The Morning Heresy 6/14/12: Therefore it’s Not Happening
June 13, 2012
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Quick note: I'm dragging my kid to see family this weekend, so there will probably not be a Morning Heresy tomorrow (Friday). But don't worry, nothing interesting will happen.
Media outlets are abuzz over recent Pew data that shows millennials belief in God dropping pretty quickly...
The Morning Heresy 6/13/12: The Most Disdained Group of All
June 13, 2012
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There's some religious ugliness in the news today, folks, so if you're looking to start your day with smoke coming out your ears, you've come to the right place. But let's start with some very good news!
North Dakota's "Measure 3," which would have allowed religious belief as an excuse to avoid compliance with all kinds of laws, and which CFI urged voters to oppose, was defeated yesterday! Roundly defeated, even, 64% to 36%.
The Morning Heresy 6/12/12: A Single Menacing Blur
June 12, 2012
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CFI chief Ron Lindsay blogs about balls. Okay, get it out of your system. Now. Once you're done tittering about it, read the thing, because there's an important message:
Language is powerful. Language not only expresses our thoughts, it shapes them. “Balls” is in common use, and that’s precisely part of the problem. It’s embedded so much in our language that we don’t notice it, but that simply means our sexism is burrowed in deep.
The Morning Heresy 6/11/12: Worse than Useless
June 11, 2012
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Must-read for science-loving secu-skepties at the New Yorker: Why the hell do we have so much trouble accepting science? Un-learning:
. . . science education is not simply a matter of learning new theories. Rather, it also requires that students unlearn their instincts, shedding false beliefs the way a snake sheds its old skin.
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The Morning Heresy 6/8/12: The Garden of Your Mind
June 08, 2012
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First things: Kylie Sturgess posts your must-view video of the day, a love note to all the trolls and haters out there. Now, it's NSFW, but it's delightful and you need it running through your head as your go about your day. So if you're at the office, put on some headphones and maybe crouch really close to your display. Ready? Aaaaaaaaand CLICK!
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The Morning Heresy 6/7/12: Meme Abuse
June 07, 2012
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Now look. I know there is a lot of debate going on in the skepto-atheosphere, much of it very necessary (and some of it very much not). And that's fine. That's what we do. We make assertions, we question, we argue, and sometimes things get heated or personal. It's hard to avoid, because as rational as we aspire to be, we are still human. But to my mind, one aspect of all this arguing (much of it going on within the Freethought Blogs network, much of it on Twitter) has crossed a line. A dangerous one.
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The Morning Heresy 6/6/12: No Archaeopteryx Allowed
June 06, 2012
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So last night was interesting. Both in orbit around the Sun and in the voting booths of Wisconsin, two entirely predictable things happened that were also kind of stunning. Greg Laden is hopping mad about one of them (the one not about Earth's sister planet), and Kylie Sturgess was hopping excited about the other (the one not about union-related political tumult).
The Morning Heresy 6/5/12: Damn You, Sling King
June 05, 2012
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Our spies on the ground in Indiana tell us that the weapon used to deface our billboard may have been this ridiculous contraption, the Sling King
Will Gervais talks about his research on the relationship between (the lack of) critical thinking and religiosity on the latest Point of Inquiry
The Morning Heresy 6/4/12: So-Called Paintball Experts
June 04, 2012
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Ed Brayton speaks on behalf of CFI-Michigan against hospital's use of homeopathic and other nonscientific treatments
Local news coverage (paywalled) on the CFI-Indiana billboard vandalism reports...
The Morning Heresy 6/1/12: Jen McCreight, Call Your Lawyer
June 01, 2012
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The Religious Congregations & Membership Study looks at which states are the "most Christian," and the award goes to Utah (if you count Mormons and UUs who self-identify as Christian). Least Christian? Why, that'd be my adopted home, Maine!
