Okay, not everyone

24.11.09 | bob |

Ok, not everyone is a critic. Some recent blog posts we noticed below. Also see BHA page on Your Support.

Left Outside: “Children are innocent, they are yet to develop the power to choose for themselves, and so it is unfair to arbitrarily label them with the philosophical beliefs of their parents.”

Always win when you’re singing: “just as most of us turn away from pushy parents, who make it impossible for a child to give up an activity, however much they might dislike it, so it cannot be right for a parent to try and force a child to follow a faith.”

Friendly Atheist: on Ruth Gledhill’s article; “Clearly, they couldn’t get past the kids’ images to read the words written on the ads. These are not Christian children. They are the children of Christian parents. Get. It. Right. And stop labeling them.”

Vraie Fiction: “I grew up in a school system that was labelling us as Catholics before we could even understand what it meant and what ideology it was defending. I wish we had then a healthy dose of secular reflection introduced in the public space, it might have freed my mind then.”

7 Responses to “Okay, not everyone”

  1. 1
    Sara Says:

    Just to be clear, my blog post quoted above at http://sarabedford.com/blog/2009/11/buddhist-atheist-communist-child/ is written from the perspective of a churchgoing Anglican.

  2. 2
    Adam Tjaavk Says:

    You wouldn’t say ’socialist child’,
    so why ‘Catholic child’? |ePolitix

    Naomi Phillips, public affairs officer at the BHA,
    on the ‘Please don’t label me’ billboard campaign.

    http://tinyurl.com/yjpdf5e

    _____

  3. 3
    Atheist in Church Says:

    I enjoyed the BHA article on “Your Support”. One thing they missed out on was the hundreds (probably thousands) of parents having to attend church against their beliefs in order to get a place at a local school. I am in such a position and have started a – necessarily anonymous – blog about it.

    http://atheistinchurch.wordpress.com/ – in case anyone is interested.

  4. 4
    Adam Tjaavk Says:

    BHA celebrates successful Billboard campaign

    As the Please Don’t Label Me billboard adverts come down, the
    British Humanist Association (BHA) has thanked all those who came
    out and declared their support and gratitude for the campaign, in
    particular those who shared stories and feelings about the message
    of the campaign and how it resonated with them.

    http://www.humanism.org.uk/news/view/407

    _____

  5. 5
    Adam Tjaavk Says:

    Interview: Ariane Sherine – Godless woman
    Jay Richardson |The Scotsman

    With more than a quarter of Scots saying they do not follow any
    religion, Ariane Sherine should find plenty of like-minded people
    here who are interested in her guide to a Christmas without a God.

    _ _ _

    Ariane Sherine will talk about the Atheist Bus Campaign
    for the Edinburgh Humanist Society at Edinburgh University
    on Friday, 4 December at 7pm (the event is open to all) and
    to Glasgow Skeptics in the Pub in the Junction Bar on Thursday,
    17 December at 7:30pm. The Atheist’s Guide To Christmas is out
    now (The Friday Project Ltd, priced £12.99).

    http://thescotsman.scotsman.com/features/Interview-Ariane-Sherine–Godless.5873791.jp

    _____

  6. 6
    Atheism is Pathetic Says:

    Ghosts show us God is real, so the fact that people deny God shows their ignorance. Millions of people have seen Ghosts, it is pretty much a scientific fact.

    http://atheistsdontexist.blogspot.com/

    One again Atheists lose.

  7. 7
    Guillaume Says:

    Wow! I didn’t know my blog was mentioned in a post here. Thanks.

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