Iain Dale Comes Out!

Posted on September 26, 2008 by Editor

Iain Dale has ‘come out’…as an Agnostic. Get the full story here:  http://iaindale.blogspot.com/2008/09/justin-webb-says-death-to-al-qaeda.html (Thanks to Pyers Symon for spotting it!) By the way, interest in our conference fringe with professor Richard Dawkins on Monday night at the ICC is hotting up.  Get there early!

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Now Matt Damon has a go at Palin

Posted on September 25, 2008 by Editor

Funny rant from Matt Damon on Sarah Palin, Vice Presidential candidate.  The reference to Palin’s creationist beliefs (i.e. does she believe dinosaurs were here 4,000 years ago?) is excellent. Apparently, Palin was asked about whether creationism should be taught in schools when she was campaigning for Governor of Alaska.  Here’s her response: “Teach both. You [...]

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Sam Harris on Sarah Palin

Posted on September 23, 2008 by Editor

Read Sam Harris on Sarah Palin…(Newsweek) The point to be lamented is not that Sarah Palin comes from outside Washington, or that she has glimpsed so little of the earth’s surface (she didn’t have a passport until last year), or that she’s never met a foreign head of state. The point is that she comes [...]

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Creationism Runs Riot on Blogs

Posted on September 16, 2008 by Editor

There are some interesting discussion threads on the blogosphere this week on creationism: Who are the British Creationists? (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7613403.stm Creationist Biologist Quits Job (BBC) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7619670.stm (Rather a sad story I feel – all a bit of a misunderstanding it would appear) Should Creationism be Taught in Schools (Conservative Home) http://conservativehome.blogs.com/centreright/2008/09/re-should-creat.html

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Bishops in the Lords? Who Needs Em?

Posted on September 4, 2008 by Editor

The following post appeared on the Berkshire Humanists site and is reproduced here… What’s going on? You may have seen that the Government has now published proposals for House of Lords reform, proposing to retain Bishops. You can read the White Paper at http://tinyurl.com/5tudqb. Unfortunately, Government proposes in its White Paper to retain the right of [...]

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