Archive for October, 2006

Chapter 1 of The God Delusion online

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 [...]

A logo for the godless?

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

The God Delusion – 6 reprints already!

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 [...]

Faith schools

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 [...]

Depressing

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. [...]

The God Delusion – Richard Dawkins

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 [...]

Another mission

October 14th, 2006

The Tibetan Yak Fur guy, or Story Guy as he is properly known it seems, has another mission.

Tibetan Yak Fur

October 9th, 2006

Useful stuff. Details here. Bet he knows Agent Cooper