Atheism UK has revised and updated its original goal, which was 'The end of religious faith'. We now realise that was wishful thinking, well-meaning, maybe naïve with initial enthusiasm, but…
Many atheists will be aware that discussions about religion with non-atheists can often contain the ‘S’ word. That is, ‘spiritual’, ‘spiritualism’, or derivations of those concepts.Let’s start with some dictionary…
Some personal thoughts from one of our AUK members: (more…) (more…)
At the 7th August 2021 Atheism UK AGM, Chris Street retired from Atheism UK (AUK) Council after serving 10 years, seven years as President. Chris was introduced to AUK by (more…)
Schools could be found in breach of failing to fulfil requirements for daily ‘collective worship’. The Education Act (1944) requires all maintained schools to provide a daily act of collective (more…)
'The trend seems inexorable as the gradual but persistent march of 'nones' in Great Britain continues relentlessly apace year-on-year: in 2011 one in three people had 'No Religion', a decade…
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Unbelievable? hosted this discussion... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R9KGjxkz7E Atheism UK Council member John Richards also interviewed Jon Steingard in September 2020... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1VQkMIpulc&feature=youtu.be
In this talk, atheist Prof. Lee Cronin discusses with Christian Prof. James Tour about the various hypothesis for the origins of life. James, a synthetic organic chemist, thinks we are…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdI68A8o2zg John Richards and Prof. Anthony C Grayling John Richards (AAI & Atheism UK Council Member) says: "AC Grayling is such a nice fellow. See him straighten me out on…