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The Satanic Temple (TST) was founded in 2013 and has it's headquarters in Salem, Massachusetts. TST identifies as a non-theistic religion, views Satan as a literary figure rather than an actual being,
by A Pagan in Arizona
on Tue Mar 26, 2024 at 02:00 PM PDT
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Both the Jerusalem Post and The Telegraph are reporting the results of a confidential survey by the state-run Iranian Culture and Islamic Guidance Ministry of nearly 16,000 Iranians polled anonymously that were leaked to Iran International, a...
by Irontortoise
on Sun Feb 25, 2024 at 07:33 PM PST
with 21 Recommends
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Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour cleverly hidden at the intersection of religion, art, science, food, and politics. This is an open thread where we can share our thoughts and comments ...
by Ojibwa
on Thu Jan 25, 2024 at 01:06 PM PST
with 44 Recommends
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Back in January, I posted a diary about my latest book, A God Of Our Invention: How Religion Shaped the Western World. At that time, I mentioned I would be speaking about the book in a conversation with George Hammond at the Commonwealth Club of San...
by Dan K
on Tue Mar 28, 2023 at 10:52 AM PDT
with 24 Recommends
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For the past several years, I’ve been researching and writing a book on the development of our idea of God in Judaism and Christianity. I’ve particularly looked into how Christianity has impacted the world even into modern times as a privileged...
by Dan K
on Mon Jan 16, 2023 at 07:41 PM PST
with 38 Recommends
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In the majority opinion that overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the national right to an abortion, Justice Samuel Alito promised that Americans still had the power to secure reproductive freedom by voting in state and local elections. It was a facetious...
by Blue Tuesday
on Mon Jul 04, 2022 at 10:06 AM PDT
with 22 Recommends
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UPDATE: www.france24.com/en… June 1 — Anti-femicide group goes on trial in Turkey A prominent Turkish anti-femicide campaign group went on trial on Wednesday accused of activity against law and morals, with several hundred demonstrators rallying...
by mettle fatigue
on Wed Jun 01, 2022 at 07:21 PM PDT
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Liberté, Égalité, Laïcité! Whoops Following the publication of a report this week about sexual abuse of children by the clergy, Eric de Moulins-Beaufort, who is archbishop of Reims and head of the Bishops’ Conference of France, said in a radio...
by LaFeminista
on Fri Oct 08, 2021 at 02:37 AM PDT
with 20 Recommends
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Welcome to the Street Prophets Coffee Hour cleverly hidden at the intersection of religion and politics. This is an open thread where we can share our thoughts and comments about the day. Let’s ...
by Ojibwa
on Sat Mar 13, 2021 at 01:06 PM PST
with 29 Recommends
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Personal Freedoms Kill Religion By James A. Haught Why is religion collapsing in all Western democracies – and most rapidly in the United States? A major researcher lists multiple reasons: -- Revulsion by young liberals against the sanctimonious...
by JamesAHaught
on Wed Dec 23, 2020 at 08:08 AM PST
with 15 Recommends
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(I posted a longer version of this on my website: https://aftergod.net/2019/06/25/atheism-or-secularism/.)
This is partly a definition question, and partly a political one. Basically, an atheist is someone who believes there is no god, while a...
by Dan K
on Tue Jun 25, 2019 at 03:52 PM PDT
with 4 Recommends
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As the nation lurches closer towards being ruled by a tyrannical dictator with unwavering support from the Republican Party , the American people are ignoring an even greater threat to the ...
by Rmuse
on Mon Feb 25, 2019 at 06:45 AM PST
with 351 Recommends
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Like most of us, I had never even heard of Kyrsten Sinema until a few weeks ago. It happens that the daughter of a good friend of mine shared a room at the Air force Academy with Kyrsten’s opponent, so he was watching the results closely, being...
by arodb
on Wed Nov 14, 2018 at 10:44 AM PST
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I have always enjoyed reading mythology; I especially like the mythology of the ancient Greeks and Egyptians which tried to explain important daily events (the sun moving through the sky) and the ...
by NY brit expat
on Sun Sep 16, 2018 at 03:00 PM PDT
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Secularism is the revolutionary idea held by some people that government and religion should occupy separate realms. While theocracy has been a common and popular form of government in many parts of ...
by Ojibwa
on Sun Sep 16, 2018 at 08:30 AM PDT
with 31 Recommends
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Despite what evangelical know-nothings the current administration is overflowing with claim incessantly, the intent of the Founding Fathers and Constitution’s Framers is crystal clear regarding ...
by Rmuse
on Wed May 23, 2018 at 08:00 AM PDT
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For ten years, Sam Harris was an intellectual hero of mine. As I transitioned out of evangelical Christianity into atheism at eighteen, Sam’s books The End of Faith and Letter to a Christian Nation were exactly what I needed to make sense of the doubts...
by SeanAvolio
on Sun May 06, 2018 at 09:08 AM PDT
with 34 Recommends
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Contemporary global phenomenon that has engulfed nearly many corners of the globe resulting in a state of uncertainty for innocent mass who are victims of extremist violence and radical religious fundamentalism particularly exploited by religious...
by badhan
on Sun Feb 04, 2018 at 07:32 PM PST
with 0 Recommends
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So the Tea Party has morphed into the Trump Party, and the Coffee Party has become The Resistance. The midterms are right around the corner, and the battles are about to begin. Perhaps the Dem’s and all on the left’s question should be this for the...
by yogipohaku
on Mon Jan 01, 2018 at 08:11 AM PST
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The picture of Jefferson Beauregard Sessions that graces this Dailykos Diary (essay, for those not in the club) is complements of the Secular Coalition of America, that sent out this email to those such as myself, who have been active in the...
by arodb
on Mon Jan 16, 2017 at 02:37 PM PST
with 33 Recommends
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