The Catholic Church’s contemptuous attitude towards its “flock” » What follows is an excerpt from the draft book chapter I posted yesterday In chapter 1, I wrote: “If a child, say one who’d just watched Disney’s Hercules, asked me if the Greek gods are real, I’d say ‘no’ rather than hedge my bets by saying […]
A Manuel for Creating Atheists – Peter Boghossin – pdf
African, Americans, Ambivalence and Antisemitism – Harold Brackman – pdf
Can Bacteria Help Us Understand Religion? – Valerie Tarico
BY VALERIE TARICO • 18 APRIL 2017 18754 RELIGION IS one of the most powerful forces in human society. Before the rise of the Christian Right in the United States and before Islamists turned planes into bombs and started beheading people on social media, many Americans thought of religion as a relatively benign institution or, […]
From Noah’s Curse to Slavery’s Rationale – Felicia R. Lee
“As stories go, this one has all the elements of good soap opera: nudity, sex and dysfunctional families”. For many scholars, though, the enigmatic tale in Genesis 9 describing how Noah cursed the descendants of his son Ham with servitude remains a way to explore the complex origins of the concept of race: how and […]
Jewish Supremacism – David Duke – pdf
Mind Brain – Meme
Recovery from Harmful Religion – Marlene Winell, Ph.D.*
Part 1: RTS – It’s Time To Recognize It I’m really struggling and am desperate never to go back to the religion I was raised in, but I no longer want to live in fear or depression. It seems that I am walking through the jungle alone with my machete; no one to share […]
Leaving the Fold – ex-Xtian
De-converting from Christianity was not easy. It is one of the most difficult things one can do after being a follower for almost ten years. I was a Christian for the better part of ten years, even after the events that destroyed my trust in Christianity my faith remained by the tiniest thread for […]
Religious Trauma Syndrome – Marlene Winell*
“Religious Trauma Syndrome is the condition experienced by people who are struggling with leaving an authoritarian, dogmatic religion and coping with the damage of indoctrination. They may be going through the shattering of a personally meaningful faith and/or breaking away from a controlling community and lifestyle. RTS is a function of both the chronic abuses […]