Claire Rayner on Doing Good Works (3)
Mon 8 Mar 2010•
“People who show off about how good they are make me throw up.” Claire Rayner OBE discusses proselytising through charity, and the hidden humanists often pulling the levers.
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From Secularism to Sectarianism (0)
Fri 5 Mar 2010 •
Ansar Ahmed Ullah traces the tradition of activism among Bengalis in the East End of London, from localised welfare politics to the dangerous shores of Islamism
When Bad Things Happen To Good People (0)
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A poem, in response to the earthquake in Chile, 28th February 2010.
Bishops Move Over! (5)
Thu 4 Mar 2010 •
In this first year of the tens, why does anyone still cares what bishops say? Keith Denby contests the authority of the “Lords Spiritual”.
Confessing my religion (9)
Wed 3 Mar 2010 •
He used to be a Christian, then one day he read about morality without God, and something just clicked. Bob Bury ‘fesses up for HumanistLife.
Writing about medicine can be hazardous for your health (4)
Mon 1 Mar 2010 •
Maria MacLachlan reports on the case of the British Chiropractic Association (BCA) versus Simon Singh.
I want your humanist rock anthems! (28)
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Daniel Clery wonders if you can help him find a few more humanist rock anthems.
The congregation that won’t marry anyone – yet (2)
Thu 25 Feb 2010 •
“We are refusing to marry any couple until the day when we can marry every couple.” Andy Pakula on the church which practices what it preaches on equality.
Religious exemptions amendment will ruin this hard-won Bill (1)
Fri 19 Feb 2010 •
Compulsory sex and relationships education in all schools? About time! Don’t ruin it now, Naomi Phillips tells the Government.
Homeless and preached to (7)
Thu 18 Feb 2010 •
Homeless for 18 months, Noel Long is increasingly annoyed by the proselytisation of most of the organisations dealing with the homeless.
Think Week in Oxford (1)
Wed 10 Feb 2010 •
Simon Myerson introduces a series of events from Oxford humanist, secular and skeptical societies.
The quest for rationality in ethics (2)
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Other than for natural disaster and disease, all man’s problems are of his own making and could be rectified, argues John Preece.
Howard Jacobson and the Temple of Darwin (0)
Mon 8 Feb 2010 •
George Jellis isn’t too impressed by Creation, but has a few tips for the Natural History Museum as well.
George Pitcher ROTFLOL!! hahaha (4)
Fri 5 Feb 2010 •
George Pitcher, reverend-cum-journalist, has slapped the wrists of the BHA and the NSS for being “barrels of laughs”.
The right to believe is not the same as the right to do (3)
Wed 3 Feb 2010 •
We cannot allow discrimination, under the banner of religious belief, to infringe on other people’s rights in the public square, argues Naomi Phillips
“Shaking hands with death” – Terry Pratchett gives the Dimbleby Lecture (14)
Tue 2 Feb 2010 •
Terry Pratchett’s lecture on Death, having Alzheimer’s and assisted dying.
Humanism is credible, coherent, and should be celebrated (0)
Mon 1 Feb 2010 •
The BHA’s new Chief Exec on the challenges we face and the strengths of Humanism
Why the public should be told if their MPs “do God” (7)
Fri 29 Jan 2010 •
When it comes to politics, the right to personal belief isn’t necessarily a right to private belief, argues Penelope Blatchford.
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“You’re not giving ME the pills because of YOUR religion?” (0)•
Kindness and generosity are contagious (0)•
“A nasty attempt to coerce Danish newspapers into apologizing for the cartoons of Muhammad” (0)•
95%: the odds that we are causing climate change (1)•
Brian Cox on “the greatest age of discovery our civilization has known” (0)•
Did Galileo fudge the findings? (1)•
Homeopathy article FAIL (0)•
Ethnic and religious violence in Nigerian, “roving bands of killers” massacre 500 (0)Mon 8 Mar 2010 •
Suffolk Humanists: “It’s official: homeopathy is useless” (0)•
New BHA Life member blogs his tipping point (0)•
Church Marketing Sucks learns from the Atheist Bus Campaign (0)•
Scientology: The Great Defection (0)•
The myth of the liberalism of the Church of England (0)•
Hitchens and Hitchens make up, sort of (0)•
Sinead O’Connor would help Jesus burn down “evil” Vatican (0)•
Why equalities is important (0)Fri 5 Mar 2010 •
Church civil partnerships – not out of the woods (1)•
“Who’s bullying who?” (0)Thu 4 Mar 2010 •
Where were the other 24 bishops when the Lords voted on civil partnerships in church? (0)•
Atheists Buses in Argentina (0)•
Health supplements and the scientific evidence: the bubble chart! (1)Wed 3 Mar 2010 •
Peers allow churches to perform civil partnerships (2)•
Is “untouchability” a problem in the UK? (0)•
Epiphenom on research which says atheists are more intelligent (2)•
Ariane Sherine is a Londoner (3)•
Lord Carey: Christians are bullied and marginalised (0)Tue 2 Mar 2010 •
Atheist buses hit Melbourne (1)Mon 1 Mar 2010 •
Supernatural cancer “healer” taken to court by Trading Standards (1)•
Gore comes to the defence of the IPCC (0)•
It’s not cold, this is how it’s meant to be (0)
