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Men Are Less Religious in Countries With More Gender Equality, Shows Study
Many Indians have grown up hearing things like “Pati parmeshwar hota hai” (your husband is your god), so it is hardly a revelation to learn that men are more religious in countries with poor gender equality. A new sex-based global analysis seeks to understand how religiousness among men and low levels of gender equality are interlinked with each other.
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Catholic priest in US resigns after one changed word made thousands of baptisms he performed invalid
Father Andres Arango apologises for using the word "we" instead of "I" when performing baptisms — a change which meant the thousands of baptisms he performed during his 20 years as a priest in Brazil, California and Arizona were found to be invalid.
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People with stronger Buddhist beliefs are more likely to donate blood due to greater sensitivity to morality
A study published in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology suggests that appealing to the moral elements of Buddhist teachings might encourage more people to donate blood. The researchers found that people with stronger Buddhist beliefs were more likely to say they would donate blood, and this was partly explained by increased moral attentiveness.
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Ending religion lessons in schools leads to overall decline in belief but not morals
Losing My Religion was one of the defining songs of my youth, thanks to REM. Rather more importantly (unless you care a lot about teenage angst) our collective loss of belief matters hugely for how society has evolved. When I was born, twice as many of us were Christians as had no religion. Today, more of us are atheists than Christians and it appears only slightly over half of British Christians believe in God.
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‘Gone by 2040’: Why some religions are declining in Canada faster than ever
Religiosity in Canada is at an all-time low, with recently released data from Statistics Canada showing only 68 per cent of Canadians say they have a religious affiliation.
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Utah billionaire leaves Mormon church with blistering accusation it is actively harming the world
Jeff T. Green, Utah’s richest native, has announced he is leaving the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. In a blistering letter to LDS President Russell Nelson, Green accused the Mormon church of “actively and currently doing harm in the world.” Fantastically wealthy, the church has funded some of the most vicious anti-LGBTQ initiatives, including California’s ballot initiative to overturn marriage equality, and has a racist history of banning people of color.
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Domestic violence goes unrecognized in faith communities
Australians who are frequently involved in religion and who identify as religious are less likely to acknowledge domestic violence is an issue within their faith community, despite acknowledging it as a national issue, a new study has found.
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No, Atheists Don't Owe Any Respect To Your Religion
As one of the most visible comets of the 20th century, Hale-Bopp would have been newsworthy anyway. Easily seen with the naked eye for 18 consecutive months, it was a constant celebrity in the media spotlight. Then on March 26, 1997, Hale-Bopp reached a new pinnacle of notoriety.
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Kenneth Copeland is the wealthiest pastor in America. So why does he live in a tax-free Texas mansion?
At his 2015 Southwest Believers’ Convention in Fort Worth, wealthy Texas televangelist Kenneth Copeland explained how he wound up living in a mansion. It all started when God told him years earlier to build that dream home his wife Gloria had described to him. “Minister this house to her,” he recalled the almighty saying. “It is part of your prosperity.”
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Catholic diocese says gay and trans people can't be baptized or receive Communion
A Catholic diocese in Michigan has been thrust into the national spotlight after a prominent priest and author shared its guidance on transgender members and
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Survey: 59% think too many people are using religion to avoid vaccine
Several people remain unconvinced that religious exemptions for COVID-19 vaccines are necessary.
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The Real Origins of the Religious Right
One of the most durable myths in recent history is that the religious right, the coalition of conservative evangelicals and fundamentalists, emerged as a political movement in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling legalizing abortion. The tale goes something like this: Evangelicals, who had been politically quiescent for decades, were so morally outraged by Roe that they resolved to organize in order to overturn it.
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Blasphemy laws lead to bloodbath in Pakistan
As factory workers took selfies with the burning corpse of their manager, Farhan Idrees proudly spoke to local media about the alleged blasphemy. “Priyantha Kumara tore a paper from the wall. It was inscribed with the name of Hussain [grandson of Prophet Mohammad]. He threw it in the basket,” said Idrees, who appeared to be in his 20s.
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What If We Taught Students That Religion is Absurd?
We need to educate our children and teenagers to the point where they can think critically for themselves and can easily see and understand the absurdity of religion
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It’s Hard to Watch Good People Struggle With Religion
Everyone has their own definition of what it means to be a real Christian. Usually, people think of real Christians as the ones who agree with them, though this doesn’t solve anything. When I wrote Dragged Into the Light, a book about Christians who believe the world is full of monsters, including and especially Reptilians in the halls of power, it was better shorthand to call them a cult than it was to call them a sect.
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Catholic priests told not to perform exorcisms on patients who have Covid
The pandemic has driven people to try just about anything to eradicate Covid in order to return to pre-pandemic life - including requesting to undergo an exorcism to rid themselves of the disease. Catholic priests have received an "overwhelming" number of requests from coronavirus patients for them to perform exorcisms to eradicate the infection.
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God save us (so to speak) from "sincerely held religious beliefs"
Why do evangelical Christians' sincerely held religious beliefs allow them to circumvent laws the rest of us can't. No good reason.
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New psychology research identifies a robust predictor of atheism in adulthood
People who grew up in a home with relatively little credible displays of faith are more likely to be atheists, according to new research published in ...
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Some 3,000 Paedophiles In French Catholic Church Since 1950: Probe Panel Head
Thousands of paedophiles have operated inside the French Catholic Church since 1950, the head of an independent commission investigating the scandal told AFP, days ahead of the release of its report.
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One in four Americans identify as Nones. Why are millions leaving organized religion?
They are ex-missionaries and military pilots, yoga instructors and computer programmers, mothers, fathers, professors and political activists. Some left religion on a rocky, anguished path, stung by abuse or shunned by family. Others came to the realization slowly, after a lifetime of questions they couldn't shake.
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