Tag: religion
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Love Is Love Is Love Is... [cut the mike]
This week, a video of a 12-year-old girl coming out as gay to her Mormon congregation in Eagle Mountain, Utah, went viral — and it’s easy to understand why. Savannah is adorable. She wears a red tie, which is already a statement, since wearing pants to church as a woman can be controversial. She stands …
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197. RALPH WALDO EMERSON: Envoys of Beauty
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Quakers: The Faith Forgotten In Its Hometown [BBC News]
It was the faith of two US presidents and several prominent UK industrialists, yet the origins of the Quaker religion are little known today by people living in the English town where it began. However, a new heritage trail targeting the American tourist market is aiming to change that.
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Neptune looking like a badass
[this image was originally posted to a private subreddit]
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The Nontheist Glossary
Dan talks about what the word "nontheism" means to him, as an umbrella term for a whole heap of other exciting words. He then goes on to criticise how he sees the word "nontheist" used today, in what he sees as further misuse of an already-confusing word.
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Marmite
This blog post is about Marmite.
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Halloumi & Mushroom Skewers
After trying them at a barbeque the previous week, Dan raves about halloumi and mushroom skewers, which might well now be his favourite barbeque foodstuff.
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Seriously? A Scientologist?
In a surprising twist, Dan turns out to be a Scientologist. No, not really. But in a scary conclusion, the Belief-O-Matic thought that it was a possibility.
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Showing Some Pride
Dan, Paul, and Ruth take part in Oxford Pride, and Dan and Paul are caught at the parade by a reporter and photographer for the Oxford Mail.
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Manifold Greatness
Dan visits Manifold Greatness, an exhibition on the history of the translation of the King James Bible hosted by his new employer.
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Too Busy To Blog
So I shan't tell you about all the fun and exciting (read: horrible and exhausting) things I've been up to lately. Instead, to keep you amused, here's an animated GIF that amused me.
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Four Things That Evolution Isn't
I read this Chick Tract comic, recently. I'd seen them before, but for some reason it was this week, and this particular article, that riled me so much. I can honestly say I don't think I've ever before been quite so agitated by something as harmless as a comic.
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QMoon Virtual Postcard #2
We arrived in Rome last night to find a city teeming with life. There's a buzz everywhere, and a crowd whereever you look. Roma Termini, the central station, stretches for miles and is bustling with commuters and tourists, fighting their way through ticket office queues or met.ro (the underground train system) gates.
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Carbon Neutrality
Recently, Kit wrote about carbon offsetting, calling it wishful thinking at best - at worst, greenwash. In particular, he was looking at tree planting as a method of offsetting carbon emissions, because it's the most popular method by far. Just this morning I passed a truck making deliveries to a shop around the corner from …
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A Determinist Atheist’s Story
I find it amazing that people look at the chaos and the beauty of the world and somehow come to the conclusion that there is a god. I know that sounds like it's backwards, but I mean it. The other day I was watching a spectacular sunset. The sun hung low in the sky and …