IN an Easter Sunday sermon warning of the rising tide of atheism in Germany, the Catholic bishop of Augsburg linked the crimes of Nazi and Communist regimes to godlessness. Wherever God is denied or fought against, there people and their dignity will soon be denied and held in disregard. Walter Mixa also said that “a [...]
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BRITISH teachers will vote this weekend on a motion to halt the spread of “faith” schools – and the Church of England is not at all happy about it. The Rev Janina Ainsworth, Chief Education Officer for the Church of England, bleated: The Rev Janina Ainsworth The motion presented to the NUT conference completely ignores [...]
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ATHEIST Paul Blanchard, a Labour councillor in Yorkshire, is in hot water after observing that prayer alone will not help find missing chef Claudia Lawrence, 35, who disappeared in March. Blanchard, a secular activist, has now apologised for dismissing prayers for the missing woman as “a waste of time”. He is now under investigation by [...]
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CHRISTIAN commentator Michael Spencer is a believer – with a twist. He describes himself as: A post-evangelical reformation Christian in search of a Jesus-shaped spirituality. Don’t ask, as we ain’t got a clue what that means either. But the Kentucky-based writer has an interesting view of the American evangelical movement. He is convinced it’s heading [...]
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ASTON Villa drew 3-3 against Everton at Villa Park this afternoon, and Manchester City went down 1-3 against Fulham at the City of Manchester Stadium. We only mention these scores because Christian leaders are furious – not with the results of the two Premier League matches, but because they were played on the Day of [...]
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ONE complaint came flooding in to a Philadelphia cable TV channel when a religious programme was interrupted by an advertisement for Girls Gone Wild, which markets racy magazines and DVDs. The complaint to Comcast was registered by a Bucks County woman who was appalled when the Good Friday Mass from the Vatican suddenly switched to [...]
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The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
