'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

Vocabulary

motto

a short catchy phrase that expresses a belief or purpose of something or someone 

set up

founded, created, born 

to counter the influence of

here, to provide strong alternative ideas to 

to spread atheism

to convince more and more people that God does not exist 

logical fallacies

invalid arguments, or arguments with mistakes in reasoning 

unicorn

an imaginary white horse-like creature with a horn growing from the front of its head 

proving a negative

finding and presenting reasons to show that something is not true 

manage the feat

are able to complete this difficult task