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The Importance Of Understanding Evidence

Written by Guy Otten on 3rd December 2021. Posted in Atheism, Evidence, Religion. No Comments on The Importance Of Understanding Evidence

Why this article?Central to the debate between theists and atheists, and to our understanding of the world, is the question of how we discover what we can discover and know (more…)

The Myth Of The Absolute

Written by Guy Otten on 10th November 2021. Posted in Atheism, Philosophy, Religion. No Comments on The Myth Of The Absolute

Why is the ‘Myth of the Absolute’ relevant to our lives?How often have you come across a theist who argues that absolute rules of morality are necessary if morality is (more…)

Sexual Abuse Prevalent In Institutions Across Major UK Religions

Written by 0Evolved0 on 3rd September 2021. Posted in Atheism, Child Abuse, Podcast. No Comments on Sexual Abuse Prevalent In Institutions Across Major UK Religions

Content Warning: This post contains content such as Child Sexual Abuse, Paedophilia, and Abuse by Clergy/Priests, which some might find distressing. The Independent Inquiry in Child Abuse report The Independent (more…)

We Get Responses…

Written by 0Evolved0 on 17th August 2021. Posted in Atheism, Christianity, Critical Thinking. 1 Comment on We Get Responses…

Recently on our @AtheismUK Twitter feed we posted the following meme: OK, it is a bit of a silly meme, after all we don’t believe that there is a god (more…)

Earth, Solar System, Galaxies and Beyond

Written by 0Evolved0 on 9th August 2021. Posted in Atheism, Religion, Science. No Comments on Earth, Solar System, Galaxies and Beyond

Some personal thoughts from one of our AUK members: (more…) (more…)

Collective worship in schools

Written by 0Evolved0 on 17th April 2021. Posted in Collective Worship, Education, Religion. 1 Comment on Collective worship in schools

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…)

Great Britain 2011-2018: non-religious increase by 1 million each year, Christians decrease by 0.7 million each year.

Written by 0Evolved0 on 12th April 2019. Posted in Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Jewish, Non-Religious, Other religions, Religion, Sikhism.

On average the number of non-religious people in Britain has increased by a million each year in the last seven years, according to the Annual Population Survey from the Office for (more…)

Childhood indoctrination / socialisation of pre-school toddlers creates up to two-thirds of British Christians says survey

Written by 0Evolved0 on 17th September 2017. Posted in Christianity, Critical Thinking, Education, Faith, Statistics. 2 Comments on Childhood indoctrination / socialisation of pre-school toddlers creates up to two-thirds of British Christians says survey

A Church of England survey this week reveals the staggering extent of childhood indoctrination / socialisation* in Britain. The survey shows that nearly two-thirds of all British Christians become Christian when (more…)

The Spell of Faith and Politics

Written by Artabanos on 9th February 2017. Posted in Church of England, House of Lords, Humanism, Secularism. 1 Comment on The Spell of Faith and Politics

The Magical Spell of Faith God’s SatNav for Britain By Willem Sander van Boxtel The first time I set eyes upon the glorious House of Lords chamber, in the summer (more…)

Religion irrelevant? Atheism UK debate at Bath University.

Written by Chris Street on 4th December 2016. Posted in Events, Religion. 2 Comments on Religion irrelevant? Atheism UK debate at Bath University.

Norman Bacrac, Atheism UK Council Member Is religion irrelevant today? Atheism UK was invited by Bath University to debate religious societies. The motion was: “This house believes that religion has become (more…)