February 26, 2010
Dr Wendy Wood, Deborah Hall and David Matz conducted a meta-analysis of 55 independent studies conducted from 1964 to 2008 that looked at the relationship between religion and prejudice in the United States (Personality and Social Psychology Review 14(1): 126-139, Read more…
February 21, 2010
There is a reason why there is the old adage of never discussing politics and religion in polite company. They are both very similar in nature. Both have a strong “us” vs. “them” mentality – a mentality that must be Read more…
January 23, 2010
Is there media bias against Christianity? I don’t believe so. It takes some audacity to cry bias or persecution when 76% of people in the U.S. self identify as Christian (American Religious Identification Survey 2008). It takes even more moxie Read more…
January 14, 2010
Another new year has dawned so it’s hard not to reflect on the past and look forward to the future. The Bible says: Brethren, I do not regard myself as having laid hold of it yet; but one thing I Read more…
January 11, 2010
Since we were talking about Lee Strobel’s Case for a Creator at our Meetup this a.m., I thought that it would be good to post this critique.
January 8, 2010
I received this email today and thought it might be interesting to those in the Madison area. ================================ This message is sent by The Brights’ Net as a courtesy to Madison Brights ================================= Pub Politico is a new monthly event Read more…
December 16, 2009
At this time of year the thoughts of many Christians turn to the baby Jesus or, maybe more realistically, to Santa Claus. Now many will claim that the one true god is the little baby in the manger, but by Read more…
December 5, 2009
“It is impossible to put Christ back in Christmas since he was never in it in the first place” Ted Armstrong, Christian Evangelist It’s that time of year again and the inevitable cry of “put Christ back into Christmas” starts Read more…
October 21, 2009
If religion is, as Scott Atran defines it, “passionate communal displays of costly commitments to counterintuitive worlds governed by supernatural agents” and thus requires a suspension of belief and logic called faith then why is it so popular? I don’t Read more…
October 2, 2009
Over the last few months I discussed 8 reasons that led me away from Christianity and toward Atheism: the conduct of “gods” people, the lack of perspicuity in scripture, “god” being “above” his law, the problem of evil in the Read more…