JOHN Downie, a director of the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO), has been slammed by the Catholic Church for saying that one of the “key causes” of sectarianism in Scotland was the existence of denominational education. According to this report, he added that “getting rid of faith schools” would help eradicate the blight of [...]
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JUST minutes after learning that a Cardiff student had removed a Jesus & Mo cartoon from his Facebook page after his school threatened to expel him, I learned that an Indonesian man, who used Facebook to declare the non-existence of God, could face jail. According to the BBC, civil servant Alexander Aan, 31, is now [...]
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SCHOOLCHILDREN will be taught about the “rise of atheism” in a new religious studies GCSE, it has been announced. According to the Telegraph, lessons will also focus on Druids and Rastafarianism as part of a syllabus designed to boost understanding of religious diversity around the world. Attitudes by different faiths towards same sex marriages, human [...]
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BENEATH an hysterical headline in today’s Dail Wail – How cash meant for promoting faith is going to an organisation that campaigns AGAINST Christianity – someone called Steve has left this comment: Christianity is dead in the UK – RIP bible bashers! As for the other muppet religions, they should be banned. Well done Labour, [...]
A HARROWING report of sex abuse carried out in the Muslim community in the UK was broadcast tonight by BBC Radio 4, which indicated that a number of imams have been guilty of keeping such abuse a secret from the authorities. You can hear Rob Broomby’s report here. The report revealed that a dossier, containing [...]
A letter writer in this week’s NSS Newsline reveals that several schools in her hometown in Lancashire have been allowing evangelical Christians to take over lessons for a week – apparently without the consent or knowledge of the pupils’ parents. Freethinker subscriber Nicola Holt was first made aware of this clandestine evangelising campaign when her [...]
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The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
