A Load of BrightA Load of BrightAn atheists' views on religion and the supernatural Articles
The Paradise Prayer Hotline
2007-05-06 02:08:00 Many Christian evangelist TV channels and websites advertise ?prayer hotline? phone numbers. Not that it bothers me personally, but I find it hard to understand why Christians don?t resent the flagrant commercialisation of their religion. Do they not find it tacky?! If God exists, is this the sort of presentation of which ... More About: Religion , Prayer , Paradise , Para , Line
Book Review: The Dawkins Delusion, by Alister McGrath
2007-05-04 01:14:00 I read The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins when it was released last year. I enjoyed it immensely, it is a wonderfully comprehensive critique of religion from a great intellect. The most prevailing thought I had while reading it and particularly as I finished it was, ?I?d love to see a Christian apologist ... More About: Religion , Book Review , Review , Book , View
And now for the Weather
2007-04-30 22:47:00 Science is often accused of being arrogant. Whether it is or not is a moot point. What is indisputable, is that science has an awful lot to be arrogant about. After thousands of years of stagnation and stifled lack of progress, science in the past three centuries has freed us from the ... More About: Religion , Weather , Paranormal
Carnival Alert
2007-04-29 19:17:00 The eagerly awaited inaugural edition of the new blog carnival The Humanist Symposium, including my article The Credit We Deserve, is now up at the founding site, Daylight Atheism. I believe this carnival will quickly be established as a key channel of atheist writing. Please pay a visit and savour the first of what I’m sure ... More About: Carnival , General , Alert
The Virginia Tech Massacre
2007-04-27 07:58:00 It has now been eleven days since the Virginia Tech Massacre, and so far I have said nothing about it on this blog. The reason for this, is quite simply that I couldn?t think of anything to say. I wanted to, but every time I sat at my computer to write something, I ... More About: Religion , Virginia Tech Massacre
Carnival Alert
2007-04-25 18:30:00 The 37th Carnival of the Liberals, including my article Positive Discrimination (whince!), is now up at BogsBlog. More About: General , Alert
Introducing my Blogroll
2007-04-24 19:03:00 I feel that A Load of Bright is now past its initial fluid phase, and is well into the process of consolidation. The first six weeks have been a little bit like moving into a new house. I?ve had to get settled in and get used to where everything is. I?ve put ... More About: Blogroll , General , Roll , Intro
Site Announcement: A Date for your Diary
2007-04-23 20:44:00 On 10th April I referred you to Daylight Atheism?s announcement of a new carnival, the Humanist Symposium. I am now pleased to reveal that the 6th edition of the Humanist Symposium will be hosted here at A Load of Bright on 12th August, 2007. I will, of course, draw your attention to it nearer ... More About: Diary , General , Announcement , Site , Cement
Positive Discrimination (wince!)
2007-04-19 21:54:00 In the age of political correctness in which we live, almost every employer has an equal opportunities policy or mission statement. This is the equal opportunities policy of the Metropolitan Police Force. Equal Opportunities The Metropolitan Police Service seeks to employ a work force which reflects the diversity of background and culture within which we operate ... More About: Politics , Discrimination , Positive , Posi , Disc
Abstain With Me
2007-04-16 21:47:00 This news story from the BBC reports that a new study has shown that students in America who attend ?abstinence classes? are no more likely to abstain from sex then students who receive regular sex education. Well, I didn?t see that one coming (no pun intended). ?Abstinence only? sex education is, to quote Roy Zimmerman ... More About: Religion , Paranormal , Abstain
UK Faith Schools Petition
2007-04-15 02:08:00 A few days ago, I received this email from the Brights Movement. Fellow Brights A previous UK BrightenOp (November 22) drew attention to a faith schools petition at the official Downing Street website. However there is a second very similar petition at the site, and for whatever reason this second petition has accrued a higher number of ... More About: Politics , Religion , Faith , Schools , Petition
A Humanist Lesson: The Prayer of Serenity
2007-04-14 12:39:00 Christians believe that their holy text, the Bible, is the inerrant word of God. They believe it can be referred to as a complete guide on how to live your life and secure salvation. However, the religion has also produced an abundance of extra-biblical teachings and doctrines. Many of these reflect the ... More About: Religion , Prayer , Serenity , Less , Uman
An Aside: The First Milestone
2007-04-12 20:40:00 Well, dear readers, it is one month today since I started this blog. I had doubts aplenty; would I find enough time to write regularly? Would I suffer writer?s block? Would anyone read it? If you?ll forgive me a moment of self-congratulation, I couldn?t have wished for a better start. I?ve been ... More About: General , Stone , Aside , Mile , First
The Adoring Younger Brother
2007-04-11 01:20:00 The main pillars of academic study, while differing widely in the knowledge they seek, all share a number of things in common. Science, history, philosophy and mathematics, across the spectrum, are all built on similar foundations. First and foremost, they are a quest for the truth. They all aspire to ask the ... More About: Politics , Religion , Paranormal , Young , Ring
New Carnival: The Humanist Symposium
2007-04-10 04:06:00 I’m excited to announce that my fellow blogger Ebonmuse over at Daylight Atheism is launching a new blog carnival, The Humanist Symposium. As much as I enjoy the well established Carnival of the Godless, I agree with Ebonmuse’s reasons for introducing this new project, and he has my full support. I’m very much looking forward ... More About: General , Uman , Posi
The Credit We Deserve
2007-04-09 04:01:00 The idea of death affects me a lot worse now that I?m an atheist than it ever used to before. Not just my own death, but everyone else?s too. People dying is bad enough to comprehend and deal with when it occurs from natural causes, to people who have lived a reasonably long ... More About: Religion , Credit , Edit , Serve
The Champions of AIDS
More articles from this author:2007-04-05 23:37:00 I?ve stumbled across this news story in a couple of places over the last few days. Apparently, a study issued by the RAND Corporation claims that AIDS and HIV sufferers with religious beliefs are less like to spread the disease than non-believing carriers. I was careful to check the exact time and date ... More About: Religion , Champions , Aids , Champion , Cham 1, 2, 3, 4 |
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