Pictured: A friendly Bert Johnston (via Impartial Reporter) The fact that an atheist website is active in Northern Ireland would likely be enough to get Bert Johnston’s blood pressure […]
The question remains on the lips of many; who the hell are the Protestant Coalition? Out of nowhere and forged from the ashes (and arrests) of the recent flag protests, […]
It is self-evident that not every religious person is a fundamentalist, not everyone can be as righteous as Bin Laden or Fred Phelps. The religious moderate is your everyday preacher […]
“God is great, hang the atheist bloggers” are the chants coming from the tongues of Muslim clerics – members of Hifazat – e – Islam – that are calling for […]
David Cameron is quite right – it has been a rather extraordinary week for Christians. Not only does Catholicism have a new head honcho, but so does the Church of […]
Belfast Skeptics have called for an increase in activism – with a focus on the atheist and free thinking communities in Northern Ireland – for women’s rights. The call comes […]
Is the institution of the Church headed the way of the newspaper, the Walkman and the brick and mortar shop? Is the Church – be it one, or all – […]
Reporting by: Atheism Northern Ireland Source In any ‘post- cause‘ environment there will always be a number of views vying to establish the authoritative voice on the topic. Politicians […]
Fr Terence Rafferty We live in an age in which you can receive a rather lengthy jail term for updating your status on Twitter. Well, in contrast it seems […]
The tendency to associate political preference with religious faith is not only misrepresenting a significant proportion of Northern Ireland, but trivialising cultural labels. The general consensus being that Catholicism equals […]
As a witness at Irish Legislation meetings with the Irish Parliament, Michael Nugent and Jane Donnelly from Atheist Ireland provide an atheist perspective. Speaking alongside representatives from many religious denominations, […]
Taking the Santa costume literally. The Roman Catholic Church is out of touch. Understatement? Very possibly. The Christmas speeches of both Joseph Ratzinger and Sean Brady contained subject matter […]
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This will be short, as I can already hear the response; Atheism has nothing to do with the situation. Religion is only a smokescreen for the problems here. Its politics, […]
It is well known that there is, in general, a positive relationship between religiosity and health (both mental and physical). It has been shown that the religious in Western […]
There was much to contemplate after the public meeting held by Atheist Ireland at the Malone Lodge Hotel in Belfast. The topics discussed covered the importance of separation of church […]
7 pm / Tuesday 27 November / Malone Lodge Belfast The lovely folk over at Atheist Ireland are hosting a number of public meetings throughout the North and South of […]
The following is an excerpt from ‘An open letter to Bernadette Smyth‘ by Stefan Cunning from his blog ‘More Than My Two Pence‘. It is a fantastically crafted and well […]
Everyone’s favourite bi-monthly winner of the overweight Hitler lookalike competition, (not real, probably) Nick Griffin has proclaimed support for Christian rights in the UK. The British National Party leader told […]
By now you all know that an ‘abortion clinic’ is opening its doors to the women of Belfast City Centre. We were about to condemn Precious Life and the bloodsucking, […]
The motion for same-sex marriage equality put forward by Steven Agnew (Green Party) and Bronwyn McGahan (Sinn Fein) was rejected today by the Northern Ireland Assembly. While it’s not […]
