THE old humanity,” writes an historian of Islam, “had been killed by the new religion.” This is what always happens. True morality, the adepts of each religion tell us, is dependent on their ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dimitris Xygalatas, CC BY Why do people distrust atheists? A study we conducted, led by psychologist Will Gervais, found ...

Many religious folks argue that while science can explain much of the natural world, some issues are simply outside of the scientific realm, the classic example of which would be morality. The late ...

The details surrounding the emergence and evolution of religion have not been clearly established and remain a source of much debate among scholars. Now, an article published by Cell Press in the ...

Each year that we celebrate Independence Day, we seem to be a less religious nation than the year before. This is an ominous trend, and we would do well to heed the wisdom of our Founding Fathers, who ...

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An Essay on the Physics of Creation. By HENRY JAMES. Boston : Tieknor & Fields. ANY one tolerably conversant with either the religion or the philosophy of the last twenty-five years, as displayed in ...

Why do people distrust atheists? A study we conducted, led by psychologist Will Gervais, found widespread and extreme moral prejudice against atheists around the world. Across all continents, people ...

Americans look toward the presidency for moral leadership. But with Trump in office, many opponents see a moral failing. How are politics and religion mixing? And who are the country’s moral leaders?