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Help Going Forward

Dear all, as you know, blogging is a very time-consuming affair. I was wondering if anyone wanted to cut their teeth with some blogging here to give themselves a leg up, or just to pass some time. Bert, my trusty companion on this journey, is a regular contributor here, and

Quote of the Day: Geoff Benson on Liberals vs Conservatives

Quote of the Day: Geoff Benson on Liberals vs Conservatives

This is a comment from Geoff Benson (mate, we need to meet for another drink, Portsmouth way, when this mess is over!) on another thread concerning statues: You’ve finally made me realise the difference between the conservative approach and the liberal approach to these sorts of crisis presently afflicting

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Black Lives Matter

On Racism and Changing Minds: Lurkers and Sowing Seeds

It's at times like these, as an atheist, that I like to listen to the words of Jesus... “Listen! Behold, a sower went out to sow. And as he sowed, some seed fell along the path, and the birds came and devoured it. Other seed fell on rocky

Replying to Comments

I have always prided myself on reading every single one of my comments and replying to at least the most pertinent ones. I always wondered why, when I blogged for John Loftus, he only rarely commented. People like Hemant Mehta basically never comment on their blogs. The simple fact of

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I am Certain of My Atheism. I've Said All I have to Say. Or Have I?

I remember that when I used to blog over at Debunking Christianity for John Loftus, all those years ago, even then, he would often declare that he had nothing left to say that he hadn't already said. The volumes of writing he had done both on the Internet

Religious vs Nonreligious blogs: Freedom of Speech and Allowing Challenge

Religious vs Nonreligious blogs: Freedom of Speech and Allowing Challenge

I have a very lax approach to banning and censorship here, as well you know. And you may or may not like this as threads do, indeed, get filled up with comments from those we disagree with. Sometimes, I get asked to ban so-and-so, and there can be merit in

Another Comment on Comments

This is just a further post on the comments situation act has rightfully enraged a whole bunch of you. I just want to say, once and for all, that this is not a case of censorship for nefarious reasons of Patheos, or the owners Belief Net, wanting to shut down

A Comment about Comments

As many of you may have realised, there have recently been many comments that have been thrown into moderation through DISQUS. This is because the powers that be at BeliefNet and Patheos have produced a list of words for filtering that would apparently please Google a great deal (I presume

To Ban or Not To Ban, That Is the Question

I recently wrote a post answering a critique by fellow Patheos (albeit Catholic channel) blogger Dave Armstrong. Fairly quickly, a number of atheist commenters, some of whom were regular commenters here (and some not), came on to make it known that they had been banned by Armstrong. Many, if not

Another Call for the Release of Raif Badawi

This has come from the IHEU - the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU): Coalition of rights groups supports statement by Ensaf Haidar at UN, calling for release of her husband Raif Badawi - after five years in jail It's been five years since Saudi writer and activist,

Ushering in the New Year

Again, thank you to all my readers and contributors. Hopefully, 2017 will continue in the same blogging vein, but will change political and socio-moral tack! I hope, even though it is so very difficult with all of my projects and ongoing life commitments, to blog as regularly. As well you

Yet Another Bangladeshi Secularist Hacked to Death by Radical Islamists

This depresses me, it really does. How many is this now? The Guardian reports: A Bangladeshi law student who criticised Islamism on his Facebook page has been murdered, police said on Thursday, the latest in a series of killings of secular activists and bloggers in the country. Nazimuddin Samad, 28,

Another atheist blogger murdered; what is to be done?

Bangladesh is not the place to be for freethought. What is to be done against this vicious brand of anti-intellectualism and attack to freedom of thought? From The Guardian: