Sometimes people do strange things – things you yourself would never think of. And to be fair, wearing a colander on your head while getting your driver licence photo is quite random. Russell is claiming that wearing a colander is a requirement of his religion. He belongs to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Atheism’
More Americans would consider voting for an atheist
Friday, May 23rd, 2014An increasing percentage of Americans are willing to consider voting for an atheist as president of the United States. According to a new Pew Research study, 41 per cent of those surveyed said a candidate’s lack of belief didn’t matter to their vote. This was up from a figure of 32 per cent seven years Read more
Growing atheist assembly holds General Synod-like meeting
Tuesday, May 13th, 2014The growing atheist Sunday Assembly movement has held its first general meeting to try to set up a system of church-like management. Organisers say the process is comparable to the Church of England’s General Synod. After only 16 months, the UK-based Sunday Assembly predicts it will have 100 congregations in five continents by the end Read more
Atheist TV channel to start broadcasting in US
Friday, May 9th, 2014
The first US television station dedicated solely to atheist content is set to be launched in July. This was announced by American Atheists president David at Stanford University in California on May 6. He said the channel will run atheist content 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The Religion News Service reported that Read more
Faith of a convert
Tuesday, April 15th, 2014
I never knew my maternal grandmother’s father, but my mother told me three stories that shaped my view of him. One involved his being mugged by a hitchhiker to whom he had offered a ride. I think my mom related this tale as a warning against good-natured but borderline foolish benevolence. The second dealt with Read more
Saudi Arabia declares atheists are terrorists
Friday, April 4th, 2014
Saudi Arabia has declared atheists are terrorists in new laws. Lengthy prison terms are threatened for almost any criticism of the government or Islam. The new laws are accompanied by a series of related royal decrees which seem to criminalise virtually all dissident thought or expression. Secular citizens who commit thought crimes are placed in Read more
Choosing to believe
Tuesday, April 1st, 2014
“You believe in God? Jesus!” The irony was lost on my friend. The only funny thing he’d picked up on was that I could believe in God. I get it. As a leftie, organic pasta, and free-the-gay-whale type, people tend to think I’m atheist. At a stretch, I’m middle class enough to be a casual Buddhist Read more
With This Bacon I Thee Wed
Tuesday, February 25th, 2014A secular couple were married on February 8, 2014 in a l ceremony attended by family and friends at their home. The ceremony, officiated by Prophet John Whiteside of the United Church of Bacon, is the first wedding performed by our clergy and is legally recognised by Clark County, Nevada. Continue reading.
Homeless man runs competition to see which religion give most money
Tuesday, December 3rd, 2013In April this year a homeless man homeless man may well have the discovered the most innovative plway of collecting small change Holding a sign which asks “Which religion cares the most about the homeless?”, he set out nine receptacles, each assigned to a different faith. A photograph on Huffington Post, showed that to bowls labeled “atheist” and Read more
ERA refuses to hear teacher’s claim he’s sacked for being an atheist
Friday, November 22nd, 2013
The Employment Relations Authority (ERA) has declined to hear teacher’s claim that he lost his job because he is an atheist. A former art teacher at Tamaki College, Christopher Scott Roy claims he was constructively dismissed because he is an atheist, and the school saw Christianity as “a core responsibility to which he was indifferent”. Read more