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The Martian Philosophy of Life (Monday's Bit of Wisdom)
I was so fed up with life in general that I had given up hope of finding anything vaguely uplifting or thought-provoking for today, so I thought I'd look for something that would help me, and maybe it...
Dawkins in Inverness
Well, it was true - Richard Dawkins really did come to talk to us in Inverness. I can still scarcely believe it. You have to understand that most speakers, musicians, actors, and thinkers never ventur...
The Monday Bit of Wisdom
In a new, and possibly regular (if I can get myself organised) feature - Monday is to play host, here at The View From the Pond, to a bit of wisdom from someone older and wiser than I.In the essay On ...
I got a Ticket!
Update...update...update...I am so excited. After failing to get a ticket for Richard Dawkins' visit to Inverness next month, I put my name down, without much hope of success, for any returns. A day l...
Pat Condell unplugged
Love this guy's intelligence and humour -...
Red is Dead, What about the Fish?
I've been thinking about the reality of being an atheist recently. I wrote a bit about it in this post and got some interesting and varied responses, with even one Christian crossing the floor to say ...
Science Hero of the Week
As long as there has been religion there have been dissenters but for hundreds of years all that atheists had to support their views were questions - gaps in the theology. But as we began to understan...
Not Being Militant
Okay, after all the fun and games - quizzes and games of tag, it\'s time to get back down to some serious work.One of the biggest dilemmas I find I face on a regular basis is how much to ally myself w...
Becoming an atheist
I became an atheist almost overnight. I had tried for years to make religion work. I was not a church-goer but I was a nice, conventional, well-behaved girl and nice, conventional, well-behaved girls ...
Existence is futile?
I've been pondering on the fact that I call myself an atheist and an existentialist, all the while admitting that I am not altogether certain exactly what constitutes existentialism, and wondering if ...
Life as a football match
I've been reading another brilliant little book, packed with intelligence: Atheism - A Very Short Introduction by Julian Baggini. See his blog at - http://julianbaggini.blogspot.com/One of the big iss...
Death, disbelief and spiders
I became an atheist almost overnight, about two thirds of the way through an Open University philosophy course, but I'll save that story for another time. What I wanted to write about today is the eff...
Albert and me
What I love about Albert Camus is his love of humanity and his love for life. When one first comes to the conclusion that there is probably (definitely?) no God it can be a somewhat bleak time. There ...