Having written about this before, I thought it would be worth mentioning again. Bangladesh had floated the idea of becoming secular (again), and then quashed the idea. But so soon after this, the
Causality. It is a funny thing. Or not so funny. A number of years back now, I took my class, as a teacher, on a trip to the Historic Dockyard in the naval
I was having a conversation the other day with some family members and I was struck quite forcefully by how so many normal people have an utterly and explicitly biased epistemological methodology. It&
I recently posted an excerpt from a book by Galen et al (The Nonreligious): With the exceptions of China and Vietnam (both nondemocratic nations), the majority of the most secular countries in the
Aaron Sorkin, creator of The West Wing and The Newsroom penned this to his daughter and wife after the recent election result: Sorkin Girls, ... And it wasn’t just Donald Trump who won
I am worried, genuinely worried, and I'm looking past the initial ramifications of Trump and Brexit. Both of these decisions will have far-reaching consequences as the sails of far-right and populist
Spot. On. This election has proven once and for all that a man will be forgiven for literally anything, and a woman for absolutely nothing. Nuff said.
Trump has claimed he will "drain the swamp", meaning that when he gets into power, he will get rid of the political elite in Washington, and freshen things up in an
My colleague here at Patheos, Friendly Atheist, has reported on several interesting wins for freethought in this election: * Athena Salman, openly atheist candidate wins race for Arizona State House * Openly agnostic Wisconsin State
This is such a bad day. Such a bad day. The US has gone nuts. We cannot believe it over here. What is more worrying than a pompous, volatile, narcissistic, misogynistic, racist nutjob
According to Zuckerman, Galen and Pasquale, in their super book The Nonreligious, the least religious countries in the world are: Czech Republic, Estonia, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland, China, South Korea, France, Vietnam, Russia,
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof…” — Amendment I to the U.S. Constitution The original intent of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA)