I have been quite outspoken in recent times about what I believe to be a necessary and inescapable connection between Islam, as properly understood (yes, that notion is wrought with issue) and violence (and intolerance). I have even debated this publicly and given a public talk on the topic (at the
I was lucky enough to edit Aaron Adair's superb book The Star of Bethlehem: A Skeptical View which looks at the claims within the Gospel of Matthew concerning the Star of Bethlehem. Over the many hundreds of years, various people have advanced theories to explain the apparent phenomenon, to triple c
This was a post from Arnold Schwarzenegger to his facebook page. Brilliant: I don’t give a **** if we agree about climate change. ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER·MONDAY, 7 DECEMBER 2015 I see your questions.
The BHA has just announced the latest Freedom of Thought report: Global persecution of humanists, atheists and the non-religious has risen over the past year, a new, systematic report published today has found.
For what it's worth, I wrote a letter to the Goldsmiths Student Union and University Communications team in support of Maryam Namazie. If you are unaware of what has recently been going on, Namazie, an atheist ex-Muslim secularist was asked to speak to the Goldsmiths Uni Atheists and Humanists. Howe
I want you to consider the possibility that your parents did not shape you as a person. Despite how it feels, your mother and father (or whoever raised you) likely imprinted almost nothing on your personality that has persisted into adulthood. Pause for a minute and let that heresy wash across your
I had the absolute pleasure of talking to Barnsley Skeptics in the Pub last night in their "Skeptic Dungeon" - a lovely cellar bar venue below a pub in Barnsley city
Rebecca Bradley is a fellow writer here at SIN. She recently completed a new book called Cadon, Hunter, a book set amid a clash of civilisations and ways of life. It follows a
What looks to be a result of terrorist activity is still another mass shooting eased in its execution by some of the most lax gun rules in the world, and certainly in the developed world. In reaction to the San Bernardino shootings, there has been a marked difference between the political statements
Recently, I received another cracking review for my Free Will? book. It was the first book I wrote and heralded the start of my journey into authorship. Grab yourself a copy! (US here,
Life has value, we would intuitively claim. But what is it about life which gives it its value? Does life have value in and of itself, or is the value derived by things which life can give us, that we can do with it? The first is intrinsic value, that life is inherently meaningful and valuable in an
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