How religious dogma affects mental health
[ 5 minutes to read] Religion never stays outside the mind. It enters the nervous system, identity, and emotional life. Dogma…
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The silent power of financial dynasties
[ 3 minutes to read] Public debate fixates on visible authority. Elections dominate headlines. Leaders absorb blame. Parties absorb hope. However,…
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Where the next Richard Dawkins will come from?
[ 3 minutes to read] Public culture prefers comforting myths. It likes to believe that influential intellectuals emerge spontaneously, driven only…
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How they decide in New York how we live in Jičín
[ 4 minutes to read] It sounds exaggerated at first, it sounds provincial. It sounds paranoid. Yet it is sillier to…
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A Critical Examination of Allah’s Character in the Quran: 10 Rational Points with References
[ 7 minutes to read] Short Introduction This article provides a logical and evidence-based critique of certain attributes ascribed to Allah…
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Enlightenment echoes in a fragmented century
[ 4 minutes to read] The Enlightenment reshaped how humanity thinks, argues, and governs. It turned reason into a public force…
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The feeling of being stupid and knowing better
[ 3 minutes to read] When I walk through my hometown of Jičín and pass its churches, I do not feel…
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Why humans invent eternity: Different afterlives, one psychology
[ 6 minutes to read] Human beings fear death more than anything else. The body rejects it. The mind rejects it…
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How art and literature have supported freethinking
[ 4 minutes to read] Art and literature always push people away from obedience. They show new angles, they break illusions….
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Why the rich fear intelligent poor
[ 4 minutes to read] The rich do not fear the poor as a whole. They fear the poor who think…
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Freethought and the neuroscience of belief
[ 5 minutes to read] Freethought begins in the brain. It does not start with atheism, philosophy, or rebellion. It starts…
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Why some conversations are not worth having
[ < 1 minute to read] Freethinkers International or my X profile are flooded with discussion. That sounds great, yet the people…
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The world is safe: We have a stable leader
[ 6 minutes to read] We can be proud we have a stable, mature, self-less leader of the world. The praise…
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The Global South’s silent secularists: Voices often overlooked
[ 5 minutes to read] The Global South is not one voice. It is millions. And among them are those who…
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Beyond the Dogma: Reflecting on 2025 and Our Resolution for 2026
[ 2 minutes to read] As we usher in 2026, we find ourselves at the end of a year that felt…
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Chains of the Mind: How Religious Dogma and Superstition are Stalling Nigeria’s Future
[ 2 minutes to read] By: Irfan Bayei As we cross over into 2026, while the rest of the world races…
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Russia not fighting against West alone
[ 3 minutes to read] Russia repeatedly claims that it now fights alone against the West. This claim appears persuasive at…
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Human rights violations in the name of religion
[ 5 minutes to read] Religion claims to guide morality, but its history often tells a darker story. When belief gains…
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Jesus didn’t exist, unlike Caesar and Muhammad
[ 5 minutes to read] Religious belief fulfills emotional, moral, and social needs, yet historical inquiry follows a different logic. History…
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The psychological impact of leaving a religious community
[ 5 minutes to read] Leaving a religious community is not merely an act of disbelief. It is a psychological, social,…
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Sorrry, the future for LGBTQII+ isn’t bright
[ 4 minutes to read] At first, the global picture appears optimistic. Pride events expand. Courts issue rulings. Governments speak the…
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When the West’s conscience loses: Let them die
[ 5 minutes to read] The U.S. decision to drop plans to deport Guan Heng, a Chinese dissident who exposed rights…
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Religions are best at plagiarizing
[ 5 minutes to read] Religions claim to reveal eternal truths. They promise to explain the universe, morality, and destiny. But…
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The Third World doesn’t respect Human Rights and it is rising
[ 3 minutes to read] The developing world is rising — in population, power, and ambition. Yet it is not rising…
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A Richard Dawkins bust in the White House? Get used to it
[ 3 minutes to read] It may sound absurd today — a bust of outspoken atheist Richard Dawkins being in the…
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Even The Guardian isn’t independent
[ 4 minutes to read] The Guardian tells a familiar story. It presents itself as undeterred, it presents itself as independent….
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Some deaths have headlines, others have numbers
[ 3 minutes to read] Every death is a tragedy. This is the only morally acceptable starting point. No life becomes…
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Violence wants cameras, not justice
[ 3 minutes to read] This is exactly what these POSs really want: attention.Not justice, not ideology. Not truth. Visibility. First,…
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Media representation of non-believers: Stereotypes and stigma
[ 7 minutes to read] Define “non-believers” (atheists, agnostics, secular people) as an often-misunderstood minority. Note that surveys regularly find atheists…
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We want state atheism, but not the Chinese one
[ 6 minutes to read] Humanity stands between two worlds. One still kneels before invisible gods, while the other slowly rises…
