{"id":7497,"date":"2014-04-23T17:14:47","date_gmt":"2014-04-23T16:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/?p=7497"},"modified":"2014-04-23T17:57:57","modified_gmt":"2014-04-23T16:57:57","slug":"anti-christian-signatories-signed-atheists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.christianvoice.org.uk\/index.php\/anti-christian-signatories-signed-atheists\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti-Christian signatories all signed-up atheists!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Professor Jim Al-Khalili got his British Humanist Association mates to sign the anti-Christian letter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The signatories of a letter accusing David Cameron<\/a><\/strong> of ‘fostering alienation and division in our society’ by maintaining that Britain is a Christian country have all turned out to be signed-up atheists.<\/span><\/p>\n

Research carried out by Christian Voice has revealed that every single one of the fifty-five signatories is a ‘Distinguished Supporter<\/a><\/strong>‘ of the British Humanist Association (BHA). Many are also an ‘Honorary Associate<\/a><\/strong>‘ of the National Secular Society (NSS), and a couple are involved with the so-called Rationalist Association<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Nowhere in their letter to the Daily Telegraph<\/a><\/strong> do they acknowledge that they are all BHA supporters or that the letter was organised by the BHA. \u00a0The BHA admit on their website<\/a><\/strong> that their president organised it, but do not disclose that every signatory was already in their go-to bag, merely describing them as ‘public figures’. \u00a0Even more worrying, no mainstream media picked up on that fact either.<\/p>\n

The Daily Telegraph described the signatories as ’55 public figures from a range of political backgrounds’. Er, no, they aren’t. \u00a0They are all atheists. \u00a0The Guardian<\/a><\/strong> sycophantically referred to them as ‘more than 50 prominent public figures including novelists, diplomats, Nobel prize winners and playwrights.’ \u00a0The Independent<\/a><\/strong> described them as ‘an alliance of public figures\u00a0including scientists, novelists and politicians.<\/span>‘ \u00a0The BBC<\/a><\/strong> described them as ‘a group of public figures’ rather than the more accurate: ‘a group of atheist time-servers\u00a0taking themselves too seriously.’<\/p>\n

Why was that? Plainly the omission of any reference to the British Humanist Association and the corresponding ability of the organisation to drum up so many distinguished-sounding names so quickly while keeping itself in the background gave the letter its only possible credibility.<\/p>\n

Here are the signatories (BHA supporters Sir Jonathan Miller and Richard Dawkins and a few others have since added their names):<\/p>\n

Professor Jim Al-Khalil<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter and President, \u00a0Theoretical physicist, Professor of public engagement in science at the University of Surrey, author and broadcaster.<\/p>\n

Philip Pullman<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter,\u00a0 NSS Honorary Associate, atheist, author from Norwich, author of the trilogy His Dark Materials<\/em>. \u00a0Once said, ‘I’m trying to undermine the basis of Christian belief.’<\/span><\/p>\n

Tim Minchin<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, Australian musician, composer, songwriter, actor, comedian.\u00a0 Appeared in various TV shows.<\/p>\n

Dr Simon Singh<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, Science Writer, TV Director and Producer for BBC, lecturer, honorary associate of the Rationalist Association<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Ken Follett<\/strong>: BHA Honorary Member and BHA Distinguished Supporter.\u00a0 Parents are born-again Christians but rejected Christianity himself after becoming disillusioned.\u00a0 Writer and journalist.<\/p>\n

Dr Adam Rutherford<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, Science writer, editor, broadcaster.<\/p>\n

Sir John Sulston<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, Scientist, Nobel Prize winner, scientist father was an Anglican priest, brought up a Christian but lost faith as a teenager.<\/p>\n

Sir David Smith<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, Botanist, lecturer, campaigned against expansion of religious maintained schools.<\/p>\n

Professor Jonathan Glover<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, philosopher, writer of books on ethics.<\/p>\n

Professor Anthony Grayling<\/strong>: BHA Vice President and Distinguished Supporter, NSS Honorary Associate, Master of New College of the Humanities, writer, philosopher, campaigns for euthanasia.<\/p>\n

Nick Ross<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, Journalist, TV Presenter known for presenting Crimewatch, Chair of Jill Dando Institute for Crime Science, Chair of Crimewatch.<\/p>\n

Virginia Ironside<\/strong>: \u00a0BHA Distinguished Supporter, NSS Honorary Associate, Abortionist, writer, past agony aunt for the Daily Mirror but now writes a column for the Oldie.<\/p>\n

Professor Steven Rose<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, scientist, writer, born to Jewish parents.<\/p>\n

Natalie Haynes<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, comedienne, writer, human rights supporter. Writer of An Atheists Guide to Christmas.<\/p>\n

Peter Tatchell<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, homosexual, human rights campaigner, atheist, gay rights campaigner, Director of the Peter Tatchell Foundation, \u00a0contributor to paedophile book Betrayal of Youth<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Professor Raymond Tallis<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, physician, philosopher, author, poet, favours assisted dying.<\/p>\n

Dr Iolo ap Gwynn<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, scientist, mountaineer, atheist and interested in the natural world.<\/p>\n

Stephen Volk<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, supernatural screenwriter, author, spiritualism researcher, interested in parapsychology.<\/p>\n

Professor Steve Jones<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, NSS Honorary Associate, professor of genetics, science writer, broadcaster, outspoken against creationism.<\/p>\n

Sir Terry Pratchett<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, NSS Honorary Associate, believer in euthanasia, fantasy fiction author, satirist.\u00a0 Raises awareness of dementia.<\/p>\n

Dr Evan Harris<\/strong>: NSS Honorary Associate, ex-MP, supporter of euthanasia, abortion, homosexuality.<\/p>\n

Dr Richard Bartle<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, Professor of Computer Game Design at the University of Essex.<\/p>\n

Sian Berry<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, Green Party member and campaigner, politician, author, supporter of atheist bus campaign, contributor to The Atheists\u2019 Guide to Christmas.<\/p>\n

C J De Moo<\/strong>i: BHA Distinguished Supporter, President of the English Chess Federation, actor, professional quizzer and panellist on Eggheads, homosexual, supporter of gay rights.<\/p>\n

Professor John A Lee<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, Consultant Histopathologist at Rotherham NHS Foundation Trust, Professor of Pathology at Hull York Medical School, writer in the Lancet.<\/p>\n

Professor Richard Norman<\/strong>: BHA Vice President and Distinguished Supporter, Professor of Moral Philosophy, founder-member of the Humanist Philosophers\u2019 Group, contributor to BHA web resources.<\/p>\n

Zoe Margolis<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, writer, journalist, best-selling blogger, contributor to The Guardian and The Observer, ‘ambassador’ for the Brooks sexual health charity, pornographic author of Girl with a One-Track Mind<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Joan Smith<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, NSS Honorary Associate, columnist, novelist and human rights activist, writes about feminism and human rights.<\/p>\n

Michael Gore<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, Brought up a Roman Catholic but abandoned the faith, promoter of Darwinism, naturalist.<\/p>\n

Derek McAuley<\/strong>: Professor of Digital Economy, School of Computer Science, University of Nottingham, Director of Horizon at the University of Nottingham, Fellow of the British Computer Society.<\/p>\n

Lorraine Barratt<\/strong>: BHA trained celebrant and conductor of Humanist and non-religions funerals and baby ceremonies, atheist.\u00a0\u00a0 Lives in Penarth, Wales. \u00a0Resigned as a Welsh AM shortly after hosting a blasphemous poetry recital in the Assembly.<\/p>\n

Dr Susan Blackmore<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, writer, lecturer, broadcaster, visiting Professor at the University of Plymouth, Bristol, atheist.<\/p>\n

Dr Harry Stopes-Roe<\/strong>: BHA Vice President and Distinguished Supporter, British philosopher, son of family planning pioneer Marie Stopes, past science lecturer.<\/p>\n

Sir Geoffrey Bindman QC<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, human rights layer, Jewish immigrant descendant, founded Bindmans law firm.<\/p>\n

Adele Anderson<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, transsexual, actress and singer in cabaret and musical theatre, writer, bought up as Anglican.<\/p>\n

Dr Helena Cronin<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, Co-Director, Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science, LSE, explorer of evolutionary thinking, campaigner against maintained religion schools,\u00a0an honorary associate of Rationalist International and of the Rationalist Association, wants Charles Darwin’s birthday to be a public holiday.<\/span><\/p>\n

Professor Alice Roberts<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, Anatomist, fanatical evolutionist, broadcaster, self-declared\u00a0non-believer in life after death.<\/p>\n

Professor Chris French<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, Chartered Psychologist, sceptic Professor of Psychology, specialising in paranormal beliefs, editor of The Skeptic, Guardian writer.<\/p>\n

Sir Tom Blundell<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, British biochemist and science administrator, supported proposed bank holiday for Charles Darwin\u2019s birthday, research interests include DNA repair.<\/p>\n

Maureen Duffy<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter: Novelist, poet, playwright, used Freudian ideas and Greek mythology in her works, wrote lesbian novel The Microcosm<\/em>. \u00a0Homosexual activist and first president of the Gay Humanist Group.<\/span><\/p>\n

Baroness Whitaker<\/strong>: BHA Vice President and Distinguished Supporter, Former civil servant, Labour life peer since, moved amendment to repeal the blasphemy law in Anti-Terrorism Bill.<\/p>\n

Lord Avebury<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, NSS Honorary Associate, Lib Dem peer, founder Parliamentary Human Rights Group, Buddhist, ardent campaigner against blasphemy laws and for euthanasia.<\/p>\n

Richard Herring<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, writer, stand-up comedian, TV celebrity. Wrote Christ on a Bike \u2013 The Second Coming.<\/p>\n

Martin Rowson<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, writer, cartoonist for The Guardian, The Times, The Sindy, The Daily Mirror, The Spectator.<\/p>\n

Tony Hawks<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, comedian, writer, musician and philanthropist, TV\/radio panellist,<\/p>\n

Peter Cave<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, author, speaker, lecturer, chair Philosophers\u2019 Group, scripted and presented BBC radio philosophy programmes.<\/p>\n

Diane Munday<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, abortionist, member of the Abortion Law Reform Association in 1960s, ex-magistrate, a director of the Rationalist Press Association<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Professor Norman MacLean<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, biologist, Professor Emeritus in the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences, Southampton University. Reared as an Exclusive Brethren.<\/p>\n

Professor Sir Harold Kroto<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, joint Nobel Prize winner for Chemistry, Professor of Chemistry, against expansion of religious maintained schools, raised Jewish.<\/p>\n

Sir Richard Dalton<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, former diplomat, business consultant, Associate Fellow of the Middle East Programme, author.<\/p>\n

Sir David Blatherwick<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, retired diplomat.<\/p>\n

Michael Rubenstein<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, publisher, writer, adviser on employment and discrimination law, Editor monthly Industrial Relations Law Reports.<\/p>\n

Polly Toynbee<\/strong>: BHA Vice President and Distinguished Supporter, NSS Honorary Associate, writer, Guardian columnist, broadcaster, feature writer for Observer.<\/p>\n

Lord O’Neill<\/strong>: BHA Distinguished Supporter, NSS Honorary Associate, Ex-Labour MP for Ochil, against ‘mixing religion and politics’.<\/p>\n

Dan Snow<\/strong>: BHA ‘Distinguished Supporter’,\u00a0\u00a0avowed atheist, broadcaster, historian, should know better.<\/p>\n

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