religion
Is God an Order or a Disorder or Both?
In his influential book, God Delusion (2006), the evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins declared the belief in God as a “delusion”, echoing what Sigmund Freud did in his early 20th century milestone ...
Divine Tragedy
In an age of times unrecorded, unthinkably remote and arcane, A conclave of gods indescribable, adrift in a cosmic domain. Non-physical, non-temporal, in eternal ennui they mire, Godlike yet flawed, a...
For a more peaceful world
Growing up in a religious country, I used to follow many influencers who also doubled as religious leaders. Despite the many differences in doctrine, I noticed that all these religious gatherings shar...
The Scientific Method applied to the existence of God / الأسلوب العلمي المطبق على وجود الله
“It doesn’t matter how beautiful your theory is, it doesn’t matter how smart you are. If it doesn’t agree with experiment, it’s wrong.” Richard Feynman. Whenever there are two ...
No deberás: Cómo la religión distorsiona la libertad / Thou shalt not: How religion distorts freedom
En 1974, cuando nací, poco más del 2% de los mexicanos declaraba no ser católico o no tener religión. En Aguascalientes, la ciudad en que nací, menos del 1% de la población lo hacía1 (el total de habi...
AAI Advisor, Narendra Nayak, on combating superstition in India
From the president of the Federation of Indian Rationalist Associations (FIRA) & AAI advisor, Narendra Nayak: During the nine months from March to December 2020, we did not have much scope for act...
Jason Sylvester – Big History of Religion: A Multidisciplinary Perspective on the Rise of Belief
Starting from threshold 6, the evolution of collective learning, along with threshold 7, the agricultural revolution, we will examine how religious thought arose in our ancestors with a series of quot...
Is slavery wrong?
Recently a Muslim asked me, “Why is it bad to own slaves?” It’s a good question and it needs an answer. What religions tell us Both Christians and Muslims can answer this question fr...
Why religions don’t care about truth
All religions insist they have found the truth, despite the fact there are hundreds of religions and thousands of denominations preaching contradictory beliefs. This made me wonder, if religions were ...
Are we made in God’s image?
I regularly jog past a Planned Parenthood center on my running route. Unless it’s raining (I guess “baby killing” is ok on rainy days) there is always a handful of protesters out-front, typicall...
How to prove an afterlife exists
I’ve finally worked out how to prove you will live again after you die. My method relies entirely on empirical evidence and requires no faith whatsoever. Here is the process step-by-step: Ascend...
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Crosses, Crescents, and Gunfire: The Role of Religion in Contemporary Wars
“Religions don’t cause wars, people do.” This well meaning phrase is often repeated in progressive and humanist circles. But when we look at today’s global conflicts (from Gaza to Ukraine, thro...