New Blog Series on ‘Religious Sects & Cults’!
Part 1 – New Blog Series on ‘Religious Sects & Cults’ Part 2 – Scientology – An Analysis of Scientology’s Beliefs Welcome to this new series I’ve entitled ‘Religious […]
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Category Archives: Religion
Why I Don’t Believe in Thor, Zeus, Horus & All the Other “Mythological” Gods.
On what grounds can one reject the existence of, say, the Greek god Zeus, the Norse gods Odin and Thor? Or the thousands of other gods believed to be invented […]
An Objective Look At “Speaking in Tongues” in 8 Brief Points
This brief paper will examine the act/behaviour of speaking in tongues while also considering expert voices from a number of linguists. 1. What is Speaking in Tongues? Though commonly referred […]
The Value of Religion & Why We Need It For A Meaningful Life.
This is an article I was approached to write for Scope Magazine under the theme Rising Up, and within a limit of 850 words. Scope Magazine is a Christian based […]
Criticizing Islam isn’t Islamophobia & Why We Need Freedom of Speech to Criticize Beliefs.
I don’t agree on much with anti-theist Richard Dawkins but perhaps in one area we can find some common ground, and that is that religion does not deserve a pedestal. […]
Religious Epistemology
When it comes to religious belief there are several kinds of important epistemological questions. For example, what is the evidence for God’s existence? Are there good arguments for the existence […]
On Religious Fundamentalism.
“Religious fundamentalism refers to the belief of an individual or a group of individuals in the absolute authority of a sacred religious text or teachings of a particular religious leader, […]
Humanity’s Wishful Thinking in Life & Religions, and a Skeptic’s Fallacy.
Humanity has a tendency towards what is known as wishful thinking (WT). WT is, as has been pointed out, the formation of beliefs and making decisions according to what might […]
Humans Predisposed to Believe in God.
A study on the disciplines of anthropology, psychology, and philosophy from 57 academics in 20 countries around the world suggests that thought processes are “rooted” to religious concepts. The £1.9 […]
More Educated Tend to be More Religious.
After having analyzed data from a national survey (by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago) sociologist Philip Schwadel found that people actually tend to become more […]
