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This information comes from a report in the Irish Times on a survey carried out by the Irish School of Ecumenics. They surveyed 700 faith leaders and 900 lay people about a range of faith related topics. 12% of the lay people self identified as atheist or no religion and and they felt that when [...]
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Our October meeting will take place as follows: Date : 13th October 2009 Time : 20:00 Venue : Carlton Castletroy Park Hotel, Limerick. Agenda: Presentation by Dr. Peter O’Hara – State Registered Partnerships: Independence and Support. Followed by discussion. Any other business.
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JERUSALEM – Dozens of rabbis and Kabbalah mystics armed with ceremonial trumpets have taken to the skies over Israel to battle the H1N1 flu virus. About 50 Jewish holy men chanted prayers and blew ritual rams’ horns known as shofars in an aircraft circling over the country in the hope of stopping the spread of [...]
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A Turkish game show is challenging atheists to reassess their views and win “the biggest prize ever”. Penitents Compete will bring together an Islamic imam, a Jewish rabbi, a Buddhist monk and a Greek Orthodox priest seeking to convert the atheists. The prize for any converted contestants is an expenses-paid pilgrimage to a holy site [...]
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Our next meeting will be as follows: Date 7th July 2009 Time 21:00 Venue Carlton Castletroy Park Hotel Please note the late start time. This is to allow people to get the best out of the Summers evening.
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Dogma Free America is an atheist podcast broadcast every week. Minister Dermot Ahern has been given the unique distinction of winning their Jackass of the Week award twice. The first week (Episode 86 at 41:11) for his proposal to introduce Blasphemy legislation and the second week (Episode 88 at 04:25) for his “bemused” reaction to [...]
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The Mid-west Humanists are co-sponsoring a public meeting with Atheist Ireland in an effort to stop the government from reviving a medieval crime and curtailing our freedom of expression. The Humanist Association of Ireland is currently running a campaign for Equality for the non-Religious. This is a wide-ranging campaign, covering the constitution, legislation and state practices. [...]
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The May meeting will be held as follows: Date : 19th May 2009 Time : 20:00 Venue : Carlton Castletroy Park Hotel Please note that this is an evening meeting on a weekday evening – Next Tuesday.
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On the issue of the difference between Morals and Ethics, Louis also suggested this from asktheatheists.com via http://boards.ie (both recommended sources). Morals Ethics top-down bottom-up fixed in time evolving “thou shalt (not)” “first do no harm” perfect can be improved do not question, just obey you can argue and contribute religious teachings and scripture laws and codes [...]
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This issue came up at our meeting yesterday and Louis suggested this video. Thanks Louis.
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