The 2018 Atheism UK AGM will be on Saturday 4th August in London.

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The Danger of Religion: Faith-based thinking is inherently dangerous, such as in thinking everything happens for a reason, says Alcuin(Rad Doherty) in our forum. Rad is an Atheism UK fully paid up member and forum moderator. He is also our most prolific forum contributor (with over 800 posts). Radsaim is to undermine superstition in the UK and he is a:

Non-believer in favour of an inclusive, humanist (small h) society. One which values critical thinking and is based on secular principles such as one law for all, democracy and freedom of speech and expression.

Alcuin concludes his July 22nd 2018forum postall superstitions are inherently harmful:

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Young seekers of truth go through a phase of wondering whether life has any discernible meaning. Why are we here? Why does the universe exist? Is there a purpose to it all? This is the ultimate question, overarching all others.

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By James A. Haught

Im quite aware that my turn is approaching. The realization hovers in my mind like a frequent companion.

My first wife died ten years ago. Dozens, hundreds, of my longtime friends and colleagues likewise came to the end of their journeys. They number so many that I keep a Gone list in my computer to help me remember them all. Before long, it will be my turn to join the list.

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INFORM is based at the London School of Economics. They meeton Monday 12 February 2018 from6:30pm to 8:00pm.

Thirty years after founding INFORM, the information network on religious movements, Eileen Barker argues that the sociology of religion still has an important role.This event will celebrate Eileens work over the past 30 years.

h/t Ferran.

The Covering your Internet tracks post waswrittenby the Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain (CEMB) (updated December 2017) and is aimed at people that find themselves in need of greater security, privacy and anonymity (SPA) for their electronic communications.

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Atheism UKwould like to raise awareness of the Secular Therapy Project, which was created, to connect non-believers who need mental health care with professionals who are either non-believers themselves or are committed to providing secular, evidence-based care. It was created to do it as confidentially as possible. Continue reading Secular Therapy Project

The September 2017 Church of England survey revealsthe extent of childhood indoctrination in Britain. So Atheism UK has compiled this post about child indoctrination help by Dr. Darrel Ray of Kids Without Gods and Dr. Marlene Winell of Journey Free: Recovery from Harmful Religion.

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A Church of England survey this week reveals the staggering extent of childhood indoctrination/ socialisation* in Britain. The survey shows that nearly two-thirds of all British Christians become Christian when they were still toddlers at 0-4 years old. (1,2)Seventeen out of twenty Christians become Christian whenchildren or teenagers, only one in twenty when adults.

* h/t Matt Sheard comment about socialisation 19/9/17.

Whilst half of Brits are Christian, four in ten dont belong to any religious group. Almost six in ten of 19-24 year olds are non-religious.

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