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Humble Pie replied to Scott McGreal's discussion Spiritual but not religious people have poorer mental health in the group Psychology
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Spiritual but not religious people have poorer mental health
A paper recently published in the British Journal of Psychiatry reported that people who stated that they had a spiritual but not religious understanding of life were more likely to have a mental disorder compared both to people who followed a traditional religion and to those who were neither religious nor spiritual. For example, spiritual but not religious people were at increased risk of drug dependence, generalised anxiety disorder, any phobia, and any neurotic disorder, as well as abnormal…See More
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Scott McGreal commented on Richard Goscicki's blog post An Anecdote on Deuteronomy
"This Deuteronomy verse has me wondering about the pagan roots of the Old Testament. Was this derived from sort of cult of phallic worship or something? "Hey Ladies, the sacred junk is too holy for you to glom onto OK!"
Funny thing…"
Alan Perlman commented on Scott McGreal's blog post Whitewashing Hell: or why belief in Hell is still not very nice
"No question that religion, while it pretends to control our basic instincts, actually nurtures them -- pedophilia, hatred/fear of The Other, rape, mutilation, hatred/fear of women, cannibalism, and control, control, control. "
Scott McGreal commented on Scott McGreal's blog post Whitewashing Hell: or why belief in Hell is still not very nice
"Thanks for your kind remarks. I think it would be good too if we could be done with hearing about Hell, but the Christians just won't seem to let it go! Punishment-by-proxy is a good description, Hell seems like a kind of revenge fantasy. One…"
Richard Goscicki commented on Scott McGreal's blog post Genocide is OK if the True God commands it – but how to know which God is the right one?
"Good post. Quite well written. The irony is that when it's Craig's children chosen by God for early paradise, he's suddenly singing another song.
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Alan Perlman commented on Scott McGreal's blog post Whitewashing Hell: or why belief in Hell is still not very nice
"Excellent argument and beautiful illustrations. This could and really should be the last word on hell, a topic I lost interest in some time ago, and now I know why: it makes no sense, says nothing good about God, is not provable, is…"
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Whitewashing Hell: or why belief in Hell is still not very nice
There has been some discussion about the topic of Hell over at Psychology Today recently. (I have a blog there by the way in case anyone's interested!) You might even say it's a hot topic! (Sorry.) Psychologist Nathan Heflick wrote about the psychological aspects of the subject and invited readers to share…See More
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Genocide is OK if the True God commands it – but how to know which God is the right one?
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 2:50am 4 Comments 0 Likes
Richard Dawkins in recent writings has referred a number of times to a charming fellow named William Lane Craig, also known as "the Genocide Preacher". For those who have not heard of him he has a webpage with the preposterous title of "Reasonable Faith". In a recent Q & A page he explains why it was perfectly…
Continue Whitewashing Hell: or why belief in Hell is still not very nice
Posted on December 23, 2012 at 2:30am 3 Comments 0 Likes
Never having to say you're wrong?
Posted on October 12, 2012 at 6:00am 7 Comments 0 Likes
I found this cute cartoon recently, thought it was a clever way to turn the smugness of some believers on its head.
Extreme views on what is "extremism"
Posted on September 13, 2012 at 5:00am 4 Comments 0 Likes
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- At 7:20pm on July 23, 2012,
Dr. Terence Meaden said… Hi Scott
Welcome to this world of rationality, truth and peace, where common sense and science lead to freethinking wisdom --- as you know as a non believer and freethinker like us.
We invite you to make good friends by joining the busy group "ORIGINS: Universe, Astronomy, Life, Earth, Humans, Religion, Gods, Atheism, Evolution, Darwin..." with 700 discussion topics and 3500 members.
http://www.atheistnexus.org/group/originsuniverselifehumankindanddarwin
Terry
- At 10:53am on July 23, 2012,
Ruth Anthony-Gardner said… Welcome, Scott! Glad you could join us. :D
Please consider joining a group to meet people and talk about anything that's on your mind, Hang With Friends.You might also like Psychology.
After you've searched for topics of interest in "Groups" above and in the "Forums", don't forget to look at recent activity which hides along the right margin of the page all the way at the bottom.
- At 10:17am on July 23, 2012,
Steph S. said… Greetings! Welcome to the site!
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