Diary
Its hate the evolutionists time, folks
Monday, Jan 26, 2009The more publicity that’s given to the Darwin bi-centenary, the nastier some creationists become. The Atheist Bus Campaign began in reaction to some messages about non-believers burning in a lake of hellfire for eternity, and now that nice David Attenborough is being told he’ll burn in hell, for not giving God credit for his “creation”. A couple of creationists from Clacton wrote a letter to the East Anglian Daily Times about the bus campaign and Darwin, published on 14 January.New Humanist twitters
Monday, Jan 26, 2009If you Twitter, you might add New Humanist to your list.Suffolk County Council wins award for gay equality
Monday, Jan 26, 2009Stonewall, the campaigning organisation for lesbians, gay men and bisexuals, has named Suffolk County Council as being among the top one hundred employers for these groups for the second year running. SCC has “diversity champions” at all levels in its organisation.New Darwin statue in Cambridge
Monday, Jan 26, 2009A statue of Charles Darwin as a young man will be unveiled at Christ’s College, Cambridge, on 12th February, the bi-centenary of his birth. Sculptor Anthony Smith says he wants to change Darwin’s image from that of a “wizened Victorian gentleman”.Obama the secularist
Friday, Jan 23, 2009Sarah Palin remember her?
Friday, Jan 23, 2009Ms Palin is the winner of the 2008 Bad Faith Award, nominated for “Being an election and a heart attack away from controlling the world’s largest thermonuclear arsenal while simultaneously believing that the End Times may arrive during her lifetime.”ASA decides in our favour
Wednesday, Jan 21, 2009The Advertising Standards Authority decided today that the atheist bus ads didn’t break its code. Stephen Green of Christian Voice must be seething, tee hee! All aboard please, ding ding!An inclusive presidency?
Wednesday, Jan 21, 2009Encouragingly, US President Barrack Obama’s inaugural speech included the words, “We are a nation of Christians and Muslims, Jews and Hindus – and non-believers.” The IHEU reports, “This is believed to be a first for a United States President.” The American Humanist Association is placing an ad in The Washington Post with the heading, “President Obama: Living Proof that Family Values Without Religion Build Character.” In his book, “The Audacity of Hope”, Obama wrote that his mother was a “witness for secular humanism.Launch of the atheist buses in London
Tuesday, Jan 20, 2009Graham Nunn‘s video of the bus launch on 6th January, with Ariane Sherine, Hanne Stinson, A C Grayling, Richard Dawkins and Graham Lineham. Graham Nunn wrote, “The footage is a bit shaky at times, for which I apologise, but it was very cold and I couldn’t stop shivering.” How did Ariane manage to speak without her teeth chattering, in a skimpy T-shirt? Considering how atheists have been maligned by religious critics, who use words like “aggressive” and “militant” to describe the people behind the Atheist Bus Campaign, you can see that the bus launch was a good-humoured affair.Missing the point
Monday, Jan 19, 2009On Saturday I conducted a Humanist wedding and a naming at a local Unitarian Meeting House, a wonderful venue at which we are always made most welcome. After the ceremony some people came up to me and said they’d enjoyed the whole thing so much they were going to start coming every Sunday!