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Is Christianity the foundation of what we call ‘Western civilisation’? That was the topic of
The tragic deaths of two London babies, Mohamed Abdisamad and Oliver Asante-Yeboah, bore striking similarities, though they occurred nine years apart. Both died of postoperative sepsis within days of being circumcised: three-week-old Oliver in November 2014, six-month-old Mohamed in February 2023. Neither child had a medical condition or therapeutic need for ...
The Freethinker is happy to present a preview of Taro vs. God, a new atheist-themed comic by American artist Zachary Lawrence of Foxboy Comics. Says Zachary:
My comic is about an atheist who is confronted by God in a hypothetical meeting. The main question of ...
There is a white space in arguments about religion that I no longer trust.
On one side is theology: God has spoken; Christ is Lord; Muhammad is the seal of the prophets; Israel is bound to God by covenant. On the other side is politics: who may rule, whose law binds, who can leave, who can remain, and what happens to the person who says, simply, I do not believe you...
The following is an English and lightly edited version of a speech given by National Secular Society (NSS) President Keith Porteous Wood on 26 September 2026 at a press conference in Paris hosted by the NSS, Libre Pensée, and the Association Internationale de Libre Pensée. On that date, Pope Leo XIV was in France on an ‘Apostolic Journey’.
The Pope shou...