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Dan Barker’s Yuletide Sun Worship

“We atheists love this time of year like everyone else, and we actually know what we are celebrating: the rebirth of the sun, not the birth of the son.” – Dan Barker

During the summer holidays, I visited Brú na Bóinne (Palace of the Boyne) in County Meath – the passage tombs of Newgrange and Knowth-  and then drove to Teamhair na Ri (The Hill of Tara), best known as the seat of the High Kings of Ireland, but also an important site from Neolithic times.

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Imagine All the People…

Some atheists imply that the only way to have a Happy Christmas and Peaceful NewYear is to ditch the Christmas message. When asked what difference September 11th made to the world, Richard Dawkins sagely opined that it was time to exercise some tough love on the religious.

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