NSS Lost Quote of the Week
Rowan Williams is a very thoughtful man Read more
Brian Cox Exhibits the God Virus
Atheism responds to “I’m not anti-religion” comments. Read more
Not ‘trying’
February 24, 2011 by Mark Embleton
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Rugby star refuses to play on the Sabbath Read more
Two’s company
February 19, 2011 by Mark Embleton
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Welcome to the House of Lords – twinned with Tehran Read more
Creationism and ID have No Place in Biology GCSEs
Many people will have noticed that a question on the Biology GCSE paper from 2009 recently surfaced which apparently gave equal weight to Natural Selection, Lamarkianism, Intelligent Design and Creationism.
This is something that the exam board, AQA, were heavily criticized for at the time; however they have confirmed that the 2010 paper did not contain such such a question. They have also stated that “the subject team has confirmed that future exam papers will not contain any questions on creationism or intelligent design.”
It’s great that the exam board realized their mistake and corrected it (something that we encourage!), but it shows just how careful and vigilant we have to be to protect children from misleading and disproven “theories” from the science curricula!
Extract from the New Humanist blog
MP Calls to End Prayers
Jo Johnson, Conservative MP for Orpington has called for Parliament to end prayers at the start of sessions of the House of Commons because Britain is no longer “an overwhelmingly Christian country.”
Whilst he hasn’t called for disestablishement of the Church of England (he was quite adamant about that), as we at Atheism most certainly do, this is certainly a step in the right direction.
…and don’t forget our current project to collate the religious views of all of our MPs which can be found here. If your MP has not replied to our survey, why not write to him/her as a constituent and ask them to respond. Suggested wording and copies of the questionnaire are also available from our site.
Fossil puts “Lucy” Story on Firm Footing
…and more evidence for the development of the human liniage is discovered and confirmed…although there is still much more to learn and discover, but that is why we do science!
Challenging times?
February 10, 2011 by Mark Embleton
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Church of England report: ‘New atheism’ should be challenged Read more
i-Confession
February 9, 2011 by Mark Embleton
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Catholic Church approves phone app to help guide busy sinners through confession Read more
Newsletter : February 2011 : Issue 10
February 1, 2011 by Mark Embleton
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