Why Atheism Will Replace Religion: New Evidence. Atheists are heavily concentrated in economically developed countries, particularly the social democracies of Europe.
In underdeveloped countries, there are virtually no atheists. Atheism is a peculiarly modern phenomenon. Why do modern conditions produce atheism? In a new study to be published in August, I provided compelling evidence that atheism increases along with the quality of life (1). First, as to the distribution of atheism in the world, a clear pattern can be discerned. The question of why economically developed countries turn to atheism has been batted around by anthropologists for about eighty years. Atheists are more likely to be college-educated people who live in cities and they are highly concentrated in the social democracies of Europe. It seems that people turn to religion as a salve for the difficulties and uncertainties of their lives. Even the psychological functions of religion face stiff competition today. Sources1. Barber, N. (2012). 2. Liberal Douche Garofalo. Sweet_16.jpg (JPEG Image, 598x514 pixels)
Anti-Gay Student Claims School Forced Her To Accept Homosexuality. A female graduate student at Augusta State University is suing the school because she claims the public institution has violated her First Amendment rights by forcing her to accept homosexuality in order to graduate from her program in counselor education.
Jennifer Keeton, a Christian who believes that being gay is a choice (she thinks gays suffer from "identity confusion"), is represented by the Alliance Defense Fund, a Christian legal defense organization. WRDW reports: At the end of the first year, she was presented with a remediation plan, or courses to improve in certain areas. That plan includes classes to improve writing and grammar skills, as well as workshops to make her more sensitive to the gay population -- something her instructors say is necessary for her to be an effective counselor.
"The school counseling faculty has decided that my views are not acceptable for me or to share with other students," she says in a video statement produced by the Alliance Defense Fund. Believers Are Nicer Say Researchers. I'm getting ready to duck, but don't shoot the messenger.
The results are in: religious people are nicer. Or so says Robert Putnam, professor of public policy at Harvard. Described by London's Sunday Times as the most influential academic in the world today, Putnam is not a religious believer. Best known for Bowling Alone, the book that made ''social capital'' a key indicator of a healthy society, Putnam, with his co-author David Campbell (a Mormon), has waded into the debate about religion in the public square with his latest offering, American Grace: How Religion Unites and Divides Us.
The book emerges out of two massive and comprehensive surveys into religion and public life in America. In the church, just like any area of life, it's a mixed bag of the good, the not so good and the, well, nutty. Their most conspicuously controversial finding is that religious people make better citizens and neighbours. Advertisement Simon Smart is a director of the Centre for Public Christianity. Funny lol pictures. Mom Sues Preschool For Failing To Prep Tot For Harvard. THE PEOPLE: Will I Succeed? Anyhow, the U.S. had one full-blown boom to report.
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