Atheist Ireland chairperson Michael Nugent and Education Policy Officer Jane Donnelly are in Poland today for the OSCE Human Rights Conference on Human Rights. This is the first time an Irish atheist advocacy group has taken part in an OSCE event. We will highlight the...
The following video is on our YouTube channel. It’s Professor Brian Bocking at a UCC debate last year, proposing the motion ‘that this house rejects atheism’. For context, Professor Bocking founded UCC’s Study of Religions Department, which studies theories of religion and atheism in a...
Here’s a round-up of some of the thoughts on the conference from various people around the web. UPDATE: A Gloriously Godless Weekend (Part 1 )from Adventures of a Middle-Aged Boy is up: “The weekend began – as all weekends should – on Thursday.” Part 2...
In spite of the impending Rapture, tickets to the World Atheist Conference are now sold out. We’re looking forward to meeting you all in Dublin on the 3rd of June.
...Atheist Ireland is delighted to announce that influential internet activists Aron-Ra and D.P.R. Jones have joined our exciting line-up. D.P.R. Jones is well known for his videos on religion, science and philosophy and is host of The Magic Sandwich Show. Aron-Ra is a passionate advocate...
As part of Islamic Awareness Month in Ireland, Michael Nugent debated Hamza Tzortzis on the topic God Delusion or Solution in the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland. Here’s an extract followed by the full debate: Extract: Atheism, Islam, Morality and the Quran Part 1:...
I have long heard claims being made, specifically in the Catholic faith, that during certain ceremonies, when certain propitiations are made, that normal Cracker Bread is changed “literally” into the body of a long dead Jewish Human Male who displayed later Zombie tendencies to refuse...
Be Honest in the Irish Census on Sunday 10 April. Think before you tick your answer to the religion question, and give an answer that matches your actual religious affiliation. If you still believe in God but you are no longer truly a Roman Catholic,...
Atheist Ireland is proud to be hosting the 2011 Atheist Alliance International Conference in Europe. We will keep you posted as soon as the full program and other details are confirmed.
...Inoculate Ugandan Children From Magic and Superstition Two years ago, the Kasese United Humanist Association (KUHA), inaugurated the courageous goal of raising a generation of children in Uganda grounded in freethought, reason, and science. They wanted to break the generational cycle of families passing on...