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09/08/2020 No Comments Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #450 – The State religion course disrespects our rights

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08/08/2020 No Comments Atheist Ireland

The State religion course disrespects atheists and humanists

The state Religious Education course developed by the NCCA disrespects atheists and humanists. The course was recently updated and introduced into second-level schools in September 2019. Despite superficial changes, the updated version is no better than the previous one. It is not an objective course about religions, beliefs and ethics. ...

08/08/2020 No Comments Atheist Ireland

How a secular State protects us all

A secular State protects both atheists and religious people. It has practical advantages for society, and there is a pathway to it. Secularism is a force for good in three ways. Firstly, secularism protects everybody’s freedom of conscience and religion and belief by staying neutral between them. Religious States promote ...

07/08/2020 No Comments Atheist Ireland

Why secular schools are good

There are two reasons why State schools should be run on a secular basis. And a secular school is not the same thing as an atheist school. A religious school teaches that a god exists, an atheist school would teach that no gods exist, and a secular school is neutral ...

02/08/2020 No Comments Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #449 – The right to private beliefs

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29/07/2020 No Comments Atheist Ireland

European Court again confirms the right to keep your beliefs private

There has been another case at the European Court in relation to freedom of religion and belief, this time about a note on a birth certificate that implied that a child had not been Christened, in the case Stavropoulos and Other v Greece. The European court again set out in its ...

26/07/2020 No Comments Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #448 – Homework passes for masses

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23/07/2020 No Comments Atheist Ireland

One oath for all

The removal of religious oaths for people making affidavits is a welcome half step in the direction of removing all religious oaths from State activities in Ireland. The Law Society has correctly noted that these oaths are contrary to the right to privacy. But witnesses and jurors will still have ...

19/07/2020 No Comments Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #447 – Undermining the rights of parents

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12/07/2020 No Comments Secular Sunday

Secular Sunday #446 – Do gods exist? Some arguments

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