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David Silverman’s talk to Atheism UK – Fighting God: Using Firebrand Atheism to Kill Religion Dead

David Silverman’s talk was organised by the Council of Atheism UK. David is President of American Atheists and the recipient of the 2017 Richard Dawkins Award. He talked about his book ‘Fighting God: An Atheist Manifesto for a Religious World’.

The talk was held at ConwayHall to a packed (78 attendees, plus we had to turn 3 more away even though they had tickets because they were late) Brockway Room on Monday 24th July 2017. Watch the 80-minute presentation below.

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We Don’t Want Your (Atheist) Money!

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.

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Where do Atheists in the UK live?

The Guardian links to a data mapping application which utilises the Census data to visually represent the most godless places in the UK. The bluer the map, the higher the…

Petition – Free Mubarak Bala

Please sign this Change.org petition - Mubarak Bala is a highly educated chemical engineer. He was about to continue his studies in petroleum engineering in London, England, before he was…

Call for End to Saudi Anti-Atheist Laws

From our friends and colleagues at the Atheist Alliance International: New laws were recently annoucend by the government of Saudi Arabia that strengthens the criminalization of atheists in the country,…

Atheism UK on the Secular World Podcast

If I may be self indulgent for a moment... Rich Honess of Atheism UK joins host Jake Farr-Wharton and AAI President Stuart Bechman in discussing the top religion stories from…

AAI Receives UN Special Consultative Status

AAI Receives UN Special Consultative Status (more…)

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

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 humanists had made contributions to British society.

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AAI – Urgent Appeal: CTSE

The Atheist Alliance International are supporting the Critical Thinking and Secular Ethics programme in Cambodia, run by the Cambodian Children's Trust. Its aims are to provide vulnerable children a secualr…