Watford Area Humanists

Promoting Humanism in South West Hertfordshire

  • 2nd March 2010

    I have to say that I am encouraged and pleased by the sudden increase in activity on our web site.  It is great to see comments appearing in recent articles. Read more »

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  • 1st March 2010

    This is my response to a recent article in the Watford Observer.

    Dear Editor,

    There are religious “spin” items in the February 26, 2010 edition of The Watford Observer.

    Patrick Boyle (In Good Faith – Politics cannot heal society) suggests there is an anti-Christian bias in British society and cites Hitler and Stalin – who he claims were atheists – as being responsible for appalling acts of tyranny and genocide as a basis for claiming that only Christian truth and ethics place a high value on human life. Read more »

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  • 26th February 2010

    Watford Area Humanists protest the Pope

    A few of us Watford Area Humanists made it to the Pope Protest, London for a Secular Europe on 14 Feb 2010.  A few photos were taken, click on the thumbnails below and enjoy! Read more »

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  • 26th December 2009

    Better late than never, but here is an alternative Christmas song for your enjoyment.

    Performed by British-born Australian comedian Tim Minchin. Also worth checking out is his most appropriate anti nonsense material, a beat poem called “Storm”. I’ll leave a YouTube Link here for you to follow. Enjoy!

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  • 2nd March 2009

    Darwin day conversation at the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.

    Video here.

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  • 26th February 2009

    As promised in my previous article “A de-conversion story” here are the details of various Atheist Web Sites and You Tubers.

    Web Sites

    Lets start with a little humour.

    • http://www.venganza.org - Home of the “Flying Spaghetti Monster”.
      His Holy Noodleyness

      His Holy Noodleyness

      Pastafarianism or FSMism is an amusing parody of religion and does a great job of explaining the fallacious logic of ID proponents. If you want a laugh, pay a visit.

      May you be touched by his noodley appendage.

      RAmen

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  • 23rd February 2009

    I would like to encourage fellow members to write articles for this web site and so – to get the ball rolling – I thought I’d start by giving my own account of why I am an atheist.
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  • 20th February 2009

    Members and supporters of Watford Area Humanists gathered together at the Watford Town and Country Club at their monthly meeting on Tuesday, 17th February 2009, prior to departing to L’Artista Restaurant on The Parade, Watford for a celebratory dinner to mark the 200th anniversary of the birth (on 12th February 1809) of Charles Darwin, Naturalist of The Beagle and author of Origin of the Species.
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