Science vs. Faith: What It Takes to Change Beliefs #shorts #shortsfeed

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Charlie Kirk in his own words: ‘prowling Blacks’ and ‘the great replacement strategy’ | Charlie Kirk shooting | The Guardian

The far-right commentator didn't pull his punches when discussing his reactionary views on current events…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/11/charlie-kirk-quotes-beliefs  

14 Things the Misguided Religious Establishment Doesn't Want You to Know

Jim Palmer is a chaplain for the American Humanist Association and founder of The Center for Non-Religiouis Spirituality. In 2023, he posted a short article which provides plenty of food for thought. This is a video translation of his words to the screen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwAle-_Wya8 

People's Religion Should Be Respected!

Everyone knows that faith without evidence is a virtue. Thank God I live in a town that really takes this to heart.
https://youtu.be/M0Alhhe-JA8

Bill Zuersher - Seeing Through Christianity - A Critique of Beliefs and Evidence

Excellent lecture...
https://youtu.be/_AdPoHDebjU

Awful Things We Believed at My Evangelical University

I graduated from an evangelical university. We believed total nonsense. 

Before my deconstruction of Christianity, I attended an evangelical university. Personally, I had a decent experience, probably due to my demographic and then-fundamentalism. In hindsight, though, I see that many of our common beliefs were not only ridiculous, but dangerous. We thought God could give us the ability to control (AKA completely repress) our sexual needs, that education could threaten our faith if we weren’t careful, and that Jesus can make gay people straight. 

These ideas permeate the cultures of other Christian universities too. Whether it’s Liberty U, Biola, Houston Baptist University, or any other of the sort, these ideas thrive. If only these colleges could see that evangelists like Christopher Yuan are not more reliable sources than actual scientific data.
https://youtu.be/CU-zJCvhz4I

Amy Coney Barrett went to my all-girls high school. I hope she's not confirmed

We didn’t have a mascot at Dominican, only an emblem: veritas. But truth is not monolithic – it is informed by our belief systems....
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/12/amy-coney-barrett-bad-choice-women

Trump has a new way around facts - The Washington Post

You can't fact-check a belief....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/12/trump-has-new-way-around-facts/

Who Started the Flat Earth Conspiracy Theory, How Many Believe This, and What Do They Believe?

Interview:
https://youtu.be/P4l9Y5OHqpk

Civil rights groups sue HHS over religious exemption rule - The Washington Post

The challenge to a rule published May 21 is being mounted by Lambda Legal, Americans United for Separation of Church and State, and the Center for Reproductive Rights, in conjunction with California's Santa Clara County.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2019/05/28/violation-privacy-liberty-dignity-civil-rights-groups-sue-hhs-over-religious-exemption-rule/

Mike Pence’s speech to Christian college graduates furthers ‘evangelical persecution complex’ - The Washington Post: Analysis

Christians are "shunned or ridiculed" for their beliefs, he said.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/05/13/mike-pences-speech-christian-college-graduates-furthers-evangelical-persecution-complex/

Senators Can and Must Ask About Nominees' Religious Beliefs - Rewire.News - Religion Dispatches

Questioning federal nominees on religion has been decried as a violation of the Constitution's ban on religious tests. But not only does it do nothing of the kind, there’s good reason to think Article VI actually requires these questions.....

https://rewire.news/religion-dispatches/2019/02/07/senators-can-and-must-ask-about-nominees-religious-beliefs/

Study finds religious beliefs have an enduring influence on senators' legislative behavior

..."The bottom-line is that while church and state are formally separated, religious legislators are still driven by their religious beliefs when voting in the Senate on all issue areas. This mechanism circumvents the formal separation of church and state and brings religion into politics through the back door."....

https://www.psypost.org/2018/09/study-finds-religious-beliefs-have-an-enduring-influence-on-senators-legislative-behavior-52222

From the Solidly Secular to Sunday Stalwarts, a look at our new religious typology - Pew Research Center:

Most American adults identify with a religion, describing themselves as Protestants, Catholics or Jews, to name just a few examples. But a new Pew Research Center analysis looks at beliefs and behaviors that cut across many religious identities, producing a new and revealing classification, or typology, of religion in America. ....
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/08/29/religious-typology-overview/

The challenges of creating a religious typology - Pew Research Center: Q&A

Pew Research Center surveys on religion in the United States typically sort Americans by their religious affiliation (or lack of affiliation). But our latest report looks at religion in America in a different way. This new analysis creates a typology that cuts across denominations, sorting Americans into seven groups, or "clusters," based on their religious and spiritual beliefs and practices, the value they place on their religion, and the sources of meaning and fulfillment in their lives. ....
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2018/08/29/religious-typology-q-and-a/

Ben Shapiro Puts Feels Over Facts

Ben Shapiro often says 'facts don't care about your feelings', but it seems when it comes to his religious beliefs, Ben is all too ready to put his feelings above facts....
https://youtu.be/K6-td7G2r5s

Some in America see religious freedom as privileging only one set of beliefs | TheHill

As the Trump administration and its religious right allies push an exclusionary view of religious freedom, let’s be clear about the dangers their agenda represents for the basic rights of everyday Americans. What ultra-conservatives like Health and Human Services Office of Civil Rights director Roger Severino and the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will have you believe is that today religious Americans are discriminated against because of their beliefs. That we must protect and uplift these faithful voices.....

http://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/385190-some-religious-folks-in-america-see-religious-freedom-as-privileging

Tracie Harris: An Atheist Experience - YouTube

Tracie Harris is one of the co-hosts of http://atheist-experience.com. She spoke on camera about religion, the formation of beliefs in the brain, and changing minds....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dNKcutB2iJ0&t=642s

ACTION ALERT: Stop Congress From Issuing a License to Discriminate

Today we were alerted that Representative Raúl Labrador (R-ID) intends to reintroduce the First Amendment Defense Act (FADA) in the House of Representatives. The bill would allow individuals, many businesses, and nonprofit organizations to discriminate on the basis of their "sincerely held religious beliefs."...

https://mailchi.mp/secular/action-alert-stop-congress-from-issuing-a-license-to-discriminate