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Alfie Gallagher

It is with profound regret that The Pensive Quill reports the death of its dear friend Alfie Gallagher.Over many years Alfie's work featured on TPQ. He did interviews, book reviews and articles, many of which also appeared on his own blog Left From The West.Alfie was a very close friend of Anthony McIntyre, whom he inspired with his ideas and warmed with his friendship. A fiercely

Gardai Warning On Islamic Terror Threat To St Paddy’s Day Celebrations Is No Spoof!

Dr John Coulter ✍ At first, when An Garda Siochana issued a statement confirming the Southern Irish police force is monitoring “potential threats” to St Patrick’s Day events next Monday that are “inciting attacks on behalf of (Islamic State)” online, my initial reaction was that this was some sort of early April fool prank. Who in their right mind would want to attack celebrations to

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Five Hundred And Sixty Five

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousBook Launch: ‘British-Irish Relations in the 21st Century’ by Etain Tannam Tickets, Mon 10 Mar 2025 at 17:00 | EventbriteThe

A Morning Thought @ 2488

A Morning Thought @ 2487

The God Concept

Noel Byrne ✏ with a piece first published in The Irish Freethinker.The painter Paul Gauguin asked the questions- “Where do we come from? What are we? Where are we going”?God is the term often used to answer ultimate questions, such as Gauguin’s. But along with the concept, God is a very nebulous and amorphous word, fraught with ambiguity, vagueness, uncertainty and many connotations. Is god

Christian Lawmaker Still Wants Teachers To Be Able To Hit Students With Disabilities

Friendly Atheist ✏ Oklahoma State Sen. Shane Jett cited the Bible while opposing a bill to ban corporal punishment against students with disabilities.Once again, a Republican lawmaker in Oklahoma argued that it ought to be okay for teachers to beat students with disabilities because not doing so would be unbiblical.Oklahoma currently permits corporal punishment in public schools. That’s a

Three Prominent Atheists Resigned From FFRF's Honorary Board 🪶 Good Riddance

Friendly Atheist ✏ Jerry Coyne, Steven Pinker, and Richard Dawkins are big mad that FFRF removed an anti-trans article from their website.Somehow, there are even more updates to the anti-trans controversy I first wrote about on Saturday.In case you missed it, the short version is that biologist Jerry Coyne, author of Why Evolution is True and Faith Versus Fact: Why Science and Religion Are

Moses Trump

Right Wing Watch 👀 Hank Kunneman Says Trump Is A 'Moses-Like Figure' Sent By God To Give Christians Control Of The Seven Mountains.Kyle MantylaSeven Mountains Dominionism is a radical far-right theology that has, in recent years, been increasingly embraced by the Christian nationalist activists who support and surround President Donald Trump. The Seven Mountains Mandate, as it is sometimes

Lynx By Ten To The Power Of One Thousand Five Hundred And Sixty Four

Ten links to a diverse range of opinion that might be of interest to TPQ readers. They are selected not to invite agreement but curiosity. Readers can submit links to pieces they find thought provoking.Before We Conform, Or Condemn, Let Us At Least Be CuriousNo more prayers in Parliament, MPs sayAbortion - Women Betrayed by the System in BrazilGovernment rejects cap on religious