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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 § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: 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 § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: holiday

An Atheist Takes In A “Blue Christmas” Ceremony

It’s been a tough end to the year. There are some fairly major changes happening at work that will affect myself and numerous other supervisors in the new year. One of those supervisors, a friend and mentor, died unexpectedly at the start of December – quite young but also getting very close to retirement, having […]

¶ Posted 22 December 2021 § MemoryLane § Sad § Video § Work § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid, holiday, xmas

Secular Sunday – War on Christmas

¶ Posted 19 December 2021 § Humour § Meme § News § PopCulture § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: holiday, xmas

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 § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid, education, health, science

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 § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, parents, philosophy

Secular Sunday – We Are All Born Atheists…

¶ Posted 07 November 2021 § Meme § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: education, language, philosophy

Secular Sunday – What Does Your Faith Exempt You From?

There are a few (very few!) medical exemptions I can understand for not getting the vaccine – if you are allergic to something in the vaccine, if you had a serious reaction/event after your first shot and, uhm, not much else? But I’ve never understood being exempted on religious grounds. Even if you believe in […]

¶ Posted 10 October 2021 § Meme § News § Politics § Sad § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: Covid, education, science

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 […]