Campaign for a Secular Irish Constitution
Today is International Blasphemy Day, administered by the Center For Inquiry as part of its Campaign for Free Expression. Atheist Ireland is an advocacy group for an ethical and secular Ireland: see details in these Irish Times articles on the Irish blasphemy law and our first AGM. Atheist Ireland is ...
The conceit of hindsight.
The 'ladder of ascent' fallacy, a common misconception in evolution. “Life is peculiar,” said Jeremy. “Compared to what?” asked the spider. -- Men Who Play God (1968), by Norman Moss. The recent discovery by NASA of the amino acid Glycine in dust from a comet in the outer Solar System ...
Apostasy: how to leave the catholic church and why
Count Me Out, making leaving the Catholic Church easy. Apostasy refers to the defection from one's religion. Count Me Out was set up to make formally leaving the Catholic Church as straight forward and easy a process as possible. Edit: Due to a change in Canon Law the process to ...
Christianity goes one further on Homeopathy
A recession is always easy to recognise when industries that normally have to make very little effort suddenly begin investing in full page advertisements across multiple news papers and engaging in a nationwide radio ad campaigns, including an attempt at making a price freeze on all its products. This down ...
Atheist Ireland AGM
Blasphemy and bible reading: Atheist Ireland AGM 2009. Senator Ivana Bacik will open the first Atheist Ireland AGM at 2 pm tomorrow, Saturday 11 July, in Wynns Hotel in Abbey Street Dublin. Members of the public are welcome to attend. The meeting will discuss a blasphemous statement to be published ...
Cork Blasphemy Meeting
Public information meeting on the introduction of a new blasphemy law held in Cork. Michael Nugent speaking at a public meeting on the introduction of a blasphemy law. The meeting was held in Cork in 2009. The Minister for Justice is proposing to amend his new blasphemy law by providing, ...
Why I am Not a Humanist
The following is a critique of the basic postulates of humanistic philosophy: it may, in effect, be taken as a concise rebuttal of what humanism stands for, delivered, perhaps unusually, by a secularist and an atheist. My drive to do so has largely been fuelled by the fact that there ...
Massimo Pigliucci on blasphemy laws in the 21st century
Massimo Pigliucci writes, blasphemy is a strange concept, according to my dictionary it refers to “the act or offence of speaking sacrilegiously of God or sacred things.” By that definition, every religious believer constantly engages in blasphemy — of all the other gods she doesn't believe in. You would think ...
Justice Minister to Amend New Blasphemy Law
The Minister for Justice is proposing to amend his new blasphemy law by providing, as a defence, that a person accused of blasphemy can “prove that a reasonable person would find genuine literary, artistic, political, scientific, or academic value” in the blasphemous matter. He is not proposing to reduce the ...
The Clash of Cultures: RTE Radio 1
Atheist Ireland member Micheal Nugent was a guest on Spirit Moves on Sunday, May 17, on RTE Radio 1 at 6:05pm. The other guests are David Quinn, Harry Browne, Fr Brendan Purcell and Claire O'Connell. Courtesy of Irish Shaman Part 1 of 6 (more…)
