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Here are 15 things the Catholic Church teaches that are ruining your sex life — even if you’re not religious
I thank God I was raised Catholic, so sex will always be dirty. ~John Waters
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Yeah, but Christianity Built Universities and Hospitals!
Let’s consider the challenge that we have Christianity to thank for creating universities and nurturing them as they developed into the centers of education and research that they are today.
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Atheists Deny Themselves This One Question? Atheists and Awe
The Godless Mom tackles Billy Dyer's assertion that "Atheism, as a worldview, has a common forbidden fruit and that is asking the question, 'Why?'"
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10 Things You’re Taught Growing Up as a Christian Woman
As you read the examples below of things you learn in conservative Christianity about godly womanhood, imagine that you are a young woman and these are the messages you are receiving from the people that you trust the most in your life. Some of these messages are taught directly and others are mostly just implied or demonstrated in the Bible.
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New Atheism, Worse Than You Think
In the years since the so-called “New Atheism” burst onto the scene in the mid 2000s, the movement has not lacked for critics among nonbelievers and agnostics. Until recently, however, few of them wrote books on the subject. By David Hoelscher.
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Your Guide to Hell :)
I intend to share ways in which you can avoid eternal punishment, and what to expect should you be unfortunate enough to land yourself in the fiery pits of hell once you depart this earth.
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Judge refuses to dismiss lawsuit against Jehovah’s Witnesses
DOVER — With a precedent-setting determination regarding confidentiality among some church members last week, a Superior Court judge continued a lawsuit against a Sussex County congregation. Judge Mary M. Johnston did not dismiss a lawsuit filed by the state of Delaware against the Laurel Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses regarding whether it should have reported child abuse allegations in 2013.
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To oblivion and beyond: art and science at the edge of consciousness
From William Blake’s vision of a soul leaving the body to Goshka Macuga’s creepy somnambulist, a new exhibition explores the mysteries of the mind – but are we any closer to finding the answers Descartes was seeking when he dissected a human brain more than 350 years ago?
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Subjective Tastes & Character Judgments—Two Great Flavors that Taste Lousy Together
To be very clear: I’m not talking about subjective tastes that have a genuine moral component. I understand that there are moral issues with, for instance, food (eating meat or not?); consumer items (were they made by exploited laborers?); choice of transportation (does it pollute?); and lots of other examples. I’m also not talking about subjective choices that actually do immediately infringe on other people, like playing loud music at three in the morning and keeping the neighbors awake.
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Rafael Cruz Warns: 'New Religion Of America Is Secular Humanism' (Video)
Rafael Cruz, the father of Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, lamented that the "new religion of America is secular humanism" on Feb. 3 (video below).
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Atheist Debates - Abraham and Isaac
Part of the Atheist Debates Patreon project: http://www.patreon.com/AtheistDebates The three Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Islam and Christianity) share a foundation that rests, in part, on the story of Abraham and Isaac (or, Ishmael, in the case of Islam). This story has strangely been preached as a lovely story of obedience and the foundation of a covenant with God...but what does the story really tell us?
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BBC continues to reduce its unpopular religious programming
The BBC's latest annual report indicates a general reduction in the hours the Corporation devotes to religious broadcasting. The only increase was on BBC1 which devoted 86 hours to religious programmes.
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Have I got nudes for you: Emer O’Toole on the art of being naked
After her underarm hair caused a stir on national TV, the writer was asked to pose for a nude painting. The experience led her to wonder why we’re still so shy about the naked human form.
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Neuroscience and Free Will Are Rethinking Their Divorce
A new finding casts an old one in a very different, more free-will-friendly light. By Christian Jarrett.
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Darcy's Heart-Stirrings: Not A Nice Story
From babyhood they said "You are a dirty sinner, there is nothing good in you, you are destined for hell because of your nature."
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If peace on earth is our goal, atheism might be the means to that end
The nonreligious are more liberal and more pacifist on most issues relating to violence: torture, the death penalty, corporal punishment, imperialism and more.
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Animal spirits
The more we learn about the emotions shared by all mammals, the more we must rethink our own human intelligence. By Stephen T Asma.
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What I Learned From Tickling Apes
Humans aren’t so special. Animals think much more deeply than we imagine. By Frans de Waal.
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No, You Can’t Feel Sorry for Everyone
The idea of empathy for all ignores the limits of human psychology. By Adam Waytz.
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Katastrofa
To understand our histories we have to narrate our catastrophes. By Aleksandar Hemon.
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