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Alfred Russel Wallace: The contemporary who pre-empted Darwin

Started by Dr. Terence Meaden Feb 18. 0 Replies 0 Likes

Professor Steve Jones wrote for the London Daily Telegraph recently this splendid short biography of Alfred Russel Wallace and his major contributions to 19th century science.Fourteen years younger,…Continue

Tags: Wallace, Natural evolution, Alfred Russel Wallace

2011 Census of England and Wales: Christian numbers slump, Atheist numbers rise

Started by Dr. Terence Meaden Jan 31. 0 Replies 0 Likes

Referring to the BBC news bulletin of 30 January 2013--- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-20675307 ---the 2011 census revealed that the…Continue

Tax Religion in the UK! Sign the petition!

Started by Stuart M Rees. Last reply by Roger Ivan Hart Jun 5, 2012. 3 Replies 0 Likes

Sign the official government petitions: http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/6603 Continue

British state schools and academies banned from teaching creationism

Started by Dr. Terence Meaden. Last reply by The Doubter Oct 17, 2011. 4 Replies 3 Likes

The Education Secretary Michael Gove encouragingly declared last week that only scientific explanations for the origins of life and the cosmos can be taught in British state schools and academies. …Continue

Tags: creationism, academies, origins, evolution, schools

The Darwin set of postage stamps

Started by Dr. Terence Meaden Apr 29, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Likes

I thought that maybe it should be recorded here the set of postage stamps issued in Britain to recognise the bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birth in 2009. …Continue

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In small change this week I acquired a Charles Darwin £2 coin

Started by Dr. Terence Meaden. Last reply by Dr. Terence Meaden Dec 25, 2012. 5 Replies 2 Likes

I was delighted this week to receive a Charles Darwin £2 coin in my change when shopping.The coin was struck by the British Mint as a limited edition in 2009 to mark the bicentenary of Darwin's…Continue

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Comment by Dr. Terence Meaden on September 9, 2011 at 6:40pm: Petition signed gladly.

Comment by Stuart M Rees on September 8, 2011 at 7:24am: Tax religion in the UK! Sign the petition!

http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/6603

Comment by Napoleon Bonaparte on April 8, 2011 at 10:40am: Les Athees Napoleoneinne - VikingTrance

Comment by sacha on February 12, 2011 at 6:52am: Please get this information out to everyone you know, please use your social networking to reach even more.Â Something must be done about this.Â It will only change if more people are aware of it.Â

Comment by Ian Brightman on December 1, 2010 at 1:35pm: are there any others of you here that hail from Portsmouth, west sussex and as far as fareham and Southampton. if so can you please message me as i am getting involved in a group in pompey you may be very interested in

cheers

ian

Comment by sinisterpictures on September 23, 2010 at 3:57am: Pope day pictures, London
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sinister-pictures/sets/721576248795376...

Comment by Pete Drummond on September 6, 2010 at 4:36pm: I am seriously bothered by these two organisations - http://www.noahsarkzoofarm.co.uk/pages/research/when-geology.php - & - http://www.noahsarkzoofarm.co.uk/pages/visiting/visiting.php - They are defilers of intellect! I just wanted to let people know of their existence if you wern't already aware - dangerous places - people need to know.

Comment by Debbie Morris on July 16, 2010 at 11:00am: Just wondering if there is anyone in Cornwall? My Mam lives there and she is looking to meet other Atheists or humanists in the area. Rural community life there is generally based around the local parish, village hall, W.I etc. so it can be quite marginalising.