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Non-religious up by 83%
2011 Census results revealed The results pertaining to the religious affiliation of residents of the United Kingdom, as determined by the 2011 census are out. Unsurprisingly the number of Christians is...
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Pope’s first Tweet
God’s representative on Earth joins Twittersphere The Independent’s Liam O’Brien reports on the Pope’s first Tweet. Scroll down the article for the comment from Atheism UK: The President of Atheism UK,...
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Atheist ‘church’– praise be to…?
Stand up comedians launch UK’s first atheist church in Islington The first atheist church in the country is set to open in Islington at the start of the new year. See the full story in the Islington...
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Religious TV Show “Risks Lives”
Preying (sic) on the ill, gullible and desperate We get asked quite a bit why we can’t just let people have their faith and believe what they want? I believe that the content of this story sums it up...
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Shock: “Bigot of the Year” acted “inappropriately”!
Cardinal Keith O’Brien resigns So, Cardinal Keith O’Brien, head of the Catholic church in Scotland, a man who has repeatedly spoken out against LGBT equality on the basis of the outdated (and factually...
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Lashes for 15-year old girl in ‘paradise’
Thousands of years of religious violence against women continues. Under sharia law in the Maldives a 15-year old female rape victim has been sentenced to 100 lashes and eight months of house arrest....
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Bishops’ Godless Political Meddling
A letter, from 43 Anglican bishops to The Sunday Telegraph, argues benefits cuts will have a “deeply disproportionate” effect on children. Although not signatories, the Archbishops of Canterbury and...
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New Pope Francis to promote homosexuality
A radical change for the Catholic Church. The new Pope Francis, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, has made a number of surprising announcements that will take the Catholic Church in a very progressive and...
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Lord Carey Bleats…
So apparently former ABofC Lord Carey has criticised PM David Cameron for “marginalising Christians” and promoting “aggressive secularism” despite Cameron’s insistence of the UK being a “Christain...
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Equality = Inhumanity…
So the Catholic Bishop of Shrewsbury, Mark Davies, is going to use his Easter sermon to launch a virulent attach on marriage equality! Now it is easy to get jaded about yet another religious leader...
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Challenging Humanist Privilege
Proposed Humanist Marriage Law Discriminatory During this week’s House of Commons debate on the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill, a new clause, to bring humanist marriage into law, was proposed. Its...
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Faith-based terror in Woolwich
All religions are culpable in faith-based terrorism The horrific killing of a soldier in Woolwich yesterday has, quite rightly, been condemned in most quarters of society, including those of the Muslim...
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The Irrelevant Lord Carey – At It Again!
Former ABofC Lord Carey is banging on again about the upcoming legalisation of Marriage Equality. He is stating that the law that would legalise same sex marriage would “set a dangerous precident” and...
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UK Guides Drop God from Promise
The Girl Guides in the UK have dropped the reference to ‘god’ from thier promise. This follows consultation which revealed that the organisation needed to be more open to those of other faiths and...
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Sensible Voting Reform Scuppered…Guess Why!
The EU Commission has recently published a paper recommending that the UK switches is Polling Day from the traditional Thursday to a Sunday. It states this would increase tunrout as voting won’t occur...
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…And Now The Scouts
I must be a prophet! Less than a week after posting a story that the UK Girl Guides will be dropping god from their promise and hoping that Scouting UK would follow suit, guess what? Scouting UK are...
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Young People Turn Decisively Against Religion
A YouGov poll (admittedly commissioned by the Sun) shows that young people in the UK are turning away from religion. 41% saying that it was a great evil in the world and 38% describing themselves as...
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Contribution of Humanists & Atheists to British society – House of Lords Debate
On 25th July for 2.5 hours the House of Lords debated, in 20,000 words, how atheists and humanists had made contributions to British society. Of the 19 Lords who spoke, several made speeches...
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Contribution of Humanists & Atheists to British society – House of Lords...
On 25th July for 2.5 hours the House of Lords debated, in 20,000 words, how atheists and humanists had made contributions to British society. Of the 19 Lords who spoke, several made speeches...
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HIV Patients Told by Pentecostal Pastors ‘to rely on God’
Please read this report from the BBC, and then comment. I am still too angry to say much except point to our detractors who keep asking “What’s the Harm!” and wanting to yell at them! It’s no wonder...
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