How does an atheist celebrate rites of passage? Unbelievable?

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🗓️ 23 June 2014

⏱️ 82 minutes

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How does a non-religious person choose to mark significant milestones in life such as births, weddings and deaths? Some people are turning to the services of Humanist celebrants such as Hannah Hart, who talks to Justin about her line of work. Faith Forster is co-founder of Ichthus Christian Fellowship and discusses the differences between the way she conducts baby dedications, weddings and funerals as a Christian, compared to Hannah's non-religious ceremonies. For Hannah Hart http://humanist.org.uk/hannahhart/ For Faith Forster http://www.ichthus.org.uk/ For more faith debates visit www.premier.org.uk/unbelievable Join the conversation: Facebook and Twitter For Unbelievable? The Conference video website http://www.premier.org.uk/apologetics Get the MP3 podcast of Unbelievable? http://ondemand.premier.org.uk/unbelievable/AudioFeed.aspx or Via Itunes You may also enjoy: Unbelievable? 26th January 2013 - The atheist church - Sanderson Jones & David Robertson Unbelievable? 11 February 2012 - Should atheists be more religious? Alain de Botton & James Orr

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1:03.0	Premier and between four and five you can hear the profile interview that's a
1:06.9	leading Christians being interviewed by myself and other Premier
1:10.2	presenters well today you'll hear from Daniela Westbrook, former EastEnders
1:13.8	actress, about her drug issues that developed in the 1990s, how she spectacularly
1:19.5	fell from Grace with that extraordinary picture of her eroded septum, but how she came back again
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