American Mythology: The Innocence of White People

American Mythology: The Innocence of White People

The mythology of “America” kills many, many more people today than any myth of “Islam.”

Should the mythology in question be American Exceptionalism and the ‘just war’ against Islam?

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Is teaching Creationism a form of Child Abuse?

Is teaching Creationism a form of Child Abuse?

Anyone who tells children that God – literally – created the world in seven days 6,000 years ago is guilty of perverting education.

Do you think laying the foundation for non-critical thinking is a violation?

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Does education mean more or less religion?

Does education mean more or less religion?

New analysis of data from the World Values Survey using a novel approach shows that educated people tend to have lower religious beliefs.

What does it indicate that in developed countries higher education and intelligence is correlated with less religiosity?

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How I lost, or never had, my parents faith

How I lost, or never had, my parents faith

Up until a certain point, I am not quite certain when anymore, I never questioned Catholicism and assume I sort of felt the rituals of observation were ubiquitous.

Do you have a similar story? Did you stop believing your parent’s stories?

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How the Student Loans Debate Got Religion

How the Student Loans Debate Got Religion

According to the Bible, in minor jubilees people’s property and land were redistributed, slaves were freed, and, yes, debts forgiven.

Will the Biblical precedence for absolution of debt penetrate christian objectivists’ cognitive dissonance?

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To disprove Evolution, Louisiana Educators teaching that Loch Ness Monster is Real

To disprove Evolution, Louisiana Educators teaching that Loch Ness Monster is Real

“It sounds like a plot dreamed up by the creators of Southpark, but it’s all true: schoolchildren in Louisiana are to be taught that the Loch Ness monster is real in a bid by religious educators to disprove Darwin’s theory of evolution.”

Umm…. they also promote sectarianism and the good aspects of the KKK. Yeah. I don’t see an issue with this….

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Religious Belief Declining Very Slowly Around the World

Religious Belief Declining Very Slowly Around the World

‘For a century or two now, people have been predicting the eventual disappearance of religion. As education spreads and scientific knowledge increases, people were supposed to cast off their old superstitions and come into the light of reason. ‘

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