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Talk Tonight at TCD Theological Society
I will be speaking this evening, Monday 12 October, to the Trinity College Dublin Theological Society on the topic of Reading the Bible as an Argument for Atheism. The talk starts at 7 pm in the Chamber, GMB. Hope to see you there. I will do my b...
Campaign for a Secular Irish Constitution
Today is International Blasphemy Day, run by the Center For Inquiry as part of its Campaign for Free Expression. Atheist Ireland is an advocacy group for an ethical and secular Ireland: see details in these Irish Times articles on the Irish blasphemy...
New Version of Angelus on RTE
RTE, Ireland’s public service broadcaster, schedules the Angelus at 6 pm every day before the main evening news. This week it has revised it to keep the bells, but to include less overtly Roman Catholic images. However, this merely subsumes non-den...
Catholic Magic Tricks #2 – The Resurrection
Here’s another magic trick from The Catechist’s Magic Kit: 80 Simple Tricks for Teaching Catholicism to Kids. To repeat, this is not satire. It is from an actual book, published this year with the Imprimatur of the Bishop of Brooklyn, New...
Catholic Magic Tricks #1 – Holy Orders
Warning: this is not satire. This is from an actual book, published this year, called The Catechist's Magic Kit: 80 Simple Tricks for Teaching Catholicism to Kids. The book is written by Angelo Stagnaro, and has the Imprimatur of the Bishop of Brookl...
New Hitchens Vs D’Souza Debate
This is Christopher Hitchens and Dinesh D'Souza debating in Orlando last week. In part one, they debate God, Christianity, and Science and Reason. In part two, they respond to questions from each other and the audience. Hitchens argues that the i...

