If you answered no to this question, here is another question: are you pro-life? If it's yes to this question, how do you reconcile your irrationality?
Side note: this is about abortion ;) Pro-life vs pro-choice *edited
For Christianity, religiosity has shown a negative correlation with crime. In other words, the more religious someone is, the less likely they'll commit a crime. Islam displays a different picture. There aren't many studies on Muslims, but the ones that do exist show disturbing correlations...
The general consensus(Johnson, 2010) in science is that religiosity negatively associates with crime. In other words, the more religious the person is, the less likely they'll commit a crime or take licit drugs. These studies have been replicated in numerous countries(Brauer, 2013) with the...
From a few threads, I've noticed some people believe in psi. So, I was curious if anyone has ever been to a professional psychic and been read? If so, what was the prediction/knowledge claim the psychic gave you and did it come true?
I've been once to some spiritual centre, or whatnot, with my...
Concerning god, most atheists are agnostic atheists or soft atheists. Therefore, their belief has some form of uncertainty. I, and I think other soft atheists, believe god(s) are possible, but unlikely.
Contrary to this, it seems most theists are absolutely certain god(s) exist. I’ve noticed...
I saw this interesting documentary on ITV the other day, where this historian spent most of his life in Arabia studying Islamic history. Interestingly, it seems the origin of Islam and the Kaaba is Petra, but it was moved to Mecca after a long war. The documentary can be seen here.
Interesting...
My girlfriend and I lived in an apartment nearby where we are at the moment. Usually, we would meet a neighbour on the way to the lift. He was a bit odd, awkward and had that sort of complainy and needy people pleasing(but fakey) attitude. Whenever we saw him, he would talk about his girlfriend...
Atheists are better at reasoning(E.G. logic problem solving) than the religious. I'm sorry agnostics, you're just bellow atheists :p A proposed explanation, from this study, why atheists tend to have high IQ than theists is that religious people are more likely to use intuitive decision making...
This short video describes perfectly, and quite optimistically I might add, the existential dilemma an atheist may face. I'm not sure how theists feel about it, but it would be interesting - said the bear.
Imagine for a moment, a hypothetical scenario where everyone's memory of every religion disappeared and all the literature vanished.
How would one find or demonstrate a certain deity exists?
The reason I ask this is because science does not need previous literature to observe a phenomenon...
I noticed there are quite a few Islamic users in these forum, so I was curious if any believed in punishment, like the death penalty, for apostasy? It seems like 25 Muslim countries support the death penalty or extreme punishment for apostasy under Sharia law Laws Criminalizing Apostasy...
If possible, can anyone who has some experience reading esoteric philosophy could you read this paper Near Death Experience and the Mind-Body Problem - Near-Death Experiences and the Mind-Body Problem
I've had a discussion where nearly all meaningful conversation has broken down with Jollybear...
Weird question but I think it's valid. So, my mother is Jewish(not practising) and I consider myself an atheist. I went to a Jewish high-school for 2 years if that means anything :p Anyway, I've been told on numerous occasions that you're still Jewish as long as your mother is Jewish. This...
The general scientific consensus(1) shows religiosity and the strength of religious belief is associated with less IQ. The procedure and and materials needed for these studies seem fairly simple to perform. Gather a bunch of people, have them do an IQ test, or similar, and then ask how religious...
Over 3000 studies and a bunch of meta-analyses have shown a strong positive correlation with religiosity and good health. Participants had greater life satisfaction, mental health, were more resistant to disease, less likely to get depressed and tended to live longer. Some other studies show a...