The Young Atheist's Handbook Launch [10/07/12 @ Conway Hall, London]

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Re: The Young Atheist's Handbook Launch [10/07/12 @ Conway Hall, London]
Reply #30 - July 13, 2012, 08:06 AM

There is some of that in there. It just depends what you are looking for. I've read a fair amount on secular ethics and being moral in a godless world. Consider this a light read.
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Reply #31 - July 13, 2012, 11:15 AM

Quote from: chepea on July 13, 2012, 07:44 AM
Oh. I thought it was a 'how to be an atheist in a cruel and meaningless world' sort of book.

Now I'm not gonna read it

Yep, that's what I gathered from the title too.

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Reply #32 - July 13, 2012, 12:36 PM

Strange review on Amazon!

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I think readers would be happy to be informed that this book is the re-release of a book originally published 42 years ago, in 1970 (ASIN B007U7SMQA) and is not in fact a brand new title.

When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it.

A.A. Milne,

"We cannot slaughter each other out of the human impasse"
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Reply #33 - July 13, 2012, 01:05 PM

Intro pages of book on Amazon are wonderful!

When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it.

A.A. Milne,

"We cannot slaughter each other out of the human impasse"
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Reply #34 - July 13, 2012, 04:38 PM

Quote from: Omaar Khayaam on July 13, 2012, 08:06 AM
There is some of that in there. It just depends what you are looking for. I've read a fair amount on secular ethics and being moral in a godless world. Consider this a light read.

Oh okay! Cool! Thanks.

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Re: The Young Atheist's Handbook Launch [10/07/12 @ Conway Hall, London]
Reply #35 - July 14, 2012, 09:27 AM

Quote from: chepea on July 13, 2012, 07:44 AM
Oh. I thought it was a 'how to be an atheist in a cruel and meaningless world' sort of book.

Now I'm not gonna read it

'An atheist handbook' sounds all wrong to me. It is going along the lines of believers saying you can't have morals without religion and as if atheïsm has a set of rules to follow...
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Reply #36 - July 14, 2012, 09:34 AM

Read the intro on Amazon! Bacon......

When you are a Bear of Very Little Brain, and you Think of Things, you find sometimes that a Thing which seemed very Thingish inside you is quite different when it gets out into the open and has other people looking at it.

A.A. Milne,

"We cannot slaughter each other out of the human impasse"
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Reply #37 - September 28, 2015, 01:43 PM

Quote from: Kodanshi on May 11, 2012, 10:03 PM
Isn’t Samira Ahmed a muslim? Not that I’m saying muslims shouldn’t be allowed, but it did surprise me… And I absolutely adore AC Grayling.

Quote from: billy on May 11, 2012, 11:51 PM
Maybe Samira Ahmed is an agnostic, atheist, or just a liberal Muslim engaging with the issues? She's a good journalist, I like her. Although Krishnan rules Channel 4 News, sorry Samira.

Quote from: chris on May 12, 2012, 08:54 PM
I've variously heard her referred to as having a Muslim background and being raised as a Muslim, but I've never heard her clarify the point. She's an excellent journalist and an incredibly smart individual. I never finished watching Islam Unveiled (a Chan 4 Dispatches documentary) but, whilst I recall thinking it was generally good, she did engage a little in the "{insert bad thing associated with Islam} isn't in the Koran, so it's not actually anything to do with Islam" fallacy. If I remember correctly she tried this with stoning, but I'd have to rewatch. She quit Channel 4 a while back, works mostly for BBC Radio 4 now AFAIK.

Quote from: Lilyesque on June 25, 2012, 04:30 PM
Seems like Samira is a questioning Muslim to me.

http://www.samiraahmed.co.uk/?p=2124

Looks like an interesting read too.

A good article here by Samira Ahmed

The ex-Muslim Britons who are persecuted for being atheists: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-34357047

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Reply #38 - September 29, 2015, 03:19 PM

Samira Ahmed's short film on ex-Muslims is now on iplayer and is worth watching. I think it's only viewable in the UK but maybe someone will put it up on youtube.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b06f2vxg/inside-out-yorkshire-and-lincolnshire-28092015

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