Other than offering a signed tenner I don't know to what degree (if at all) the good professor is actively involved in this project.The aims of the camp sound so Richard Dawkins, but that in itself proves nothing, perhaps the organisers just took a page out of Dawkins book, and I might add, where better a place to take one from.
Aims
"Campers are taught that ethical behaviour is not dependent on religious belief and doctrines, that religious belief and doctrines are sometimes a hindrance to ethical and moral behaviour, and that irreligious persons are also good and fully capable of living a happy and meaningful life."
An atheist summer camp in Somerset is offering children aged seven to 17 a "godless alternative" to religious camps traditionally run by the scouts and church groups.
Some of the 24 children arriving at Camp Quest in Bruton seemed a little young to be tackling the weighty concepts ahead of them....snip
The summer camp, designed with the children of atheist parents in mind, has a slightly daunting mission statement.
It is "dedicated to improving the human condition through rational inquiry, critical and creative thinking, scientific method… and the separation of religion and government"....snip
(Of Unicorns)The only proof of their existence is contained in an ancient book handed down over "countless generations".
A prize - a £10 note signed by Professor Richard Dawkins - is offered to any child who can disprove the existence of the unicorns.
Outside the camp gates, a single lonely demonstrator criticised both Professor Dawkins and the camp he supports.more
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