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Jourdemayne: September 2010
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Sunday, 26 September 2010. The Changing Face of Anti-Vax. Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was a very well-travelled eighteenth century aristocrat whose husband was appointed ambassador to Istanbul. Fortunately for us, she was also a prolific letter writer. Her legacy is still in print. Lady Montagu had been scarred badly by a bout of smallpox in her youth. She was fortunate; many who contracted smallpox at the time, like her own brother, died. Edward Jenner later used cowpox pathogens to achieve the same resul...
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Just Six Zeros: 1 million prize fails to encourage clear thinking. April 24th, 2011. Martin Rees has cobbled together, largely from previously published. Material, an article for the. The NS are selling it with headlines like this:. Science and religion don’t have to be enemies. Richard Dawkins called him a “compliant quisling” for accepting the Templeton Prize. Here, Martin Rees explains his decision. This is what he now says:. I don’t do this well, but that skilled expositors such as the physicis...
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The UK Census | Antitheism.co.uk
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Laquo; Praying for Japan. March 12th, 2011. The British Humanist Association are campaigning to get people to tick the ‘no religion’ box when filling in this year’s census form. The BHA’s campaign is more important than many people might think. The statistics provided by the census can influence government policy, and the more people who say they are religious, the more the government is likely to pander to their views. Read more about the census campaign here: http:/ census-campaign.org.uk/.
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Antitheism – an ethical imperative | Antitheism.co.uk
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Antitheism – an ethical imperative. Laquo; Poor Pope needs your money. Antitheism – an ethical imperative. August 8th, 2010. I’ve just read an excellent blog post on the Atheist Nexus website, which encourages people to actively oppose theism. I’ve quoted an extract below, you can read the full post at http:/ www.atheistnexus.org/profiles/blogs/antitheism-an-ethical. Be Sociable, Share! Click here to cancel reply. Mail (will not be published) (required). Notify me of follow-up comments by email.
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Chris Grayling and the B&B controversy | Antitheism.co.uk
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Chris Grayling and the B&B controversy. Chris Grayling and the B&B controversy. April 5th, 2010. If you’re in the UK you’ll have heard that shadow home secretary Chris Grayling believes people who run bed and breakfast from their home should be able to discriminate against gay couples. This follows a story from last month when a gay couple was turned away from a B&B by a couple who cited their Christian faith as a reason for doing it – despite it being illegal to discriminate in this way. If Chris Grayli...
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homophobia | Antitheism.co.uk
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Posts Tagged ‘homophobia’. Chris Grayling and the B&B controversy. April 5th, 2010. If you’re in the UK you’ll have heard that shadow home secretary Chris Grayling believes people who run bed and breakfast from their home should be able to discriminate against gay couples. This follows a story from last month when a gay couple was turned away from a B&B by a couple who cited their Christian faith as a reason for doing it – despite it being illegal to discriminate in this way. If Chris Grayling really bel...
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In Defence Of Reason: August 2010
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In Defence Of Reason. A look at the clash of reason with religion, conspiracy and other widely-held beliefs. The Guardian today published an article titled ' Atheist doctors 'more likely to hasten death. This is a bit of a shocking headline, as it implies that doctors without religious beliefs are actively harming their patients. Given this, who would you want to treat you? Posted by Edward Baker. Links to this post. Saudi Arabia and Qisas. I imagine this press release from Amnesty International. Opposin...
