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Secular Sunday – Atheists Among The Most Likely To Be Vaccinated, Evangelicals Among The Least Likely

Hmm, could the ability to trust science and use logic vs. the ability to believe in conspiratorial fairy tales and misplaced authority be part of this?

Posted 12 December 2021 § Humour § Meme § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Secular Sunday – To Avoid Controversy, Starbucks Should Put Bible Quotes On Their Holiday Cups

Posted 05 December 2021 § Censorship § Humour § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – Secular Atheist Train Conductor Wins Wrongful Dismissal Claim After Being Fired For Social Media Post

I’ve been thinking about writing a longer post with some thought about how people’s personal social media (and blog?!?) posts are increasingly having repercussions on their work life. This was especially relevant after the Sask Health Association sent out some fairly chilling messages to staff who were posting thoughts/opinions/information about Covid a few months ago. […]

Posted 28 November 2021 § Censorship § Jobs § Library § MemoryLane § News § Politics § UK § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

New Psychology Research Indicates a Robust Predictor of Atheism in Adults

A lot of atheists pride themselves on having amazing critical thinking skills as the reason they’re atheists. Turns out being an atheist might have more to do with what your parents did (or didn’t do) in terms of religious displays than anything you did yourself! Some research has shown that less displays of faith growing […]

Posted 21 November 2021 § Family § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Secular Sunday – Which Holiday Was Started By Devil Worshipping Pagans Again?

Posted 14 November 2021 § Humour § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – We Are All Born Atheists…

Posted 07 November 2021 § Meme § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Secular Sunday – Pastor Who Kept Church Open During Pandemic Dies of Covid

If you believe in mythology, it’s a lot harder to believe in science… (And honestly, I picked one random example but there are dozens if not hundreds of examples from across North America and around the world where religious leaders are playing a role in making the pandemic worse by giving bad advice to their […]

Posted 12 September 2021 § Humour § Jobs § Sad § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Secular Sunday – Shining A Light

Powerful image of 751 solar lights during a vigil to recognize the children found in unmarked graves at Cowessess First Nation…

Posted 27 June 2021 § Canada § News § Photo § Politics § Sad § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – Love Thy Neighbour

Posted 20 June 2021 § Canada § News § Politics § Sad § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – Residential Schools: A Timeline

*Literally* the first words of this timeline discuss the central role of various churches in the creation of schools that took Indigenous children from their parents, communities and culture. For more than two hundred years [from 1600-1800], religious orders run mission schools for Indigenous children, the precursors to the Government of Canada’s residential school system.

Posted 06 June 2021 § Canada § News § Politics § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: