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No Dominion: The Lonely, Dangerous Fight Against Christian Supremacists Inside the Armed Forces
by Matthew Harwood
September 21, 2010
Print: Truthout
Reconsidering Religion
Nikhil Pawar
June 5, 2010
Print: Apostrophe'O
In this article the author explores whether we really need religion in this day and age. What are the positive and negative points that religions bring and how do they balance out in the end?
Barack Obama on Contemporary religious Demography
by BARACK OBAMA
April 26, 2010
Video: YouTube
Barack Obama discusses the inherent variance of religious belief and the presence of non-belief in America today. He acknowledges the critical role of reason in policy making, stating, “...I may be opposed to abortion for religious reasons…but if I seek to pass a law banning the practice I can’t simply point to the teachings of my church or invoke God’s will.” Video is edited to concentrate on the most pertinent moments.
Many Americans Mix Multiple Faiths
Pew Forum
December 10, 2009
Print: The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life
A new Pew survey finds that large numbers of Americans engage in multiple religious practices, for example blending Christianity with Eastern or New Age beliefs such as reincarnation, astrology and the presence of spiritual energy in physical objects. And sizeable minorities of all major U.S. religious groups say they have experienced supernatural phenomena, such as being in touch with the dead or with ghosts.
Culture & Barbarism: Metaphysics in a Time of Terrorism
by Terry Eagleton
October 5, 2009
Print: Commonweal
There are lessons that the secular Left can learn from religion, for all its atrocities and absurdities; and the Left is not so flush with ideas that it can afford to look such a gift horse in the mouth. But will either side listen to the other at present? Will Christopher Hitchens or Richard Dawkins read this and experience an epiphany that puts the road to Damascus in the shade?
Religiosity and teen birth rate in the United States
Joseph M Strayhorn and Jillian C Strayhorn
September 17, 2009
Print: Journal of Reproductive Health
Trapped in A Mormon Gulag
Eric Norwood
July 26, 2009
Print: Orato Media Corp., reposted by Daily Kos, Scienblogs, The Atlantic and more.
This story is about Eric Norwood’s personal experiences at a place called The Utah Boys Ranch, which models itself as a “tough-love” prep-school, but while Eric was there, he witnessed some unbelievable atrocities. It is a Mormon-funded and staffed facility, and religious indoctrination is a fundamental aspect of the school. There was sexual, physical, and emotional abuse, suicide, staff corruption, and escape. A major Utah political figure, Senator Chris Buttars, was the executive director while Eric was there.
Scientology faces fraud trial in French court
France24
June 2, 2009
Video: YouTube
Discussion of the French Scientology trial.
Does God Exist? A Debate Between Sam Harris and Rabbi David Wolpe
Sam Harris and Rabbi David Wolpe
May 20, 2009
Video: American Jewish University
Believing the Unbelievable
A Talk by Sam Harris
May 19, 2009
Video: The Aspen Institute
Sam Harris outlines the three main categories of arguments religious people use: (1) that religion is true, (2) that religion serves a useful purpose, or (3) that atheism is essentially a religion too (ie, based on dogma or requiring one to accept certain tenets on faith). This is a great lecture to watch to learn to defend your secularism against the religious. From the Aspen Ideas Festival, July 2007.
The Right to Offend: A Speech by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Ayaan Hirsi Ali
May 12, 2009







