Tag Archives: religion

Spiritual safety tips

August 31st, 2010
What Should You Do If You Find an Atheist In Your Neighborhood?. Via Buzz Feed
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Opponent of infant baptism’s son went Christian — not ironic

July 26th, 2010
From a Fox News story about atheists “de-baptizing” themselves with hair dryers Kagin believes parents are wrong to baptize their children before they are able to make their own choices, even slamming some religious education as “child abuse.” He said the blast of hot air was a way for adults to undo what their parents [...]
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Son of Sam is a born-again Christian

July 14th, 2010
David Berkowitz, the Son of Sam serial killer, is now a born-again Christian, who is in high demand within the evangelical community. In 2007, the chaplain of a state youth development center in Somerville, Tenn., wrote to ask him for help in dealing with students who were veering toward Satanism. “David, I am asking you [...]
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Science will win

June 10th, 2010
When Sawyer asked if there was a way to reconcile religion and science, Hawking said, “There is a fundamental difference between religion, which is based on authority, [and] science, which is based on observation and reason. Science will win because it works.” From Buzzfeed
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Anxiety and insecurity turn people to religion

May 24th, 2010
Epiphenom has a round-up of research findings about religion and anxiety that jibe well with my pre-existing notions. So take that as a caveat. Items include: Kurt Gray has shown that people invoke god as a moral agent to explain negative (but acausal) events. Nicholas Epley has shown that making people feel lonely increases their [...]
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Happy Draw Mohammed Day!

May 20th, 2010
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Catalogue of sins

May 11th, 2010
Wonkette relays a wonderful list of sins, as decreed by the Family Research Council (you may know them from such hypocrisies as the rent boy. There’s a special section of “State & National Sins”, which defines sins for citizens and leaders. All of them are gems, but I especially like these: Judicial, legislative & executive [...]
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Religion makes little difference in your sex life

April 28th, 2010
Recent study: Religious identification doesn’t have much affect on the sex lives of college students. Though there is a bit of a difference when actual beliefs are considered rather than just self-identification as christian or whatever. There are lots of other good nuggets in the story, like: Atheists and agnostics do fantasize more than religious [...]
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Noah’s ark found! Probably!

April 27th, 2010
"It’s not 100 percent that it is Noah’s Ark but we think it is 99.9 percent that this is it," Yeung Wing-cheung, a Hong Kong documentary filmmaker and member of the 15-strong team from Noah's Ark Ministries International told AFP. We’re pretty sure all this wood we found is Noah’s ark. I mean, it’s wood [...]
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Millennials aren’t all that religious. Still spiritual though.

April 27th, 2010
Most young adults today don’t pray, don’t worship and don't read the Bible, a major survey by a Christian research firm shows. If the trends continue, "the Millennial generation will see churches closing as quickly as GM dealerships," says Thom Rainer, president of LifeWay Christian Resources. In the group’s survey of 1,200 18- to 29-year-olds, [...]
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