Cross Posted At Friend of Reason
It’s time for the second installment of my “Chronicle of Belief” where I attempt to put into words my own world-view and the opinions and positions that help define me. This entry is about my identification with the label Secular Humanist, a particular world-view with which I sympathize and identify strongly. […]
Posts Tagged ‘atheism’
It’s now been mentioned by the ever-popular blog Pharyngula — so let’s see if there’s fans and followers of the Young Australian Skeptics who are going to go!
Join the likes of Richard Dawkins, PZ Myers, Catherine Deveny, Phillip Adams, Robyn Williams and even me, Kylie Sturgess, at the 2010 Global Atheist Convention, The Rise of Atheism conference […]
Australian readers may have noted the media blitz by the Christians for their new campaign, Jesus: All About Life.
This has provoked a few responses
The world needs the wisdom of Billy now more than ever, and here are some classics.
NSFW, by the way — language content
Connolly on Religion
One of the many things I do when I can tear myself away from the internet is to play some of those musical instruments that are all the rage with the young whipper-snappers. I used to be a good boy and play mostly at church, but after losing my job as a preacher for failing […]
The argument isn’t between science and religion, it’s between reason and faith.
[The following is x-posted from my blog, Homologous Legs. Be sure to voice your opinion in the comments after you’ve finished reading, as I know this is a controversial topic.]
The question in the title of this post is a question that relates more to my skeptical and atheistic leanings than my evolutionary ones, as […]
The Catholic Church in Ireland has copped an absolute (and well overdue) pounding with the recent publication of the Ryan Report, and damning report on the systematic, endemic and sanctioned abuse and rape of children over a shockingly long period of time.
At least, that’s how I presume people like Charlotte Allen see us, what with our having no moral grounding we surely must be having alcohol and drug fuelled orgies between plotting to take over the world and smoking fine Cuban cigars.* But no — it turns out that as opposed to being the crazed unrestricted free spirits […]
There was an article published on the Sydney Morning Herald’s website this morning reporting on the outcome of a legal decision in the Land and Environment Court to allow the building of a new, 1200-student primary and secondary Islamic school in Bass Hill, NSW.
The building of the new school was opposed by residents and planning permission […]
