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Christianity is Self Projection as God
Guest Post by Vincent Skolny It sort of hit my wife and me suddenly late in our process of deconverting. Every Christian rejects something (or a lot of things) in the Bible. Particular things. Things about which the Bible is … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Bible, Christianity, Psychology
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Todd Bentley Caught Using Cold-Reading Techniques
Here’s the fraudulent, unfaithful Todd Bentley using painfully obvious cold-reading techniques: It’s sad that people fall for that — they think God is telling him things when he’s just using the same old tricks that have been used by frauds … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Fundamentalism, Miracles, Psychology, Videos
33 Comments
Wet Monkey Theory
I have no idea if this is truth or fiction (I’m guessing fiction), but it’s an interesting metaphor for the dangers of groupthink: Start with a cage containing five monkeys. Inside the cage, hang a banana on a string and … Continue reading
Posted in Morality, Psychology, Religion
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Losing My Faith: David and the Sai Baba Conglomerate
by Ernst Hayim Early in 2005, I found out that god was in fact, a pedophile. Curiously, this discovery occurred through an expose on the Internet by a British pianist I had met in India several years ago. David was … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Cults, God, Psychology
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The Biological Roots of Religion
Prof. Robert Sapolsky talks about the biological roots of religion through schizophrenia (hearing the voice of a god), OCD (ritual), and temporal lobe epilepsy (mystical experiences): There’s a condensed version of some of these thoughts in Sapolsky’s essay “Belief and … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, Biology, Psychology, Religion, Science, Videos
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Video Proof of Demonic Possession!
If you put some teenage girls together with an Ouija board, guess what you get? That’s right — demonic possession!!! Bring in the African Witch Hunter Priests, there’s some demons to exorcise! I suppose it could just be a very suggestible girl, but … Continue reading
Posted in Humor, Psychology, Superstition
189 Comments
Are Spiritual Encounters All In Your Head?
Neurologists are coming to the conclusion that spiritual experiences might be from an anomaly from in the temporal lobe. Jeff Schimmel is one such case: The 49-year-old Los Angeles writer was raised in a Conservative Jewish home. But he never bought into God — … Continue reading
Posted in Psychology, Religion, Science, Superstition
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5 Stages of Grief?
Kübler-Ross said there are 5 stages of grief. But the third step requires a belief in a higher power. Here are the steps to refresh your memory: Denial Anger Bargaining (“the hope that the individual can somehow postpone or delay death. … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, Psychology
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How Our Brains Create God
New Scientist has an article on how our brains create God. It points out that while most organizations collapsed during the Great Depression, “the strictest, most authoritarian churches saw a surge in attendance.” People’s lives were a mess and they desperately wanted … Continue reading
Posted in Atheism, Evolution, God, Psychology
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The Monty Hall Math Problem
Here’s a great example/explanation of the Monty Hall math problem: This is the same as Margin Gardner’s Three Prisoners problem, and is based on the earlier Bertrand’s box paradox (also known as the ”three-card swindle”). It’s a good reminder that our intuition … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Math, Psychology, Videos
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