Jesus Camp
Last Tuesday, Atheist Society showed the documentary film, Jesus Camp. We showed it back when I was involved in the society back in 2008 and it contains some amazing quotes. With a fresh set of faces...
View ArticleJesus as a historical figure
One question I often get asked when discussing religion with Christians is “you do accept Jesus as a historical figure, right?” The argument goes along the lines of this: There is evidence that there...
View ArticleHappy Christmas
That’s right, I said it. I’m an atheist, and I used the word Christmas. I know, I know, I’m crazy, I’m on the edge, etc, etc. A lot of non-believers don’t like using the word because they think it has...
View ArticleThe Quest for the Historical Jesus
At a recent Atheist Society meeting, Karel du Pauw provided a brick by brick deconstruction fo any claim that Jesus could have been a historial figure. A similarly great deconstruction, though not as...
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Leeds Skeptics September 2012
This month, Alex Gabriel travelled all the way up from Devon to discuss his experiences at Soul Survivor, the biggest Christian evangelical festival for young people, in the UK.
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Tattoo
This man has a tattoo of Leviticus 18:22. The verse is as follows. Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination. Unfortunately, he apparently got that before reading any...
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Margaret Bramham on The Gospels
Recently, Margaret Bramham, a former Religious Education teacher, gave Atheist Society her take on the Gospels. Here are some photos.
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Ratzinger, we hardly knew ye
Today, Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger, better known as Pope Benedict XVI, will step down as Pope. I for one, I’m very disappointed. As an atheist, I thought having a former member of the Hitler Youth, who...
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Good and Evil in the Gospel Myth
For the March meeting of the Humanist Society of West Yorkshire, Jim Hatfield presented a talk entitled “Good and Evil in the Gospel Myth”.
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The Christian Ideology of New Atheism
Last month, Michael Burgess gave a talk to Leeds Atheist Society on “The Christian Ideology of New Atheism”. The video will be available on Worfolk Lectures at a later date.
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How to be a Bad Christian
A friend recommended that I read “How to be a Bad Christian: … And a Better Human Being” by David Tomlinson. So I did. His message seems to be that organised religion is not really relevant or useful,...
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The Purpose Driven Church
Rick Warren is probably a bad man. He doesn’t like gay marriage. It doesn’t support gay rights. He doesn’t like the idea of two men having anal sex with each other, even though he has never tried it....
View ArticleChristening
A few weeks ago I went to a friend’s christening. Well, a friend’s son’s christening. That was all fine though it did get a bit weird as in the middle of the service the vicar went into a massive rant...
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