Mike Pence and the Evangelical Vote
The Road to a Christian Iran By Willem Sander van Boxtel In the early hours of November 10th 2016, many of us atheists woke up to the dawn of at (more…)
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125 Schools opt-out of Collective Worship
Written by Chris Street on . Posted in Atheism, Collective Worship, Education. 2 Comments on 125 Schools opt-out of Collective Worship
Schools Week report that more than 125 schools have opted-out of Collective Worship in the past 3 years. These schools have applied to be exempt from the legal requirement to hold Collective (more…)
A Hundred Walked Out of My Lecture
Written by 0Evolved0 on . Posted in Atheism. 4 Comments on A Hundred Walked Out of My Lecture
Atheism UK Distinguished Supporter Dr Sue Blackmore recently attempted to deliver a lecture to a group of 17-18 year olds in Oxford. What followed was a prime example of how (more…)
A cognitive theory of religion
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Public lecture: Middlesex University, Tuesday 13th May at 4pm (more…)
AAI – Urgent Appeal: CTSE
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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 (more…)
Coursera
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Free online courses from leading universities. (more…)
Catholic School Told It’s Admission Policy Unfair
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A complaint about the admissions policy of a Catholic school in South Croydon has been partially upheld. They key point of the complaint is that as an oversubscribed school it (more…)
Schoolboy Made to “Eat His Sins!”
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An evangelical church running a session in a state funded (although admittedly CofE) school, made children write an apology for their “sins” on a piece of paper and then swallow (more…)
Council Pays Out Over School Religion Row
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Full story from the Herald Scotland. An atheist living on a Scottish island has been awarded £1000 compensation from his local council after a protracted wrangle over religious education at (more…)
Creationism and ID have No Place in Biology GCSEs
Written by 0Evolved0 on . Posted in Science.
Many people will have noticed that a question on the Biology GCSE paper from 2009 recently surfaced which apparently gave equal weight to Natural Selection, Lamarkianism, Intelligent Design and Creationism. (more…)