Atheism, Secularism, Humanism… What does it all mean?  There has
been a lot in the press in the last week or so about atheism and
secularism. We had Baroness Warsi speaking about the dangers
that militant secularism holds for Europe, the court case about
prayers in council meeting. Then the Richard Dawkins Foundation
for Reason and Science publishing a poll highlighting how few UK
adults actually believe the teaching of Christianity despite
identifying themselves as Christian in the last census,
prompting lively discussion between various parties. Today we
had stories about how Richard Dawkins ancestors owned slaves and
somehow these seemed to be twisted into this being the reason he
is an atheist.  This got me wondering how many people actually
know what an atheist, secularist or humanist actually is, is
there a difference and why should I care?  According to the
BBC ’Atheists are people who believe that god or gods (or other
supernatural beings) are man-made constructs, myths and legends
or who believe that