Groundhog day – The so called “New Atheism” and framing of atheist history and heritage

History is a guide to navigation in perilous times. History is who we are and why we are the way we are.
David C. McCullough

I was reading Bruce’s post, Two books I just have to get at Thinker’s Podium, where he discusses two books that form part of his research material on  anti-atheist bigotry.  The main [...]

And divided we shall fail

I have been planning for some time to do a bit of research on the history of Freethought, Skepticism, Humanism and Atheism in Australia.  It’s my perception, quite frankly, that until very recently their has been a division between various groups that belong to one or more of the categories above.  Now whether this is [...]

Dawkins our high priest?

Oh, I do get tired of the subeditors that can’t stretch themselves to come up with a better headline than:

High-priest of atheism is on his way [source]

Still it is good to see the Global Atheist Convention get a bit of a write up in the Age.  I wonder what sort of response the short snippet [...]

Welcome I Like Portello the ANZAB crew

I like Portello has  joined ANZAB (Australian and New Zealand Atheist Blogroll) recently and has  provided the outstanding introduction below:
“Hello all. My name is Matt and I’m an atheist.

Over at my blog “I Like Portello” I talk about religion, science, movies, music and whatever shiny thing is taking my fancy at the time. My [...]

Welcome to A Holocene Hominoid to the ANZAB Crew

A Holocene Hominoid has  joined ANZAB (Australian and New Zealand Atheist Blogroll) recently and has  provided the outstanding introduction below.
A Holocene hominoid presents posts of whatever takes his fancy, but tends towards philosophy, religion, ethics and society. Elitest bastardry may at times be present.
Are you Interested in joining the ANZAB? Click here.

Interested in the Rise [...]