The spectrum of religious repression: From social pressure to death
[ 23 minutes to read] Religious repression does not always arrive with police officers, prison cells or executioners. Sometimes it arrives…
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Zohran Mamdani: No distinction between radical and secular Islam
[ 5 minutes to read] The election of New York City’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, once again exposed one of the…
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How US atheist education should look like
[ 6 minutes to read] Atheist education does not mean teaching disbelief as a new dogma. It means teaching how to…
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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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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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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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Women’s rights in conservative religious communities
[ 6 minutes to read] Religious traditions have shaped civilizations, guided morality, and provided meaning for centuries. Yet in conservative religious…
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No heaven, no rebirth, no return
[ 3 minutes to read] Religions have one thing in common. They cannot accept the end. Death terrifies them. Nothingness feels…
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Women are discriminated. Somewhere to death
[ 6 minutes to read] Discrimination against women is not a marginal issue. It is global. It exists in every society,…
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Religion still shapes politics, even when we think it doesn’t
[ 5 minutes to read] Modern societies like to believe they have left religion behind. They speak of secular states, rational…
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Heaven in various cultures
[ 5 minutes to read] Every culture tells a story about what comes next. Some call it paradise. Others see it…
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What happens when faith challenges the collective?
[ 4 minutes to read] Imagine a world where questioning deeply held beliefs within your own community leads to ostracization. It…
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Christopher Hitchens (1949–2011): The Provocative Intellectual Who Declared War on Religion
[ 5 minutes to read] Christopher Hitchens, the British-American author, journalist, and orator, was a fierce critic of religion, revered for…
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Beyond Belief: How Atheists Find Meaning in Religious Rituals
[ 6 minutes to read] Some people are spiritual to the degree that they cannot leave the faith. They mold their…
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Deeply ingrained religion, a plague
[ 8 minutes to read] Even though I grew up in a non-religious environment, I know and I am fully aware…
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Religions and human rights? Like dogs and cats
[ 22 minutes to read] Religions are nothing but man-made, superstitious myths with no internal logic or evidence. The vast majority…
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State atheism as a preferable model? The 21st century is the century of religion!
[ 2 minutes to read] Welcome to the 21st century! The age of science, artificial intelligence, renewable energy, sustainability, space exploration, social…
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The contemporary motivations behind the continuing Hindu-Muslim conflict
[ 5 minutes to read] India witnessed enormous bloodshed when it was partitioned in 1947 into two independent nations: Hindu-majority India…
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The history and genesis of Hindu Muslim conflicts in India
[ 6 minutes to read] Clashes between Hindus and Muslims The reports of clashes between Hindus and Muslims are becoming regular…
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Religion is not the enemy, extremism is
[ 4 minutes to read] Modern day Secularism Secularism is freedom of religion. In a free and democratic society, people are…
