God Officially Distances Self From Christian Right

It is an Onion spoof of course… but funny because so much of the rhetoric that the Christian right spout is very much at odds with the philosophy they claim to embrace … love your neighbour (except those that are gay, or atheist, or voted democrat, etc…), give away all your money (but only so … Read more

The Talking Whale … yes really.

Now this is truly cute, while we do know that many different varieties of animal will attempt to mimic human speech, for the first time a whale has been observed doing so. In this specific instance, it is a Beluga whale named Noc. Apparently when Noc started doing this it fooled a diver in the pool at … Read more

Paul Kurtz has died

Dr. Paul Kurtz, former editor of the American Humanist Association’s Humanist magazine and founder of the Council for Secular Humanism, died yesterday on Oct. 21, 2012 at the age of 86. His death means the loss of one of secular humanism’s most prominent advocates. It was a great privilege to have known him, I shall personally miss … Read more

World famous musician Fazil Say put on trial in Turkey for “Insulting Religion” with a couple of tweets

Fazil Say, who has played with the New York Philharmonic, the Berlin Symphony Orchestra and others, was put on trial in Turkey … his crime? he does not believe superstitious nonsense. So what exactly happened? The Guardian reports … for sending tweets that included one in April that joked about a call to prayer that … Read more

Petrol from Air

Stories are circulating about a UK company that has worked out a way to manufacture petrol from air. The BBC reports … Its sounds exciting, they are converting carbon dioxide into fuel, so what is the problem here. Well, it took them several months to get a couple of litres, but that is not the real issue, because what they … Read more

Banned from Scouts for being Honest

It is all over the news today, George Pratt (pictured) is an 11-year old who wanted to join the scouts but has been refused membership … the Telegraph explains … An 11-year-old boy has been banned from joining the Scouts because he doesn’t believe in God, despite his Muslim, Hindu and Buddhist peers being offered an … Read more