With all the light pollution here, the air traffic movements from Gatwick, and some clouds and rain in the evening I didn’t hold out much hope of seeing any of the perseid meteor storm tonight, but I was pleasantly surprised. The rain stopped, the clouds cleared and even with the light coming from windows and [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Religion'
Do I kneel or do I bow?
May 9th, 2010 · No Comments · Life
For an atheist I seem to have been to quite a few places of worship in my time. There are the normal family weddings in anglican churches, the christening of a catholic friend’ s child and so on, but also a sikh friend at work always encourages us to visit his temple for major events. [...]
Petty gossip?
March 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Life
I am no theologian, but I doubt that Catholic doctrine says that if you are in a hole you should keep digging. The Pope’s latest contribution to the ongoing scandals in his church is to dismiss criticism as ‘petty gossip’. There is nothing petty about people in positions of trust abusing children and for their [...]
Tags: Religion
Are evangelicals shaping Tory policy?
February 25th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Life, Politics
This is not my question, but one asked on the front page of a free newspaper called Heart of West Sussex. The paper is a christian paper distributed around churches. Piles of the paper are left in the public areas of the Broadfield Community Centre.
Clash of principles
February 23rd, 2010 · 1 Comment · Uncategorized
I had an interesting message on Flickr to day. It was somebody asking if they can use one of my photos for something they are doing. As all my photos are published under a Creative Commons licence there really is no need to ask, but I do appreciate the courtesy when people do. This particular [...]
The gift that keeps on giving
January 22nd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Life
I am still reading the Atheist’s Guide to Christmas. I was already chuffed about the autograph and message from Ariane Sherine in the front, and had just greatly enjoyed the Richard Dawkins PG Wodehouse spoof and the Simon Singh contribution when I turned the page and found that the first page of the Phil Plait [...]
Fame indeed
January 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Life
I didn’t realise how well-connected Andrew at Wongablog is in Humanist circles. This evening I started reading the Atheist’s Guide to Christmas book that I was given at Christmas. I was already chuffed enough to find it signed, with a personal message, from Ariane Sherine and then I looked at the thanks section at the [...]
Tags: Bah Humbug!·Books·Religion
Cameron on faith
November 15th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Life
I’m always a little worried about politicians having strong beliefs in god: you really want those in charge to make decisions based on logic rather than faith after all. But what caught my eye in this story about David Cameron’s beliefs is not what he says about religion but what he says about psychology:
Politicians are [...]
Godless Brighton
October 17th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Life
A new priest in Brighton has described the place as “Britain’s most Godless city” and promised to sort that out.
Labour conference – day three
September 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Politics
Day three started far earlier than I would have liked. In fact I was in the Hilton Metropole at a fringe event at a time when many delegates and visitors staying in Brighton itself had probably not got up. I was there for the British Humanist Society’s second annual ‘no prayer’ breakfst,
I like the look of the display on it anyway,...
