October 29th, 2006
You can now read chapter 1 of The God Delusion online at the NYTimes site. Requires free registration. There is also a full audio book copy from iTunes UK and Audible USA. I bought the audio version and I’m listening to it rather than reading the book again at present. I’ll read the book again [...]
October 28th, 2006
There is a thread over on Pharyngula about a suitable logo for the godless to use on websites etc. I like the astronomical symbol for the Sun myself. It is: I think this is appropriate as we all came from stardust
October 20th, 2006
Wow. It seems that Richard Dawkins’ new book has been reprinted 6 times since it was release in September. it’s selling like hotcakes. A quote from the publisher: Publishing Director Sally Gaminara, who commissioned the book for Bantam Press, said she had always thought the book would be a success. She said: “We have had [...]
October 15th, 2006
So the Government are going to bring forward legislation that will require faith schools [1] to take 25% of their pupils from other faiths and none. This is a good first step as long as those who are not from the faith ethos of the school are not forced to take part in religious and [...]
October 14th, 2006
Why is there so much religious nonsense about at the minute? The first two items on the news on BBC Radio 2 at 13:00 today were a story about an employee of British Airways who is suing them for religious discrimination because they told her to cover up a piece of jewellery depicting a cross. [...]
October 14th, 2006
I finished Richard Dawkins new book The God Delusion last week. I’m not sure many people will be surprised to learn that I agree with the points and argument presented in the book almost completely. There are a few minor points that I don’t agree totally with. One being the invocation of the The Anthropic [...]
October 14th, 2006
The Tibetan Yak Fur guy, or Story Guy as he is properly known it seems, has another mission.