Most people fall into the trap of believing that there is either; 1. A fully formed, often anthropomorphised, conscious, sentient, all knowing, all powerful, all loving God, who has a particular interest in, and cares for us; or 2. There is no God. Dawkins is good at demolishing belief in the first of these possibilities and the mistake that most people make as a consequence is to believe that his arguments therefore prove that the second possibility is…

Many people dream of a life of tranquillity and plenty. For them nothing could be better than to be a ‘lotus eater’ in some idyllic Shangri-la, where life is free from stress, or worry, or conflict. I often tell people about my encounters with religious zealots who have knocked at my door in the past to tell me about the coming paradise foretold in ancient scriptures: of a time when there will be no wars…

By Max Musson: Most people fall into the trap of believing that there is either; 1. A fully formed, often anthropomorphised, conscious, sentient, all knowing, all powerful, all loving God, who has a particular interest in, and cares for us; or 2. There is no God. Dawkins is good at demolishing belief in the first of these possibilities and the mistake that most people make as a consequence is to believe that his arguments therefore prove that the…

By H. Millard: “Some numbnut asked me if I’m a racist,” said Homeless Jack. “Most of the time when someone asks such a stupid question that’s none of their business, I just tell them to stuff it and I don’t play their game, because they usually have an agenda and these days many of them are hateful and bigoted genocidists who are just trying to kill off white people in all ways possible.” “Their intolerant…