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Review: 'The God Argument - The Case Against Religion and for Humanism' By A.C. Grayling

Andrew Doyle | Posted 31.03.2013 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Fundamentalism, Peter Hitchens, Religion, AC Grayling, Philosophy, Atheism, Humanism, New Atheism, Christianity, Richard Dawkins, Alvin Plantinga, UK-Culture, UK Culture, UK Entertainment News
Andrew Doyle

Whatever else one might think of Grayling's views, his skills as a writer are incontestable. The sheer clarity of his jargon-free prose makes The God Argument a pleasure to read.

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Girl Guides May Remove 'God' And 'Queen' From Oath

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 05.01.2013 | UK
Read More: Atheism, Secularism, Poll, Girl Guides Oath, Girl Guides, Queen Elizabeth II, Girlguiding UK, Religion, Girl Scouts, UK News, God, Humanism, New Atheism, Scouting, The Queen, UK Religion, UK News

In a bow to secularism, the Girl Guides could drop all mentions of God and the Queen in their oath. The voluntary organisation, which boasts more t...

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Richard Dawkins and the Myth of the Angry Atheist

Andrew Doyle | Posted 16.02.2013 | UK Comedy
Read More: Fundamentalism, AC Grayling, Atheism, The God Delusion, UK Politics, New Atheism, Christianity, Evolution, Richard Dawkins, Bill O'Reilly, UK Religion, Religion, UK Comedy News
Andrew Doyle

Religious positions would be better served if their proponents addressed the actual criticisms, rather than taking a defensive stance against the imagined disdain of those who disagree. Like Robert Frost's drunken cow, they bellow on a knoll against the sky.

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Dawkins Is Wrong - Religion Is Rational

Mehdi Hasan | Posted 23.02.2013 | UK Politics
Read More: Islam, Atheism, Reason, Charles Darwin, New Atheism, Evolution, Richard Dawkins, Belief in God, UK Religion, UK Politics News
Mehdi Hasan

In trying to disparage 'faith', Dawkins and his allies constantly confuse 'evidence' with 'proof'; those of us who believe in God do so without proof but not without evidence. As the Oxford theologian (and biophysicist) Alister McGrath has observed: "Our beliefs may be shown to be justifiable, without thereby demonstrating that they are proven."

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'Thou Shalt Not': Council Appeals Against Ban On Christian Prayers

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 17.02.2012 | UK
Read More: Atheism, Prayers Banned, Poll, Bideford Council Meeting, Bideford Town Hall, Clive Bone Prayers, Banned Prayers, Clive Bone Atheist, Bideford Prayers, Bideford-Council, UK News, New Atheism, Eric Pickles, Christian Country, New Atheism Movement, UK News

A town council is to appeal against a High Court ruling that banned Christian prayers as part of council business at the start of meetings. Bidefor...

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Victory For Secularism, But Faithful Fight Back

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 11.04.2012 | UK
Read More: Bideford-Council, Bideford Prayers, Atheism, UK News, Prayers Banned, New Atheism, Eric Pickles, Christian Country, Poll, Bideford Council Meeting, Bideford Town Hall, Clive Bone Prayers, Banned Prayers, New Atheism Movement, Clive Bone Atheist, UK News

The decision by the High Court to ban prayers at a local council meeting has been slammed by politicians and faith groups, with communities secretary ...

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Prayers Banned At Local Council Meeting

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 11.04.2012 | UK
Read More: Bideford-Council, Bideford Prayers, Atheism, UK News, Prayers Banned, New Atheism, Poll, Bideford Council Meeting, Bideford Town Hall, Clive Bone Prayers, Banned Prayers, New Atheism Movement, Clive Bone Atheist, UK News

A test case bid to outlaw prayers before local council meetings has been won by the National Secular Society and an atheist councillor. They challe...

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