BALMPOT Bob Hutton, the racist evangelist from Broadstairs in Kent whose appearance on this blog has manifested itself like a virulent form of herpes over the past few weeks, got me thinking about several personal encounters I have had with Bible-pests over the years. I decided to share these with you following a fresh flurry [...]
ONCE upon a time, in a land rich in oil and awash with mad Muslim mullahs, a humble young Turkish barber had an argument with a client, and one of his neighbours. In the heat of the row, which may or may not have been about religion, Sabri BoÄŸday, the barber, allegedly said a BAD [...]
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THE Shropshire town of Telford is in the news this week having been identified as one of the most godless places in the UK. According to the Church Mission Society, fewer than one in 100 residents are regular Anglican churchgoers. Adult churchgoing, it says, has declined by 20 per cent in the last 10 years. [...]
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SIR David Attenborough’s refusal to “credit” God for beautiful creatures like hummingbirds in his popular wildlife programmes has made him a target for hate mail. In an interview with the Radio Times about his latest documentary on Charles Darwin and natural selection, Sir David said: They tell me to burn in hell and good riddance. [...]
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A GROWING number of atheists in the world’s largest Muslim-majority country are using the internet to express their scepticism. An encouraging report at the weekend by Aubrey Belford revealed that: Scores of young Indonesian atheists have found refuge on the Internet, harnessing web tools such as social networking sites, mailing lists, blogs and wikis to [...]
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WE have just learned of the death on January 23, 2009, of philosopher, writer, teacher, and humanist Harold John Blackham at the age of 105. Born on March 31, 1903, near Birmingham, Blackham studied literature and worked in farming and teaching before turning to philosophy and adult education. Though never a professional philosopher, he tutored [...]
The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
