It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Richard Green on 23rd October 2016, aged 62.
In 2009 Richard co-founded Atheism UK. He remained a council member becoming Vice President in August 2016.
Story taken from the BBC News Site School children who decided not to attend their Catholic school's Founders Mass one afternoon are to be subjected to discipline by the school.…
I know I only posted yesterday about the ongoing war over homosexuality that is taking place in the Church of England which has revealed a deep split over the issue (although I think we all knew it was there).
Well, the ongoing collapse continues with two more stories (both taken from the BBC website):
In a week when the first Church of England Bishop came out as gay and in a relationship (and yet stating that he is obeying the rules and staying celebate… we believe him don’t we?), another CofE vicar in Tunbridge Wells is threatening to form a new group to orchestrate a formal split from the church on the issue of “watering down the church’s teachings on homosexuality. Oh, and he has gone on to state that old, hateful and now thoroughly debunked canard that Gay Pride encourages child abuse.
Story taken from “The Thinking Atheist” podcast:
An Oklahoma children’s home happily accepted a $100 donation (given by Matt Wilbourne, a Muskogee (Oklamhoma) resident), until it realized that the money was given in the name of the Muskogee Atheist Community.
In his latest episode of the "Waking Up" Podcast, Sam Harris reads and examines articles from ISIS' own magazine "Dabiq". Hear, in their own words, the reasons why they hate…
Sometimes Atheism UK Council Members get requests to speak on radio and in University debates (I’ve spoken twice at the Cambridge Union and will probably speak at Bath University this November). We also speak to schools about atheism – we will be speaking to an independent school in central London in September. This time we’ve been invited to talk to Voice of Islam radio about the ‘Meaning of Life’.
The 2016 AGM will be held in London (N1 postcode) on Saturday 20th August. At the meeting the Atheism UK Council will review our activities during 2015/16 and our plans for 2016/17 year.
Chris Street (President, Atheism UK) received this July 28th 2016 email from Matthew Connolly about how atheists should patiently explain why idea of God doesn’t make much sense:
A concept known as vacuum instability could result, billions of years from now, in a new universe opening up in the present one and replacing it.
It all depends on some precise numbers related to the Higgs that researchers are currently trying to pin down.