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Pareidolia and Anthropomorphism
A pareidolic Virgin Mary. Photo John Hanley/Sun Media Christopher Moreau, a 47 year old Canadian man, recently noticed the tree growing in his yard presents the image of “the Virgin Mary.”… more →
Breaking Spells
Deeper in: Dan Dennett's Scientific Study of Religion at CFI
wrote 5 months ago: This is an eclectic traipsing through the conference in several parts. Andrew Newburg, the first sc … more →
Pareidolia and Anthropomorphism
wrote 3 years ago: A pareidolic Virgin Mary. Photo John Hanley/Sun Media Christopher Moreau, a 47 year old Canadian man … more →
Religion Doesn't Get a Free Ride
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wrote 3 years ago: Sorry, but it just doesn’t. There are more comments in the 1800Flowers.com post than any other … more →
Morality: Big "M" and little "m"
wrote 3 years ago: I had the pleasure of discussing morality and atheism with a commenter who I would assume is a Chris … more →
Point of Inquiry and the Chris Hedges Interview
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wrote 4 years ago: I just finished listening to the recent interview D.J. Grothe did with Chris Hedges on Point of Inqu … more →
Religious Liberty?
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wrote 4 years ago: This is an idea that Christians in the United States love. That is to say, if the religious freedom … more →
Largest Religious Groups within U.S. Populations
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wrote 4 years ago: Here’s an interesting graphic that I came across while looking for some other data. I thought … more →
Witchcraft: Taken Very Seriously in Africa
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wrote 4 years ago: There are some things that even the most devout religious adherents in the United States would scoff … more →
The Historicity of Jesus: the Making of a Myth
wrote 4 years ago: So often I see it written on blogs or internet communities where the historicity of Jesus is being d … more →
The Recent Harris Poll on Belief
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wrote 4 years ago: Harris Poll Interactive conducted a recent poll in November in which they sampled 2,455 American adu … more →
Is Religion Just a Social Program?
wrote 4 years ago: In Breaking the Spell, Daniel Dennett ends the book with a chapter titled, “Now What Do We Do?”, in … more →
Five Stages of Religious Evolution
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wrote 4 years ago: A well-known theory of religious development was proposed by Robert Bellah (1964) in which he define … more →
Magical Thinking - a Common Spell
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wrote 4 years ago: One of the most prevalent spells that afflict humanity is that of magical thinking. Atheists are fam … more →
False Piety and Perceptions of Status
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wrote 4 years ago: Lots of poll results get quoted on atheist blogs and during debates like the Gallup poll that report … more →
Why study religion scientifically and what are we able to objectively examine?
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wrote 4 years ago: [note: this is one of the earliest posts from brokenspells.blogspot.com] The Scientific Study of Rel … more →
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