A magazine I’ve been a fan of for years is Wired, and I do still miss the UK specific version (ie. less adverts!) I used to subscribe to. It’s interesting then to see that, in the light of the publication of Richard Dawkins latest book, The God Delusion and other such books, they are covering the subject of atheism with “The New Atheism“. There’s also an audio discussion/podcast that’s well-worth a listen to.
Battling the perception that atheists, agnostics, or “culturally christian” (ie. doing it to fit in) are a dodgy bunch that aren’t to be trusted, is what organisations like The British Humanist Association and the The Brights are about (I’m a member/supporter of both). As well as a place to meet like-minded, naturalistic and open-minded people.
Hopefully the debates that have been going on in the media over the last few weeks about religion, either in schools, the workplace, or in wider society will spur people to at the very least think about things, as well as demonstrating that I think the UK is, when you get down to it, actually a more liberal, open-minded and tolerant society (if not quite as secular as I would like).
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November 1st, 2006 at 11:02 pm
I’m going to put the Dawkins book on my Christmas present list – looks really good.