Author: Chris Street

An atheist all my life. Atheism UK President (June 2014-)

Attacks in Copenhagen

Written by Chris Street on 17th February 2015. Posted in News. 2 Comments on Attacks in Copenhagen

I agree with the European Commission in deploring the fatal attacks in Copenhagen this weekend on 14-15th February: (more…)

Charlie Hebdo Killings

Written by Chris Street on 20th January 2015. Posted in News. 4 Comments on Charlie Hebdo Killings

Atheists in the United Kingdom and around the world condemn the killings of journalists and cartoonists at the Paris based magazine Charlie Hebdo on 7th January 2015. This was a (more…)

Impact of Sharia law in UK

Written by Chris Street on 13th December 2014. Posted in News. 4 Comments on Impact of Sharia law in UK

Baroness Flather In a 50 minute debate in the House of Lords (Moses Room) on Thursday, 11 December 2014, Baroness Flather (at 2pm) asked: ‘what is the Governments assessment of the (more…)

Secular Sexuality

Written by Chris Street on 9th December 2014. Posted in Atheism, Islam.

Dr. Darrel Ray is a Distinguished Supporter of Atheism UK. Darrel wrote ‘The God Virus: How Religion Infects our Lives’ and ‘Culture and Sex and God: How Religion Distorts Sexuality’. Darrel Ray now has a (more…)

Lords debate the role of religion and belief in British public life

Written by Chris Street on 30th November 2014. Posted in Collective Worship, Faith, House of Lords, Philosophy, Religion. 3 Comments on Lords debate the role of religion and belief in British public life

A 150 minute debate about the role of religion and belief in British public life is reviewed by Chris Street (President, Atheism UK, since June 2014). The House of Lords (more…)

Birmingham mosque invites Atheism UK members to seminar

Written by Chris Street on 18th November 2014. Posted in Islam. 3 Comments on Birmingham mosque invites Atheism UK members to seminar

Mohammed Abbas invited members of Atheism UK to raise questions in the Q&A session after the ‘Deconstructing Atheism’ seminar by Shaykh Asrar Rashid. Time: Saturday 22nd November in Sparkhill, Birmingham B11 (more…)

LAAG announce Ministry of Reason!

Written by Chris Street on 27th October 2014. Posted in Atheism, Rationalism. 9 Comments on LAAG announce Ministry of Reason!

London Atheist Activist Group (LAAG) announce Ministry of Reason (MoR). LAAG say “Why do we need MoR? The UK has a ‘Ministry for Faith & Communities’. We wondered why these necessarily (more…)

Religious leaders in local mosques promote ideology similar to ISIS

Written by Chris Street on 17th September 2014. Posted in Islam, Politics. 10 Comments on Religious leaders in local mosques promote ideology similar to ISIS

Rupert (a former Atheism UK Vice-President) recently sent this letter about ISIS to his MP. Feel free to copy it and send to your MP:- “It has come to my attention (more…)

Contribution of Humanists & Atheists – House of Lords Debate – Part 2

Written by Chris Street on 28th July 2013. Posted in News. 1 Comment on Contribution of Humanists & Atheists – House of Lords Debate – Part 2

Baroness Warnock & Royall, Lord Soley & Warner ‘challenging religious faith’ (Atheism UK strapline) in a House of Lords debate. (more…)

Contribution of Humanists & Atheists – House of Lords Debate – Part 1

Written by Chris Street on 28th July 2013. Posted in News. 4 Comments on Contribution of Humanists & Atheists – House of Lords Debate – Part 1

Lord Maxton & Morgan & Baroness Flather ‘challenging religious faith’ (Atheism UK strapline). For 150 minutes on 25th July 2013 the House of Lords debated, in 20,000 words, how atheists and (more…)