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Atheists criticise religion exam at student teacher college

Students at Hibernia College are given course notes which say atheism produced “the worst horrors history has ever witnessed”.

AN ATHEIST GROUP has called on a teacher training college to remove notes from its curriculum which say that atheism produced “the worst horrors history has ever witnessed”.

Atheist Ireland says the module on religion at Hibernia College is unfair on people who don’t believe in god or who are not Roman Catholic.

It has called on the college to revise the religion module in its HDip in primary school education to teach students in an “objective, critical and pluralistic manner”.

Students at the college who are training to become primary school teachers are given course notes during the module which say that “atheist humanism produced the worst horrors history has ever witnessed, namely Nazism, Fascism and Marxism,” according to Atheist Ireland.

Students are also expected to answer ‘True’ to the exam statement: “Atheist humanism produced the worst horrors history has ever witnessed”.

Atheist Ireland has called on the college to remove the statements from the course notes and examinations, calling them “disgraceful” and “untrue”.

“Hibernia College should not be teaching the disgraceful [coursework] that very few modern atheists are bothered about the causes of the worst atrocities in history, and that we feel anything is morally justified in the absence of gods,” the group said in a letter today.

In Ireland, we have got used to Roman Catholic educational institutions discrimination against atheists and against religion people who are not Roman Catholics. It is sad that we now find Hibernia College, a nonreligious educational institution, doing the same.

A call to Hibernia College had not been returned by this afternoon.

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    Dec 31st 2015, 4:19 PM

    At least they were all terrible movies. It’s sad when good movies flop

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    Mute Hypernova
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    Dec 31st 2015, 4:46 PM

    Carlin,can you explain what you mean by ‘it’s sad when good movies flop’.Surely a movie thats a flop was never a good movie in the first place.

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    Dec 31st 2015, 4:50 PM

    Shawshank redemption flopped on its release in theatres that’s a good movie

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    Mute James Fitzgerald
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    Dec 31st 2015, 4:51 PM

    Shawshank and Fight Club both flopped on release, surely this is enough explanation.

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    Dec 31st 2015, 4:54 PM

    Ever hear of Shawshank Redemption? That flopped on its initial release and is now considered a classic.

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    Dec 31st 2015, 5:01 PM

    Blade Runner, the Wizard of Oz is a pretty iconic movie. Just a quick search of good movies which bombed at the box office shows up movies like Citizen Kane, Its a Wonderful Life and much more films.

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    Mute Carlin Ite
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    Dec 31st 2015, 5:04 PM

    Hypernova a movie that didn’t make any money is considered a flop. Making money is by no means the mark of a good movie.

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    Dec 31st 2015, 5:05 PM

    Waterworld. Quite an ok movie, but the definition of (cost – sales) doomed it to the junk basement.

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    Dec 31st 2015, 5:17 PM

    American psyco was a complete flop too

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    Dec 31st 2015, 5:25 PM

    ScarFace was a huge flop when it was released. Now considered a classic.

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    Dec 31st 2015, 5:43 PM

    Big Trouble in Little China is another good example of a great movie that tanked in the cinema

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    Dec 31st 2015, 6:46 PM

    If my memory serves “Once Upon a Time in America” was a major flop?, yet I beg anyone to tell me its not one of the all time great gangster movies?.

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    Dec 31st 2015, 8:51 PM

    pretty sure Wayne’s World was a flop at the cinema but now a cult classic

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    Dec 31st 2015, 8:55 PM

    Incorrect my man…Waynes World was actually a big hit on release. The sequel flopped tho.

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    Dec 31st 2015, 9:40 PM

    Rubbish film

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    Dec 31st 2015, 9:41 PM

    Once upon a time in America I’m talking about

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    Dec 31st 2015, 9:51 PM

    Your opinion Kieran which you’re entitled to but you’re in a minority.

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    Jan 1st 2016, 4:24 AM

    Huge Leone fan. Think once upon in a time in the west is a masterpiece, don’t think America is anywhere near as good, too long with poor pacing, though maybe worth a rewatch.

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    Jan 1st 2016, 10:02 AM

    Citizen Kane, Fight club, it’s a wonderful life, children of men, shawshank redemption, willy wonka and the chocolate factory, Hugo. Looks like you got absolutely smacked down there you smart@rse.

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    Dec 31st 2015, 4:39 PM

    That dj movie looks horrendous

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    Dec 31st 2015, 4:45 PM

    That fifa movie was out this year, that surely floped

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    Dec 31st 2015, 9:41 PM

    That was released last year, it got a release in the US this year and made less than $1000 in the box office.

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    Dec 31st 2015, 4:27 PM

    Southpaw was also a terrible film that I hoped would be good.

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    Dec 31st 2015, 4:47 PM

    Yeah there is not much left to do with boxing movies. Maybe a good behind the scenes of the business end of boxing. Night and the city remake gave a stab at it but could have been better.

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    Dec 31st 2015, 4:56 PM

    Creed was better than I expected.

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    Dec 31st 2015, 4:55 PM

    Bill Murray is way overrated!!

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    Dec 31st 2015, 5:03 PM

    Disgracefully comment. Take that back!

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    Dec 31st 2015, 6:43 PM

    Mark is entitled to his opinion I find Murray ok but a little bit one dimensional, fwiw the sight of Robin Williams in any film comedy or serious use to make me want to gouge my eyes out with a blunt pencil, but thats only my opinion some people love the guy.

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    Dec 31st 2015, 5:12 PM

    I thought Legend with Tom Hardy was a bit disappointing tbh

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    Dec 31st 2015, 5:28 PM

    Yup.That Krays movie was drivel.Worst movie of the year by far.

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    Dec 31st 2015, 4:54 PM

    I watched we are your friends. It was terrible but Emily Ratajkowski….so I’d give it a 6/10

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    Dec 31st 2015, 5:45 PM

    One thing that is never taken into consideration is inflation of box office ticket prices. It cost 2c to see Go With The Wind in 1939, of course StarWars will break $1bn @ €15 a ticket!

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    Dec 31st 2015, 9:35 PM

    But what is the value of that 2c now?

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    Dec 31st 2015, 10:24 PM

    Standard rule of thumb is to double it every 15 years

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    Dec 31st 2015, 5:14 PM

    Mortdecai was a funny film, enjoyed it. Depp’s performance was brilliant in it.

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    Jan 1st 2016, 12:10 AM

    Cable Guy, the best flop of a movie ever.

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    Dec 31st 2015, 5:52 PM

    All shite each and all

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