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Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science via Facebook
The 12-year-old girl arrived at the hospital wracked with abdominal pain. Doctors diagnosed her with acute pancreatitis, in which pancreatic enzymes begin digesting not just food, but the pancreas itself. The most likely cause of the girl's condition: toxic side effects from more than 80 dietary supplements, which the girl's mother carried in a shopping bag, instead of going to a #doctor.

#pseudoscience #reason

RDFRS: Book raises alarms about alternative medicine

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Our mission is to support scientific education and critical thinking to overcome religious fundamentalism, superstition, intolerance and suffering

June 20^th at 02:45 52 people like this.
Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science via Facebook
A new retinal prosthesis allows blind rats to sense light, yet another crucial step on the way toward restoring lost vision. Inside the retina cells called photoreceptors convert light into neural signals, much as a camera sensor converts light into digital signals. This exciting new technology was announced in the June 18 online issue of Nature Communications. Read more: http://ow.ly/mbGd8

#science #medicine

June 20^th at 00:30 2129 people like this.
Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science via Facebook
It is good to see women fighting back against abusive social norms. It is often said that if you want to change the world, you need only empower a woman. Couldn't agree more!

You can learn more about them here: http://www.gulabigang.in/

June 19^th at 23:05 12420 people like this.
Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science via Facebook
"The brains is not the mind," concludes David Brooks. Fine. Our Where's Waldo challenge: list any evidence Brooks offers to support his conclusion. -- Sean Faircloth, Dir. of Strategy & Policy

June 19^th at 21:41 2467 people like this.
Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science via Facebook
Katherine Stewart wants to know if you're doing your part in the "Baby War"! The #American family is “under attack,” or so the leaders of the #Christian Right have often declared, even though it is they who seem to be doing the attacking! Read more: http://ow.ly/mbzc4

#reason #atheism #god

June 19^th at 20:35 555 people like this.
Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science via Facebook
http://ow.ly/mbKdv "A writer was given five years in prison for promoting atheism." We must organize for the human rights of children growing up in such a society. No one Christian, Jew, Muslim, atheist should be prosecuted for an idea. -- Sean Faircloth, Dir. of Strategy & Policy Let's organize: http://bit.ly/XZFFWU

June 19^th at 19:15 735 people like this.
The AHS via Facebook
Deadlines are approaching to submit non-constitutional motions for the AGM, and manifestos for the exec positions. Make sure they don't go whizzing by if you intend to submit one!

Motions and Manifestos!

www.ahsstudents.org.uk

Want to voice your opinion? Use your democratic mandate to change how the AHS is run? Members have until Sunday 23rd of June to submit non-constitutional motions, so if there are any improvements you believe can be made to the national organisation that’s supposed to represent us – now is the time t...

June 19^th at 18:27 0 people like this.
Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science via Facebook
Let's try that again.

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#science #reason #morality

June 19^th at 17:55 2759 people like this.
Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science via Facebook
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#science #reason #morality

June 19^th at 17:45 313 people like this.
New Humanist via Facebook
The new Girl Guides Promise has dropped the reference to God http://rationalist.org.uk/articles/4192/girl-guides-drop-god

But don't worry - if it's important that your kids swear fealty to supreme beings, it still includes the Queen

Girl Guides drop God | Rationalist Association

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A new Promise is designed to make Guiding more inclusive, but inevitably some commentators aren't happy

June 19^th at 16:18 17 people like this.
New Humanist Blog via their website

Girl Guides drop God

A new Promise is designed to make Guiding more inclusive, but inevitably some commentators aren't happy

June 19^th at 16:12
Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science via Facebook
Today is a day to celebrate the Pale Blue Dot. Perhaps, above all, the greatest, most profound legacy of the quest we have undertaken to understand our origins is perspective; that crystalline, uncorrupted view of our cosmic place that erodes all delusion and confronts us with a powerful recognition of ourselves, a recognition that never fails to move us. Read more: http://ow.ly/mbx13

June 19^th at 16:05 1260 people like this.
New Humanist via Facebook
Warner Bros have set up a special website marketing Man of Steel to Christians http://rationalist.org.uk/articles/4191/man-of-zeal-studio-urges-churches-to-use-new-superman-film-as-preaching-resource

We were thinking, which other films would this work for? We've got World War Z - "What happens when the dead rise?" Any more?

Man of Zeal: Studio urges churches to use new Superman film as preaching resource | Rationalist...

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Warner Bros have set up a special website with advice on how preachers can use Man of Steel film to spread the Biblical message

June 19^th at 15:17 5 people like this.
New Humanist Blog via their website

Man of Zeal: Studio urges churches to use new Superman film as preaching resource

Warner Bros have set up a special website with advice on how preachers can use Man of Steel film to spread the Biblical message

June 19^th at 15:11
British Humanist Association via Facebook
Our Chief Executive Andrew Copson did lots of radio this morning about the changing girl guides promise. He reckons the best was BBC Radio Leeds - you can listen to that from 5 mins 50 in

BBC Radio Leeds - Wes Butters, 19/06/2013

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It's what West Yorkshire's talking about. Making sense of issues and stories in your area.

June 19^th at 14:15 20 people like this.
British Humanist Association via Facebook
Barack Obama calls for an end to segregated schooling in Northern Ireland: "If towns remain divided—if Catholics have their schools and buildings and Protestants have theirs, if we can’t see ourselves in one another and fear or resentment are allowed to harden—that too encourages division and discourages cooperation".

US president undermines Catholic schools after Vatican Prefect praised them - SCO News

www.sconews.co.uk

The US President has made an alarming call for an end to Catholic education in Northern Ireland in spite of the fact that Archbishop Gerhard Müller told Scots that Catholic education was 'a critical component of the Church.’

June 19^th at 14:06 201 people like this.
New Humanist via Facebook
Obama criticises divisive faith schools in Northern Ireland speech http://rationalist.org.uk/articles/4190/president-obama-criticises-faith-schools-in-northern-ireland-speech

President Obama criticises faith schools in Northern Ireland speech | Rationalist Association

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In an address to school children in Belfast, the US President suggests that religious schools have a divisive effect on communities

June 19^th at 12:58 35 people like this.
New Humanist Blog via their website

President Obama criticises faith schools in Northern Ireland speech

In an address to school children in Belfast, the US President suggests that religious schools have a divisive effect on communities

June 19^th at 12:53
National Secular Society via Facebook
With NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde seeking to appeal the ruling for the allowance of conscientious exemption from abortion procedures, Louise Finer of Reproductive Health Matters argues that judges must not forget the rights of women – to health, autonomy, dignity and respect

Conscientious objection in Scotland: a worrying precedent

www.secularism.org.uk

June 19^th at 11:20 19 people like this.
Humanist Society of Scotland via Facebook

Call for earlier sex education

www.bbc.co.uk

Sex education at a younger age and free contraception for people as young as 13 are needed to cut teenage pregnancy rates, according to a Holyrood inquiry.

June 19^th at 11:15 6 people like this.
British Humanist Association via Facebook
Next year we are hosting the World Humanist Congress - the biggest international gathering of humanists in the UK. Can you help? We need volunteers - if you have the time and skills to join our planning team please get in touch. Details of the roles can be found here: http://humanism.org.uk/about/vacancies/world-humanist-congress-volunteer-vacancies/vacancy-details/

Vacancy Details » British Humanist Association

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You can apply for any vacancy by emailing your CV and details of why you want to be involved to chiefexec@humanism.org.uk. The closing date for all roles is 12 July 2013

June 19^th at 11:15 22 people like this.
Humanist Society of Scotland via Facebook

Girl Guides promise to serve Queen, but no longer God and country

www.guardian.co.uk

In one of the biggest overhauls in its 102-year history, organisation makes attempt to modernise foundations of promise

June 19^th at 11:14 36 people like this.
British Humanist Association via Facebook
'I promise to be true to myself': Girl Guides no longer have to swear allegiance to God. We're quoted in the Daily Mail

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2344044/Girl-Guides-longer-swear-allegiance-God-country.html

www.dailymail.co.uk

June 19^th at 11:05 231 people like this.
Camp Quest UK via Facebook
Interesting - the Girl Guides no longer have to pledge devotion to God: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-22959997

God vow dropped from Guides' promise

www.bbc.co.uk

Girls will no longer have to pledge their devotion to God when they join the Guides and Brownies in the UK, the organisation announces.

June 19^th at 10:57 5 people like this.
British Humanist Association via Facebook
We're quoted by the BBC: 'God vow dropped from Girlguiding UK promise'

God vow dropped from Guides' promise

www.bbc.co.uk

Girls will no longer have to pledge their devotion to God when they join the Guides and Brownies in the UK, the organisation announces.

June 19^th at 10:17 449 people like this.
Camp Quest UK via Facebook
Happy birthday to one of our speakers this year, David Shorthouse!

David will be speaking about how the ideas of evolution will play a big part in how we design things in the future.

June 19^th at 10:01 0 people like this.
National Secular Society What the Papers Say via their website

Judge says New Hampshire religious schools voucher scheme is unconstitutional

BJC, 19 June 2013

June 19^th at 08:41
National Secular Society What the Papers Say via their website

What Tony Blair meant about Islam

Washington Post, 19 June 2013

June 19^th at 08:41
National Secular Society What the Papers Say via their website

Abu Qatada to be deported before the end of month

Telegraph, 19 June 2013

June 19^th at 08:40
National Secular Society What the Papers Say via their website

The (unconvincing) case for religion in Government

Guardian, 19 June 2013

June 19^th at 08:39
National Secular Society What the Papers Say via their website

Iranians not entirely convinced that their new president will bring any change

Guardian, 19 June 2013

June 19^th at 08:39
National Secular Society What the Papers Say via their website

Republicans pass anti-abortion bill

Guardian, 19 June 2013

June 19^th at 08:38
National Secular Society What the Papers Say via their website

Islamists press blasphemy case in new Egypt

NY Times, 19 June 2013

June 19^th at 08:38
National Secular Society What the Papers Say via their website

Traffic warden attacked outside Mansfield mosque

CHAD, 19 June 2013

June 19^th at 08:37
National Secular Society What the Papers Say via their website

Why 72% of Indonesians want sharia

Ionglobal Trends, 19 June 2013

June 19^th at 08:37
National Secular Society What the Papers Say via their website

US immigration official tells atheist to prove church membership

Raw Story, 19 June 2013

June 19^th at 08:36
National Secular Society What the Papers Say via their website

Catholic views on same-sex marriage causing followers to flee

NBC10, 19 June 2013

June 19^th at 08:35
National Secular Society What the Papers Say via their website

Adelaide’s war of religious words reaches new heights

Guardian, 19 June 2013

June 19^th at 08:35
National Secular Society What the Papers Say via their website

Obama blames religious schools for perpetuating hatred in Northern Ireland

SCO News, 19 June 2013

June 19^th at 08:34
National Secular Society What the Papers Say via their website

As Spain’s people drift from the Catholic Church, the Government cosies up to it

CSM, 19 June 2013

June 19^th at 08:34
National Secular Society What the Papers Say via their website

The pope and the “gay lobby”

New Yorker, 19 June 2013

June 19^th at 08:33
National Secular Society What the Papers Say via their website

It’s too late to save Syria– arming the religious fanatics would be madness

Telegraph, 19 June 2013

June 19^th at 08:33
National Secular Society What the Papers Say via their website

Church of England had allowed itself to be fatally damaged by gay marriage

Guardian, 19 June 2013

June 19^th at 08:32
National Secular Society What the Papers Say via their website

Secularism for and against

Herald, 19 June 2013

June 19^th at 08:31
National Secular Society What the Papers Say via their website

The moral dimension to equal rights – NSS letter

Scotsman, 19 June 2013

June 19^th at 08:30
National Secular Society What the Papers Say via their website

Girl Guides introduce secular promise – NSS quoted

Daily Telegraph, 19 June 2013

June 19^th at 08:29
The AHS via their website

Motions and Manifestos!

Want to voice your opinion? Use your democratic mandate to change how the AHS is run? Members have until Sunday 23rd of June to submit non-constitutional motions, so if there are any improvements you believe can be made to the national organisation that’s supposed to represent us – now is ...

June 19^th at 08:20
Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science via Facebook
Watch this impressive talk by a young man who grew up in Iraq and risked his life simply because he happened to tell the truth. I had the honor to meet him at a conference recently. He has been a brave advocate for human rights. -- Sean Faircloth, Dir. of Strategy & Policy

Houston Oasis Community Moment: Faisal Saeed Al-Mutar 4/28/13

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Faisal Saeed Al-Mutar shares his story of growing up in Iraq as an open atheist while writing openly about humanism and secularism for publications such as B...

June 19^th at 02:00 337 people like this.
Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science via Facebook
Happy Birthday, Paul McCartney who said of the Beatles in 1965, "We probably seem antireligious because of the fact that none of us believe in God." Various Beatles have said contradictory things over the years about religion but during the height of their song-writing career, they were unequivocally not religious.

June 18^th at 23:10 2541 people like this.
Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science via Facebook
Never stop learning.

www.richarddawkins.net

#science #reason #education

June 18^th at 21:25 8018 people like this.

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