How can a person “bless” the violent destruction of a baby’s life? Though hard to imagine, it does happen, and some religious leaders do it in the name of Christianity and Judaism. Abortion? Earlier this summer, a group of clergy gathered at the Whole Woman’s Health abortion facility in North […]
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Feminism, Long before the arrival of the first missionary on the shores of Africa and even before the first woman was ever allowed to vote or hold office in Europe and the Arabia, women were leading countries, communities and armies in Africa. Women Soldiers History and legends tell how great […]
Creation Myth The Bible starts with a creation myth. The universe did not begin in the way described, nor were the Earth and solar system formed in the way described, nor did life come about in the way described. Furthermore, the description of the Earth, sun, moon, stars and firmament […]
Protestors in the video said ‘God created women for men’s pleasure’. Credit: Sky News. A Birmingham school facing protests around the teaching of LGBT issues has reportedly seen 600 pupils withdrawn from the school today in an alarming escalation which is placing children’s safety and education at risk, Humanists UK says. Education […]
The genes that are dominant in any population, are those that are most successfully passed from one generation to the next. Eventually, the most successful genes will be found in almost every member of a population. The same is true of religions. How religion die… Changing environmental pressures can disadvantage […]
This video is of an interview retired Episcopal bishop John Shelby Spong did with Keith Morrison of Dateline NBC back in August of 2006 on Hell was invented. A partial transcript of the interview can be found beneath the video link: Spong: I happen to believe in life after death, but […]
Religion is often used as the “end-all cure” for ailments in the black community. Is your man cheating? Just pray about it. Depressed? It’s all in your head; prayer will cure you. Can’t seem to get yourself out of a rut? Just bow your head down and the Lord will […]
Three boys from Cape Coast were sent to England by Rev. Thomas Thompson. Two died, but third, Phillip Quaque, became the first African to work in the Anglican Church, and returned to the Gold Coast in 1766 to work on the establishment of a missionary enterprise for the next fifty […]
“There is no hell where the souls of sinners suffer in eternity”, Pope Francis was quoted as saying Hell does not exist in a Thursday interview with Italian daily La Repubblica. Francis said: “after death, the souls of people who repent are pardoned by God and join in his contemplation, […]
First of all it absolutely no evidence that monotheism predates polytheism. And we need to talk in-terms of evidence don’t we?And we’ve got to be responsible and rational about this. Monotheism and Polytheism Gods We need evidence OK, the oldest evidence we have of religious practice is polytheistic. The other […]
