عنوان درس: اولین اردوی تابستانی خداناباوری در بریتانیا

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'It's beyond belief!' is the motto of the organisation, which was set up in the United States to counter the influence of faith-based summer camps run by the Scouts and church groups. But the Director of the camp in the UK, Samantha Stein, says its purpose is not to spread atheism - rather to encourage thinking:

SAMANTHA STEIN

The idea of Camp Quest is really to let the children decide what they think. So we're going to run some activities on philosophy for children. And we'll run activities on logical fallacies. So it's really a way of getting the kids interested in thinking, interested in philosophy and questions of religion and all sorts of scientific and critical thinking.

One of the games played at Camp Quest is called the Invisible Unicorn Challenge. Campers are told that unicorns live in the area around their tents, and are then asked to prove that they don't exist. The aim is to illustrate the difficulty of proving a negative. But any children who manage the feat will win a ten pound note signed by the author of The God Delusion, Richard Dawkins, whose money also helps fund the camp.

Keith Adams, BBC

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motto
شعار

set up
was set up تاسیس شد، دایر شد

to counter the influence of
برای مقابله با نفوذ....

to spread atheism
اشاعه خداناباوری، گسترش ایده انکار خداوند

logical fallacies
افکار غلط و سفسطه هایی که در ظاهر منطقی و معقول به نظر می رسد

unicorn
(اسب اسطوره ای) تک شاخ

proving a negative
اثبات چیزی که حقیقت ندارد

manage the feat
در اینجا: ( کودکی که ) توانایی به پایان رساندن این ماموریت دشوار را دارد