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.”
November 24th, 2009 at 17:45
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.
November 30th, 2009 at 14:38
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
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December 1st, 2009 at 17:34
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.
December 2nd, 2009 at 15:13
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
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December 2nd, 2009 at 15:34
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.
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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
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December 7th, 2009 at 20:34
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.
December 9th, 2009 at 20:15
Wow! I didn’t know my blog was mentioned in a post here. Thanks.