NSS News feedThe ‘a’, which is the prefix, means ‘without’ in the same way the ‘a’ is used when describing “without morals” for ‘amoral’. So atheism literally means without belief in theism. In other words, it is the absence of belief in theism.
Just came across this:
http://religious-tolerance.blogspot.com/2008/08/relationship-between-time-and_05.html
The author is all over the place, but I thought I’d take him on to see where he goes with my challenges.
He wrote:
That timelessness exists is evident from the nature of time. The notion that time had a beginning is now scientifically comprehensible if not provable – since it fits in complex [...]
I guess one must have just landed from Mars to miss what has been said by the Archbishop this Thursday.
http://timescolumns.typepad.com/gledhill/2008/02/has-the-archbis.html
Williams has a track record of putting his foot in it, and I, as a secularist (I’ve been a paid up member of the National Secular Society for years) am thankful for it! It’s the bringing [...]
There’s a very good discussion going on over at Stephen Law’s blog on religious education. The discussion began when Law quoted Ibrahim Lawson (IL (a Muslim)), who used to be (I think) headteacher of Nottingham Islamia School, in a post on the dangers of religion. Below is an extract of Law’s post:
“When I spoke about [...]
This is a special post in response to a comment under the post – Video: Christopher Hitchens on his book – God is Not Great. The original comment is below, exactly how it was written:
“Since you are a believer in REASON, then you know absolutely NOTHING about a believer in FAITH. Therefore, since you are [...]
From a religious perspective there are two types: Natural Evil and Moral Evil. Natural Evil will be that of earthquakes and tsunamis etc. Moral Evil is of the sort when acting immorally, such as when someone murders another, or acts in an immoral way against a ‘righteous’ viewpoint etc. But the use of the word [...]
Not everyone I speak to is familiar with the notion of ‘Intelligent Design’. When asked, I often cut to the chase and say that Intelligent Design (ID) is just another form of Creationism but in disguise. Or in other words, ID omits the Biblical story of Creation and asserts that a Designer created life. Proponents [...]