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Ignorance is Bliss: Why Religious People Seem Happier Than the “Nones”
A new Pew Research Center study released last week that examines the relationship between religion and everyday activities brought out a number of eye-catching headlines, including “Highly Religious Volunteer More, Lie Less, and Claim to Be Happier” from the Houston Chronicle and “Strongly Religious People are Happier than Non-Religious” by the Christian Daily.
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Ireland recognizes gift from Choctaw Nation during potato famine
MAR 23, 2015 - Scheduled to be unveiled in May in Bailic Park in Middleton, Cork County, Ireland.,
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A (much longer) Counter to the Moral Argument
The moral argument for god’s existence is one of the most common arguments apologists will use in debates with atheists. It also tends to be one of the most misunderstood arguments, which I think contributes to its persistence in sticking around despite having been debunked a long time ago.
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Humanist Group Launches Initiatives for Racial Justice, Women’s Equality and LGBTQ Rights
To strengthen the humanist presence in social justice movements, today the American Humanist Association launched the Black Humanist Alliance, an adjunct organization that will promote racial justice and solidarity between the Black and humanist communities. In conjunction with the launch, the American Humanist Association is also relaunching its women’s rights adjunct, the Feminist Humanist Alliance, and its LGBTQ adjunct, the LGBTQ Humanist Alliance.
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Even conservative experts know Christian ‘discipline’ is abuse
Ask any conservative Christian and they’ll tell you: Of course we don’t abuse children. We’re opposed to abuse. We use loving biblical correction, which is quite different. Those interested in ending violence against children have therefore been very interested in the results of a recent study which, after analysing 50 years’ worth of data, concluded that ‘mild spanking’ and physical abuse have basically the same effects...
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They Deserved It
Do you hear the whispers in the church hallways? Those sinners got what was coming to them. Sooner or later the price of sin must be paid. You are free to choose, but not to choose the consequences of that choice. In any discussion I have had where I have pinned down the believer and forced them to look squarely at the core morality they hold the comeback is always the same. You’ll get yours, God’s gonna damn you for such insubordinate behavior!!!
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Elie Wiesel Visits Disneyland
The Holocaust survivor’s under-appreciated journalistic work for ‘The Forverts,’ unearthed—including a dispatch from The Happiest Place on Earth. By Menachem Butler.
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Enough Talk – A Call to Humanist Action
In 1933, the first Humanist Manifesto was crafted to communicate a need to transcend the limitations of religious belief systems. Those who penned and signed this comprehensive document on humanism affirmed the necessity of establishing “conditions of a satisfactory life for all, not merely for the few.”
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Sunday Sermon
Epicurus (341–270 BC) wrote: Death is nothing to us; for that which has been dissolved into its elements experiences no sensations, and that which has no sensation is nothing to us. This is the famous observation by Epicurus, later echoed by Mark Twain and thousands more, that “when I’m dead I won’t care that I’m dead.”
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Trial of Faith
Every faithful or once faithful member of their respective religion should be familiar with the idea of a “trial of faith”. When hardship and tragedy strike, we are told that God is testing us. We are expected to endure and remain faithful through our trials, and after… AFTER… we will be blessed. There are many explanations for why the troubling experiences we have supposedly bring us closer to God. Mostly though, God just wants to see how much he can fuck with you before you give up on him.
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Is My Intolerance of Your Intolerance Intolerant?
You would think that the best Saudi Arabia could hope for would be to keep its head down while asking the West to ignore its peculiar institutions. But that’s not Saudi Arabia’s MO. With preachy sanctimony, the Saudis proclaim that any criticism of their system violates international norms of human rights.
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The Surprising Musical Preferences of an Amazon Tribe
Scientists have claimed that humans have an innate, universal preference for some chords over others—but a study of remote villagers suggests otherwise. By Ed Yong.
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Would it be immoral to send out a generation starship?
If human beings are ever to colonise other planets – which might become necessary for the survival of the species, given how far we have degraded this one – they will almost certainly have to use generation ships… By Neil Levy.
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Embark on an interstellar, operatic adventure with the Voyager spacecrafts
Combining animation, archival photographs, videos, images, sounds and a sweeping, operatic score, Santiago Menghini’s short film Voyagers is a stunning tribute to one of humanity’s most ambitious – and idealistic – projects.
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9-year-old boy chained and tortured in church for weeks: This is why I hate religion.
A 9-year-old boy was rescued from a church in Ogun state Nigeria, after weeks of being chained and tortured. The Celestial church of Christ had been keeping the emaciated child in chains and tortured him in a bid to rid him of demonic possession. This was said to be with the consent of the child’s father, a pastor.
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Why poetry is good for the rational mind
Poetry shows us that the world is more varied and unpredictable than we might otherwise imagine. By Fiona Sampson.
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Are churches key to solving social problems? Fewer Americans now think so
A majority of U.S. adults still say religious institutions contribute either “a great deal” (19%) or “some” (38%) to solving important social problems, but the combined figure of 58% has fallen significantly in recent years.
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See new baby inside amniotic sac after being born in rare phenomenon
The tiny infant was born with the membranes completely intact in extremely rare occurrence - but it's said to be a good omen for babies
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I Let My Husband Rape Me, and Here’s Why…
Abuse is progressive. This is how it gets from point A to point B.
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Secular US Families Raising Children Without Any Religion
No religion is the new religion. Parents with secular ideas do not force children to follow any specific religion and let them find their own way in life.
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