Ross Greer with the Scottish Secular Society
We are happy to announce that Ross Greer has confirmed to be our guest and speaker for our August 2nd meeting. Sworn in as an MSP for the West of Scotland in 2016, Ross has been a tenacious activist since joining the Green Party at 15 years old. He has continuing deep roots with the youth wing of his party and was pivotal in getting young people politically aware and engaged and, of particular self-proclaimed interest: how to organise. Ross also bucks the trend of youth engagement with Christianity and is open about how his faith informs his politics and inspires his activism to...
Read MoreCongratulations on the Repeal of the 8th
Photo: Mark Condren In the celebration of today’s results, the Scottish Secular Society congratulates Ireland on today’s result after an incredible campaign for repeal, and hope it heralds a more compassionate healthcare system for Irish women. As the bishops and other reactionaries repeated apocalyptic ramblings of “murdered babies” and social collapse, the Irish people have turned their sympathies towards those who should not have needed to have fought for such a choice. Since the 40s the Catholic Church in Ireland has used women’s bodies and a denial of their autonomy as...
Read MoreSecularism and Decision Science
Secularism and Decision Science: How Does One Inform The Other? Megan Crawford, Chair of the Scottish Secular Society, will offer a brief look at what the field of decision science has to reveal about secularism. Decision science is the study of cognition and behavioural decision making. It encompasses psychology, economics, philosophy, linguistics, and mathematics. Why is secularism appealing to some, but not others? Do politicians in secular states make better decisions overall? What is happening when one shifts from theocratic to secular, or from secular to theocratic? Can decision...
Read MoreStornoway’s Sunday swimmers need your help (and a little bit of cash)
Comhairle nan Eilean Sia (Western Isles Council) consider it sinful to swim in the public baths on Sunday. That is a matter for them. They wish to impose this view on all Stornoway sports facility users. That is a matter for all of us. It is discrimination against non-Christians, and indeed against the many Christians who think that taking a swim on the Sabbath is ok.
Read MoreScottish Secular Society Responds to new figures showing decline in religious people in Scotland.
The new findings from the Scottish Social Attitudes Survey released today further calls into question the idea that Scotland has a clear and strong religious identity.
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