Diary
Universal Rights
Thursday, Dec 11, 2008A Humanist contribution to a Celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights, at the Unitarian Meeting House, Ipswich, 10th December 2008, organised by the local UN Association. Article 2 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.Merry Kitschmas
Saturday, Dec 6, 2008With Christmas fast approaching, I couldn’t resist sharing this from the BBC website. It’s moments like this I’m glad I don’t “do” Christmas http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/7767113.stm Enjoy!25th December, Newtons birthday
Saturday, Dec 6, 2008On 25 December a very special person was born, says New Humanist, offering thanks and praise to … Isaac Newton, born on 25th December 1642, and to many other scientists and thinkers in the NH daily series of Advent Podcasts. For a “daily blast of reason”, sign up for their email alerts. (Before anyone emails to complain, the date of Newton’s birth is disputed – some say he was born on 4th January.Seasons Greeting, again
Friday, Dec 5, 2008Hello Friends, Yes another cheap and pointless Xmas update email. Can it be 12 months since we last sat down and wrote? YES it’s in the diary every year for heaven’s sake! Well what a strange year; Betty is now 47 and Frank died in a hideous boating accident in Holland. It’s not easy getting a waterlogged body through customs at Heathrow. Julie was shot dead at point blank range and we had to buy a new fridge freezer in August … After the terrible news of losing the freezer we felt we should take a break … The long shop museum in Leiston is not what we expected as Betty would have preferred somewhere in the sun.IHEU News
Friday, Dec 5, 2008Read the latest newsletter from the International Humanist & Ethical Union here. If you’d like the newsletter to arrive in your inbox every month, sign up on the IHEU site. The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) is the world umbrella organisation for Humanist, ethical culture, rationalist, secularist and freethought groups. Based in London, it is an international NGO with Special Consultative Status with the UN (New York, Geneva, Vienna), General Consultative Status at UNICEF (New York) and the Council of Europe (Strasbourg), and it maintains operational relations with UNESCO (Paris).Belief in TV
Thursday, Dec 4, 2008Ariane Sherine (of Atheist Bus Campaign fame) was on BBC Breakfast this morning (3rd December). She was discussing the Church’s new Christmas Ad campaign (Nativity in a bus shelter) and the Christian representative made the most glorious defence of faith in God by saying, “I don’t understand how TV works, but I believe it does.” As the kids say nowadays, I “LOL’D” all around the living room Tags: Atheist+bus, Belief, TVA nasty piece of work
Wednesday, Dec 3, 2008The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully.One law for all
Tuesday, Dec 2, 2008The One Law for All campaign against Sharia law in Britain is to be launched at the House of Lords on International Human Rights Day, December 10, 2008 from 4:00 to 5:00pm. According to campaign organiser, Maryam Namazie, ‘Even in civil matters, Sharia law is discriminatory, unfair and unjust, particularly against women and children. Moreover, its voluntary nature is a sham; many women will be pressured into going to these courts and abiding by their decisions.The true measure of a man
Monday, Dec 1, 2008The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.Pink Triangle
Sunday, Nov 30, 2008The Pink Triangle Trust’s blog.