Mark Humphrys (politics)

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End Islamic law!
Freedom of religion now in Saudi Arabia, Iran, Afghanistan, Sudan, Pakistan and Nigeria.


Stop the jihad now!
Peace on earth now!
Writers on religion that I like

Politics


Religion, Atheism and Philosophy

My religious beliefs, or rather my lack thereof, come from my interest in science. Because religion is such an emotive topic, these have been separated from my scientific pages. It is a shame that this is necessary. It is my belief that religion being emotional is crucial to the reasons for its success, since it means people do not examine the evidence as to whether it is true or not.

My core religious belief is that we are alone, but it's not the end of the world. We can still do something with this universe.


Atheism




Religions

Religions have done much good, and much harm. My main point is that they are not true. Their claims about the universe are not true.


Religions





Christianity



Judaism

Judaism has a fairly benign history. My pages on it are mainly about its enemies.


Judaism





Islam

Islam is the most violent and oppressive religion in the world today.

 

Islam





Islam in the West


Islamic terror attacks on the West


Islam in the UK





Islam in Ireland





Islamic Fascism



The Islamic street


 

Countries



Alternative religions

As belief in traditional religions has been challenged, many irrational religion-substitutes have grown up. By far the most evil religion of all time (in terms of body count) is communism.


Scepticism



Writers on religion that I like

This is by no means an exhaustive list. But it gives you an idea:


  • Epicurus
  • Lucretius
  • Voltaire
  • David Hume
  • Thomas Paine
  • Thomas Jefferson
  • Edward Gibbon
  • Charles Darwin
  • Andrew Dickson White
  • Robert Green Ingersoll

  • Bertrand Russell
  • A.J. Ayer
  • Karl Popper
  • Richard Dawkins
  • Susan Blackmore
  • Daniel C. Dennett
  • Carl Sagan
  • Isaac Asimov

  • Marvin Minsky
  • Hans Moravec
  • Desmond Morris
  • Steven Weinberg
  • Victor Stenger
  • Robert Spencer
  • Ibn Warraq
  • Ali Sina
  • Salman Rushdie
  • Taslima Nasrin
  • Irshad Manji
  • Wafa Sultan
  • Nonie Darwish
  • Ayaan Hirsi Ali
 






Earth at night from space.
From NASA (and here). Image is apparently public domain.
See full size and UK and Ireland.



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Banned in Iran: This site is banned in Iran.

Blocked on Twitter by the regressive left and Islamists: I love debate. I love ideas. But the Western left and their friends the Islamic right do not return the favour. Their response to opposing ideas, whether expressed politely or robustly, is often to block. See Who blocks me on Twitter.

I like debate. But I do have rules. See Who I block on Twitter.

Twitter is broken, 2016 to 2022: I am on Twitter at markhumphrys. Twitter was a great place for debate before 2016. You could meet everyone in the world, and argue about ideas. Starting in 2016, Twitter became increasingly broken. It became full of reporting and bans and censorship. In 2019, Twitter even started shadowbanning me for no reason that was ever explained, or could be appealed. By 2022, everyone was looking for a better place to debate.

Twitter is saved, 2022: In 2022 Elon Musk bought Twitter and started to end the censorship. It looks great so far. Twitter seems to be saved.