HALF of the respondents in a British poll do not accept the theory of evolution as accounting for the world’s existence, according to a new report – entitled Rescuing Darwin – by the religious thinktank Theos. Published on the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth on February 12, the report reveals that only 25 per [...]
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DOES anyone know how many anti-Vatican campaigners marched on the Italian Embassy in London and Rome yesterday in protest against the Catholic Church’s interference in Italian, European and global politics? We would have expected the media – the BBC in particular – to have reported on this event, but this morning there appears to be [...]
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A PROVOCATIVE comedy at the National Theatre – England People Very Nice – has been labeled “racist” for its portrayal of young East End Muslims men as Bin Laden admirers or drug dealers or muggers, plus a mad mullah ranting about how women must be subservient to men. But award-winning dramatist Richard Bean’s play about [...]
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A CHURCH advert which suggested that a preacher could heal sick worshippers has been branded “irresponsible” by the Advertising Standards Authority. The poster and leaflets for “healing evangelist” Don Double listed medical conditions including cancer, Aids and blindness alongside the message: Are you ready for a miracle? According to this report, an investigation was launched [...]
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IF YOU thought WE have some morons in government, cast your eyes over to Northern Ireland, which is fast gaining the dubious reputation of having some of the biggest prats on the planet in its parliament. Take Christian fundie Mervyn Storey, for example. He is a Democratic Unionist Assemblyman and chairman of the Assembly’s education [...]
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THANKS to the disgraceful cowardice of Home Secretary Jacqui Smith and her supporters who caved in to Islamic bully-boy tactics, we Brits were denied the right to hear a speech Geert Wilders MP intended delivering at the House of Lords this week at the showing of his film Fitna. This is an abridged version of [...]
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The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
