Second and Third Thoughts
We call on all humanists around the world to stand in solidarity with those who are struggling to defend and promote democracy, and to work together to build a world in which democracy flourishes and the dignity and rights of all people are protected.
Source: Copenhagen Declaration on Democracy: a humanist value – Humanists International
A new survey has shown that the British public is against the House of Lords continuing to have places for Church of England bishops by more than three to one. The YouGov poll found that 53% of adults favour removing the bishops, with only 16% favouring keeping them. The result was consistent across supporters of […]
Source: Public oppose bishops in the Lords by more than three to one – new poll
What’s the one thing that gods never actually do? Gods never show up.
Dr Who, The Girl Who Died, 17 Oct 2015
A blog post by Stephen Law appeared in my news feed this morning: Humanists Should be Christians, argues new Theos report. He discusses a recent report from Theos, a religious thinktank: The Case for Christian Humanism: Why Christians should believe in humanism, and humanists in Christianity.
Stephen’s post addresses the three central arguments of the report:
The Government has been clear that young earth creationism and intelligent design are not scientifically valid theories and should not be taught as such.
And remember a previous link I posted.
Stumbled across a link to this while reading about Humanism—very surprised that it has such a low number of views.
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