IT’S always good to learn of efforts to promote atheism on the internet, so we were naturally delighted by the news that a new blog, which aims to give a voice to young freethinkers, went “live” this week.
Young Freethought is the brainchild of student Michael Campbell, Chief Editor, who says it was created:
To give a [...]
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THE Vatican yesterday denounced a ruling by the European court of human rights that said the display of crucifixes in Italian public schools violates religious and education freedoms.
In a decision that could force a review of the use of religious symbols in government-run schools across Europe, the court ordered Italy to pay compensation of 5,000 [...]
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THE Church of Scientology has refused to provide records demanded by an Australian coroner investigating the death of a soldier who committed suicide two days after finishing one of the church’s intensive courses.
According to this report, the American headquarters of the church instructed its Australian branch to send the soldier’s “audit file” to the US [...]
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IN WHAT appears to have been an effort to spare Sudan international embarrassment, a Khartoum judge has offered a woman charged with wearing “indecent” clothing immunity from prosecution.
But Lubna Ahmed Hussein, arrested recently for wearing the “crime” of trousers, has rejected the offer – made by the judge because she works for the UN – [...]
A REPORT this morning on BBC Radio 4 says that hymns at funerals in England and Wales are fast giving way to far perkier pop songs.
However, Scottish mourners are bucking the trend by choosing traditional hymns.
The report was based on a study by Co-operative Funeralcare. Its survey of 242 funeral homes and 30,000 services showed [...]
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MARY Honeyball is a member of the European Parliament. She has been a London MEP since 2000, and this week she came out swinging against the pernicious influence of religion in politics.
I for one object to this. I do not believe Christianity should have the kind of privileged place in our public life which it [...]
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The Freethinker was founded in 1881 by GW Foote, an outspoken critic of religion. After the publication of 
