Comments on: An invitation to young atheist writers http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/11/05/an-invitation-to-young-atheist-writers/ The voice of atheism since 1881 Fri, 19 Mar 2010 00:19:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: uberVU - social comments http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/11/05/an-invitation-to-young-atheist-writers/comment-page-1/#comment-23815 uberVU - social comments Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:43:44 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=9391#comment-23815 <strong>Social comments and analytics for this post...</strong> This post was mentioned on Twitter by thefreeth: New blog post: An invitation to young atheist writers http://bit.ly/1x1l4s... Social comments and analytics for this post…

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]]> By: Broga http://freethinker.co.uk/2009/11/05/an-invitation-to-young-atheist-writers/comment-page-1/#comment-23781 Broga Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:05:12 +0000 http://freethinker.co.uk/?p=9391#comment-23781 Great idea and I wish you well. My first piece in The Freethinker was published in the late 1950s and I couldn't believe it. My great hero then, and so he remains, was David Tribe. His front page articles showed me that you could attack religion with punchy writing underpinned by religious knowledge. I had never seen anything like it. I must have read my article about ten times straight off. However, pride comes before a fall as they say and nemesis awaited. The problem was that it was then seen by my religious head of the department who took exception to it. (To understate his feelings.) My atheist senior colleage who put me on to The Freethinker suggested that I either choose a pseudonymn (which I did) or kiss goodbye to any hopes of promotion. Good luck with your venture. Great idea and I wish you well. My first piece in The Freethinker was published in the late 1950s and I couldn’t believe it. My great hero then, and so he remains, was David Tribe. His front page articles showed me that you could attack religion with punchy writing underpinned by religious knowledge. I had never seen anything like it.

I must have read my article about ten times straight off. However, pride comes before a fall as they say and nemesis awaited. The problem was that it was then seen by my religious head of the department who took exception to it. (To understate his feelings.) My atheist senior colleage who put me on to The Freethinker suggested that I either choose a pseudonymn (which I did) or kiss goodbye to any hopes of promotion.

Good luck with your venture.

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