aware, a UK Government Minister, Eric Pickles, has been making statements … “Militant atheists” should accept that Britain is a Christian country and “get over it”, the...
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The inevitable decline of religion really is happening
My Daughter was telling me yesterday about a dialog within her RE class in school. The teacher (a “really” Christian lady for the understandable reason that is perhaps a requirement for the role), had...
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