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Grasping the code of the universe

If religion and philosophy are an attempt to comprehend the universe and the meaning of life, then science is the best portal.

How Does Overpopulation Affect the Economy?

One of the key ways it does this is by causing prices of important goods to rise, thus causing hardship for the poorest sections of…

A New Phase of Civilization

A growing phase of civilization can be detected: The Secular Age, the disappearance of supernatural gods, devils, heavens, hells and the like.

The end times for religion

Supernatural religion is dying in the West. It took humanity several millennia to reach the Secular Age. Now it's blossoming spectacularly.

For-profit faith

Among sleazy occupations, is anything worse than big-money evangelists with their private jets, garish diamonds, piled-up hairdos and $5,000 suits?

How ‘Dormant’ Cells In The Aging Brain Contribute To Cognitive Decline

Why cognitive effects such as memory loss and ageing go hand in hand is only recently beginning to be understood.

Too Many People

Religions that try to forbid birth control or hold women in servant status worsen the problem. Women with few rights have more pregnancies.

Most ‘Greats’ doubted religion

Through history, vast numbers of thinkers, scientists, writers, reformers, leaders and others considered "great" have doubted supernatural religion.

IQ up, religion down?

Brainy people are less likely to believe in magical gods, devils, heavens, hells, miracles, prophecies and other church dogmas.

2000 Years of Disbelief: Bertrand Russell (1872 – 1970)

Russell's 1927 essay "Why I Am Not a Christian," became a classic refutation of supernaturalism.

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