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Welsh Government wishes to replace ‘Religious Education’ subject in schools with ‘Religion, Philosophy and Ethics’

Welsh Government wishes to replace ‘Religious Education’ subject in schools with ‘Religion, Philosophy and Ethics’

This news comes from the British Humanist Association: Taking questions in the Senedd, the Welsh Minister for Education and Skills, Huw Lewis, has announced that he wants to see a transformation of the way in which Religious Education is taught in Wales. Under the new proposals, and in a signif

House of Lords discuss persecution of humanists

House of Lords discuss persecution of humanists

Peers in the House of Lords have discussed the persecution of humanists around the world in a debate on freedom of religion and belief. Lord Alton’s motion had asked that the Lords take note of Article 18 of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights – which stipulates that everyone has the r

Reminder that I need poetry submissions!

This is a reminder of a project I am working on for which I need your help: I was thinking over the weekend, as I wrote my own eulogy for the SIN Series - Death piece I did, that there is a lack of such a book. I have found

Is Society Accepting That Free Will Is an Illusion?

I have just had an article published in the "Free Inquiry" magazine, looking at whether society is coming to grips with the idea that contra-causal free will is an illusion. The article is electronically available to FI subscribers here: https://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php/articles/7478 I

Another call for atheist, humanist, philosophical and scientific poetry

Another call for atheist, humanist, philosophical and scientific poetry

I am compiling an anthology of atheist and humanist called Filling the Void which presently has a foreword to be written by the British Humanist Association's Executive Andrew Copson. I am about a third of the way through the collection, as far as content goes, and need to continue the search for qu

New Onus Books Project: An Atheist Poetry Anthology - Submit Your Own

I was thinking over the weekend, as I wrote my own eulogy for the SIN Series - Death piece I did, that there is a lack of such a book. I have found one book which appears to be 80 poems written by the same person, but no anthology... The

Death: When I die...

Death: When I die...

The Skeptic Ink Network are running a little series on death, so keep your eyes peeled for some articles across the network from a few contributors (see our previous series on moral panics). To start the ball rolling, here is something that I have to offer on the subject: I'm hopefully not going

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Is there trouble with Islam?

Before I get stuck in, I want to emphasise how I am a liberal commentator and am happy to be shown where I am wrong; I do not want to level accusations at Islam which are wrong and which have developed out of a biased media caricature of what Islam is. It is easy to fire from the emotional hip and

BHA President Jim Al-Khalili delivers 2014 Voltaire Lecture

The room was heaving in Conway Hall last night as British Humanist Association (BHA) President, physicist and broadcaster Professor Jim Al-Khalili gave this year’s Voltaire Lecture on the theme of ‘Lessons from the past: science and rationalism in medieval Islam.’ The lecture was chaired by his pred

Demographics of Religion

British Social Attitudes Survey shows 48% of Britons non religious

The results of the 30th British Social Attitudes Survey (BSA) released last week show almost half of the population say that they do not belong to a religion. The increase in the non religious is almost entirely mirrored by a decline in the proportion of people who describe themselves as belonging t

Come On World, Stop Being Dicks!

Come On World, Stop Being Dicks!

Leading Indian Rationalist Assassinated By Gunmen It is with deep shock and sadness that we report the assassination this morning (Tuesday, 20 August) of one of India's most renowned rationalist and Humanist leaders, Dr. Narendra Dabholkar. He was reportedly shot four times by two men on a mot

Full transcript of House of Lords Debate on Atheism and Humanism

As reported here, the House of Lords recently had what can only be described as a fascinating debate. Whilst some non-UK visitors to this blog may not be able to access the video, thanks to Chris Street at HASSNERS (where you can find the transcript with really useful notes and comments), here is th

Absolutely awesome! Humanism and Atheism debated in the House of Lords

You must must watch this. Hopefully I can embed the video. Watch it from 2.12pm onwards. This is why I love this country. Discussing philosophy fairly and squarely within the confines of our Parliamentary system (even if the House of Lords is our non-elected part). If I can't get it to embed, che

Atheist State Lawmaker Quotes Carl Sagan Instead of Doing Prayer Before House Session

An atheist state lawmaker tasked with delivering the opening prayer for this afternoon's session of the House of Representatives asked that people not bow their heads. Democratic Representative Juan Mendez, of Tempe, instead spoke about his "secular humanist tradition" and even quoted author Carl

Atheists are better for politics than believers. Here's why.

Polly Toynbee at the Guardian has this to say: As my term as British Humanist Association president comes to an end, a few words of advice to my successor, Jim Al-Khalili 'If you're not religious, for God's sake say so," we implored, and many did. Over a quarter of the population registered as