RABBI Shmuley Boteach, who calls himself “America’s Rabbi”, launched a blistering attack this week on Britain’s atheists, accusing them of spearheading the decline of the UK. While there are many factors in this decline, I would argue that the new, militant atheism that is becoming characteristic of Britain is a key reason. Atheism is a [...]
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A THAI-based organisation called The Blood Foundation has launched a programme enabling folk to sample a variety of different faiths. The foundation’s smorgasbord of spirituality, according to the BBC, kicked off with a “Muslim for a Month” trial staged at Eyup Mosque in Istanbul. Said one participant, Barbra Taylor from Hawaii: [Some people] feel anyone [...]
YOU really don’t want to be a-messin’ with a batshit-crazy Christian fundamentalist brandishing a bloody great sword, but US clothing company, Old Navy, appears quite unconcerned that hate-monger Tim Wildmon, President of the American Family Association, is spitting tacks over a T-shirt advocating love. The company got Wildmon’s dander up by launching rainbow-hued gay pride [...]
The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
