While many children spend a portion of their summer at vacation Bible school learning to be more Christ-like, one college professor wants to increase the number of non-believers.
Professed Atheist Richard Dawkins, the author of The God Delusion, is helping to launch Britain’s first summer retreat for non-believers.
Dawkins, who is subsidizing the camp, told OneNewsNow it is designed to "encourage children to think for themselves, skeptically and rationally."
The five-day camp in Somerset is designed for children aged eight to 17 and Dawkins said it will rival traditional faith-based programs run by the Scouts and church groups. Afternoons will be filled with familiar camp activities such as canoeing and swimming but the mornings will be spent teaching lessons on evolution and debunking phenomena such as telepathy. The program's mott "It’s beyond belief"
Instead of singing Kumbiya and other campfire favorites, Dawkins said budding Atheists will sit around the embers belting out "Imagine there’s no heaven . . . and no religion too." All 24 slots at the retreat, which runs from July 27-31, have been filled.