Futurist Thomas Frey: For the past several months I’ve been wrestling with this topic, and how to discuss it from a centrist viewpoint.
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Scientists have no faith in science
Why do scientists have no faith in science?
Those who claim that science and religion are compatible tend to argue that science, like religion, rests on faith: faith in the accuracy of what we observe, in the laws of nature, or in the value of reason. Daniel Sarewitz, director of a science policy center at Arizona State University and an occasional Slate contributor, wrote this about the Higgs boson in the pages ofNature, one of the world’s most prestigious science journals: “For those who cannot follow the mathematics, belief in the Higgs is an act of faith, not of rationality.”
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50% of Americans find Atheism ‘threatening’: Survey
The U.S. loves religion and spirituality.
A German non-profit, the Bertelsmann Stiftung, researches, publishes, and “stimulates debate” on a variety of societal issues. They just released the results of their 2013 Religion Monitor in which they analyzed responses to a 100-question survey regarding religion/politics completed by 14,000 individuals in 13 countries.
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Religious Knowledge Survey Shows Americans Lack Some Religious Knowledge
86% of Americans believe in a higher power but lack knowledge of own traditions.
Americans are clear on God but foggy on facts about faiths.The new U.S. Religious Knowledge Survey, released today by the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life, finds that although 86% of us believe in God or a higher power, we don’t know our own traditions or those of neighbors across the street or across the globe.
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Belief in God on the Decline
This is the season for traditions: chestnuts roasting on an open fire, carolers on the doorstep, and the endless argument about the secularization of Christmas. This isn’t the usual complaining about the toy and greeting card companies commercializing the holidays, but a much broader trend involving the secularization of religion around the country.
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Color Changing Frog Worshipped As Deity In India
The creature was discovered in a flower bed and now draws hundreds of followers to the home where it is kept in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
Now one of India’s top zoologists has decided he will study the unusual creature – provided it can be kept alive.
Reji Kumar, 35, a lift worker, said he is doing its best but the frog has lost its appetite…
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All Dogs Go To Heaven – Church Sign Humor
All Dogs Go To Heaven
There is a serious side to religion, but there is also a humorous side to religion. Here we have a good spirited rivalry between the Catholics and Presbyterians on whether All Dogs Go To Heaven. So, please enjoy this spirited debate after the jump…
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What Are The Differences Between A Liberal And Conservative?
Political conservatives operate out of a fear of chaos and absence of order while political liberals operate out of a fear of emptiness, a new Northwestern University study soon to be published in the Journal of Research in Personality finds.
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Most People in the U.S. Believe in Guardian Angels
Guardian angel have many different looks
More than half of Americans believe they are protected by a guardian angel and two in three are certain that heaven exists, according to a study of US religious beliefs.
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The 50 Countries with the Highest Percentage of Atheists
Here is a list of the top fifty countries containing the highest percentage of people who identify themselves as atheist, agnostic, or non-believers in God.
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