The God Delusion or Solution? Michael Nugent debates Hamza Tzortzis
As part of Islamic Awareness Month in Ireland, Michael Nugent debated Hamza Tzortzis on the topic God Delusion or Solution in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Here's an extract followed by the full debate: Extract: Atheism, Islam, Morality and the Quran Part 1: Opening Address by Hamza Tzortzis ...
How did the parties and candidates reply to our questions on secular policies?
Atheist Ireland and the Humanist Association of Ireland are asking voters to vote for candidates who support secular policies in the Irish General Election this Friday. We realise that most people will vote based on economic policies or party allegiance. In such cases we are asking people that, if several ...
Secular analysis of the Fine Gael manifesto
Written by Dr. Conor McGrath The main election manifesto of Fine Gael – titled ‘Let’s Get Ireland Working – can be found at http://www.finegael.ie/upload/docs/Manifesto.pdf. The document is lengthy and detailed, covering the whole range of government Departments and public sector activity. As the title indicates, there is a strong concentration ...
Secular analysis of the Workers’ Party manifesto
Written by Dr Conor McGrath The main election manifesto of the Workers’ Party can be found at http://www.workerspartyireland.net/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/wpmanifesto.pdf. The document is fairly brief, and concentrates very heavily on economic policy. However, one section will be of interest to those with a secular perspective. Part of the discussion on political reform ...
Secular analysis of the Workers' Party manifesto
Written by Dr Conor McGrath The main election manifesto of the Workers’ Party can be found at http://www.workerspartyireland.net/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/wpmanifesto.pdf. The document is fairly brief, and concentrates very heavily on economic policy. However, one section will be of interest to those with a secular perspective. Part of the discussion on political reform ...
Secular analysis of the Green Party manifesto
Written by Dr Conor McGrath The main Green Party manifesto – titled ‘Renewing Ireland’ – is available at http://vote.greenparty.ie/downloads/manifesto.pdf. The document covers the full range of government Departments, though doesn’t get into a huge amount of detail in many areas – banking reform, for instance, is dealt with in 5 ...
Secular analysis of the Labour Party manifesto
Written by Dr Conor McGrath The main Labour Party manifesto – titled ‘One Ireland: Jobs, Reform, Fairness’ – is available at their website here. This is a lengthy and detailed manifesto, which covers the whole range of policy areas and government activity. It proposes many specific actions on economic recovery, ...
Secular analysis of the Sinn Féin manifesto
Written by Dr Conor McGrath The main Sinn Féin manifesto – titled ‘There Is A Better Way’ – is available at http://www.sinnfein.ie/files/SF_GeneralElectionManifesto2011.pdf. The document is relatively short, concentrates heavily on economic recovery and public services, and lists a large number of (often uncosted) priorities without offering a huge amount of ...
Secular analysis of the Fianna Fáil manifesto
Written by Dr Conor McGrath Fianna Fáil: The main Fianna Fáil manifesto – titled ‘Real Plan, Better Future’ – is available at http://fail.3cdn.net/9bab6b928c527f3728_60am6gzlc.pdf. It is relatively short, and concentrates on only two areas – economic recovery, and political reform. From a secular perspective, the manifesto says virtually nothing of interest ...
Bringing the Scientific Method to Magic Crackers
I have long heard claims being made, specifically in the Catholic faith, that during certain ceremonies, when certain propitiations are made, that normal Cracker Bread is changed “literally” into the body of a long dead Jewish Human Male who displayed later Zombie tendencies to refuse to stay in the grave. ...