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January 2019

January 17, 2019

Christopher Hitchens Library to open at Ugandan humanist school

FOLLOWING our report earlier this month that a newly-built humanist secondary school in Uganda would...

January 08, 2019

Man reads ‘The God Delusion’, abandons faith & starts a Dawkins lab

Overcoming religion and superstitious beliefs in Uganda is a daunting task, made all the more...

December 2018

December 29, 2018

Veteran UK atheist Barbara Smoker, 95, publishes a memoir

WHEN I received Barbara Smoker's 2018 year-end "egotistical" newsletter a couple of weeks ago –...

December 22, 2018

UK scientists are ‘significantly less religious’ than Brits in general

Elaine Howard Ecklund, above, lead author of a new study into the religious beliefs of...

December 20, 2018

‘What the hell’s wrong with him?’ Politician queries actor’s atheism

I should point out at the outset that the horror expressed by John Kasich, the...

November 2018

November 10, 2018

Excluding non-believers: veteran UK atheist takes on the BBC – again!

If there's a battle to be fought for non-religious voices to be heard in social...

November 04, 2018

After thirteen years, Swedish humanist Christer Sturmark steps down

Christer Sturmark, above, is Sweden's most well-known secular humanist. Since 2005, he served as...

November 02, 2018

My atheism: How I became a Christian and then stopped being one

My parents did not appear to be religious, even though I and my brother had...

October 2018

October 28, 2018

Ireland’s vote on blasphemy further removes it from its Catholic roots

A 'medieval' crime that was 'crowbarred' into Ireland's statute books will now be scrapped, thanks...

September 2018

September 28, 2018

Courageous US rock climber says he’s ‘very anti-religious’

Keep an eye out for a documentary called Free Solo, which chronicles rock climber Alex...

September 20, 2018

Ireland to vote next month on abolishing blasphemy law

Following a call last month by the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) for the...

September 15, 2018

Christians lash out at Satanists who care for the environment

In Zionville, Indiana, a local chapter of the Satanic Temple are engaged in a highway...

July 2018

July 29, 2018

Atheist hits a Koran-burning fire station with a lawsuit

Atheist and former fireman Jeffrey Queen, above, has been told that a lawsuit he brought against...

June 2018

June 13, 2018

IHEU condemns murder of yet another Bangladeshi atheist

The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) has renewed calls on the Bangladeshi authorities to...

June 02, 2018

Spain's new atheist PM wants religion kept out of schools

Pedro Sánchez, an atheist to the core, today became the first Spanish Prime Minister to...

May 2018

May 27, 2018

Religion will play no part in Philip Roth's funeral tomorrow

The prolific Jewish-American author, who died on Tuesday at the age of 85, will be...

April 2018

April 19, 2018

Irreligious Britain is entering a 'frightening new Dark Age'

Bishop Philip Egan of the Catholic Diocese of Portsmouth – pictured above with a glum...

April 06, 2018

God's not Dead series: latest stinker fails spectacularly

The third in the God's Not Dead series bombed at the Easter weekend, bringing in...

April 05, 2018

'Crazy' atheist and the Pope are 'in love' says columnist

Well-known Italian columnist, Father Mauro Leonardi, this week tried to explain how the Pope Francis...

April 02, 2018

Good Friday pub openings generate £35-million in Ireland

On Friday, for the first time in 90 years, pubs in Ireland were allowed to...

March 2018

March 28, 2018

Police remove evangelical pest from New Jersey gymnasium

Craig Fasler, centre, senior evangelist with Christian Equippers International, had to be removed by police from...

March 27, 2018

Demand for atheism rises in countries under Islamic rule

The scientist and author Richard Dawkins is giving away translations of The God Delusion in...

March 20, 2018

Stephen Hawking kept alive for years by 'demonic forces'

Master debater 'on the topics of atheism and evolution', Mike Shoesmith, Executive Editor of PNN...

March 15, 2018

Brain dead faith-heads react with glee to Hawking's death

Christians have been wishing for years that atheist Prof Stephen Hawking would die so that...

March 08, 2018

'Militant atheist' in line to be appointed a US Navy chaplain

Faith-heads are expressing horror over the fact that Dr Jason Heap, above, may be appointed...

March 03, 2018

Another atheist has a run-in with hosts on Egyptian TV

Last year we reported that Egyptian atheist and human rights activist Ahmed Harqan had stormed...

February 2018

February 02, 2018

Academy accused of tolerating atheism but not Christianity

The T2 Apprenticeship Academy in Bristol allowed 'an outspoken left-wing atheist' to remain in his...

January 2018

January 25, 2018

Study: gay pride and atheism is on the rise among the young

Encouraging news: Generation Z teens – the 70 million kids born between 1999 and 2015...

January 01, 2018

My quest for truth began with Bible Stories for Children

This piece first appeared under the title 'Why I am an Atheist' in American Atheist...

December 2017

December 23, 2017

Egypt to ban atheism, believing it endangers mental health

In 2014, little more than a week after Abdel-Fattah el-Sisi was sworn in as Egypt’s...