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The Cult-Goofy, Defective Final 16th Chapter of Mark’s Gospel

The red letters are a way of lying -- intended to keep modern readers in the dark about how the gospels were created.

Can an Atheist Choose Among Religions?

I wouldn’t be likely to choose among religions when it comes to ideas or beliefs about god, since I have no beliefs in any gods.

A useful tool to explore future population possibilities

Within the past decade, Our World in Data has emerged as a leading purveyor of global economic, health, and demographic statistics.

Is It Moral for Christians to Lie About Lies?

It’s typical of the sort of attacks on modernity and secularism produced by many religious leaders to promote gullibility and loyalty in followers.

The Most Appropriate Response to Falling Birthrates? Embrace Them

As birthrates continue to decline in many industrialized countries, anxious governments are running out of schemes to keep women procreating.

New paper defends a pragmatic definition of overpopulation

Distinguishing ecologically sustainable from excessive human populations is necessary to understand humanity’s environmental challenges.

What makes (some) religions dangerous?

The role of religion is often to act as a high-octane accelerant that can turn a smoldering animosity into a conflagration.

Population growth has contributed 80% of ecological overshoot

The human enterprise is in overshoot, depleting essential ecosystems and polluting the ecosphere beyond nature’s assimilative capacity.

Christianity’s Role in Fueling the Nazi Holocaust

The origins of anti-Semitism can be found in the New Testament itself. In Mark 15 we find the story of Pilate releasing the insurrectionist Barabbas.

The mRNA Revolution Isn’t Over-Now It’s Targeting Cancer

How a recent study may have just opened the door to a universal cancer vaccine that trains your immune system to kill tumors.

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