What do Jihadists Really Want?

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…

Atheism UK speaks on ‘Voice of Islam’ radio

‘Voice of Islam’ radio

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’.

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Attend Atheism UK 2016 AGM in London (N1) on 20th August

Atheism UK 2016 AGM

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.

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Atheists must explain why God doesn’t make sense.

Can Atheists win with kindness? by Matthew Connolly.

Chris Street (President, Atheism UK) received this July 28^th 2016 email from Matthew Connolly about how atheists should patiently explain why idea of God doesn’t make much sense:

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Letter to God

Most Atheism UK members are pretty much convinced that God doesn’t exist, but if (s)he did exist, this is what Steve Hammond would like to ask her/him:

Letter to God
Dear God – not sure if you will get this or not
But here is the reason that I write
I am slightly puzzled by a few discrepancies
Cos I hear you’re omnipotent right?

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In Scotland 52% have no religion.

church-of-scotand — Church of Scotland affiliation has declined 1% each year for the last 16 years.

Scottish Social Attitudes 2015 Survey data suggests that 52% of the population identify as having ‘No Religion’, up from 40% in 1999.

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Cosmos may be ‘inherently unstable’

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.

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South London Church Fined for Loud 3am Services

A church in South London has just been fined over £7,000 following noise complaints. As someone who lives next door to one of these churches myself I am, of course, pleased with this result!

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Ricky Gervais – The Unbelievers Interview

Ricky Gervais on religion's greatest trick; childhood indoctrination; myths; prayer; science; belief in god; agnosticism; atheism...

Government deletes advice about studying atheism and humanism

The UK Government Department for Education (DfE) has deleted references to non-religious beliefs such as atheism or humanism in November 2014 advice about ‘improving spiritual, moral, social and cultural (SMSC) development of pupils’. The DfE has also excluded non-religious belief studies of Religious Education (RE) at GCSE and ‘A’ level in their draft syllabus documents.

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