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Secular Sunday – Argument From Poor Design

There’s a lot of reasons to not believe in God but the “Argument From Poor Design” – basically a list of reasons a perfect creator still put a bunch of useless/poorly designed parts into human beings and other animals is one of my favourites.

¶ Posted 30 January 2022 § ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, health, philosophy, science

Secular Sunday – What People Who Believe in Hell Say It Is Like

Strangely, “Like watching a Carrot Top movie on repeat” is not listed as an option. (via Reddit)

¶ Posted 23 January 2022 § Infographic ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education

Secular Sunday – Atheism Among Muslims Spreading Like Wildfire

Although I grew up surrounded by Christians and continue to see Christianity as the most dominant religion where I live, it’s important to remember that there are numerous other religions/spiritualities/cults that have similar fanciful, unrealistic, unscientific underpinnings that are equally harmful to their adherents and to wider society. Luckily, there are lots of adherents of […]

¶ Posted 09 January 2022 § ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: atheism, science

Secular Sunday – Boxing Day is Arguably The Original Secular Holiday

The origins of the day are uncertain – is it when wealthy gave their servants a box of gifts and a day off to enjoy them after a busy Christmas season? Churches placing boxes outside to collect money for the less fortunate? – but it’s pretty clear that Boxing Day has become one of society’s […]

¶ Posted 26 December 2021 § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, holiday

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: atheism, Covid, education, health, science

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

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

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: education, language

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 […]