This is a great song for a Sunday, kids. It’s not about religion (read: greed and violence). This is a song about love, yo. Yeah, imagine that!
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Image from the Library of Congress 9/11/01 exhibition. remember honor grow love stand share work move appreciate experience talk pray meditate forgive 9/11 is so not about religion.
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I never expected the world renowned evolutionary biologist and superstar atheist Richard Dawkins to write a book aimed at children. But, alas, The Magic of Reality: How We Know What’s Really True is slated for an October release.
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Everybody is talking, tweeting, and blogging in jubilation over the news of Bin Laden’s death. It’s been 10 years in the making, and i have to agree that the world is a little better without him. But all of the celebratory goings on leaves me a bit sick in the stomach.
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Church is closed today for renovations and a nice sage cleansing, or something like that. Come back next week. But I would like to direct you over to Leo Batauba’s Zen Habits blog. You probably already read Zen Habits, but if you don’t, you should. It’s a nice, quiet, and refreshing read. For Leo’s 38th [...]
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It’s true what they say about smiling. A simple smile, even a forced one, can change one’s mood. I tried it and the effects were instant and undeniable. Hold up one second. I know what you’re thinking: damned new age hippie. I don’t blame you. Before writing this post I thought long and hard about [...]
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“In the Beginning” is the eighth installment in the Symphony of Science music video series on YouTube. Other than featuring sound bites from the world’s foremost scientists, the videos utilize perhaps the best use of auto-tune I’ve ever heard. This one features Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins, Carl Sagan, Tara Shears, and Neil deGrasse Tyson. I [...]
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This post is a first. In the 2+ years of Not About Religion’s existence, Westboro Baptist Church has never been mentioned in our pages. No Fred Phelps; no “God Hates [Fags, Fag Enablers, America, Israel, Your Tears, etc]” signs. You couldn’t find it here. Seriously, we had better things to do. Phelps and his posse [...]
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News from the Middle East, involving Christian/Muslim relations, is rarely positive. Surely there is good news to report, but we hardly ever hear it. So when I read about the Christian and Muslim solidarity displayed in Egypt on Christmas eve, I couldn’t help but become overwhelmed with positive emotion.
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Happy 2011 religionistas! With 2010 still fresh in our memories, it’s time for writers and bloggers to whip out their favorite perennial posts: the year-end list. I never cared for writing year-end lists myself. Luckily, everyone else put one together so I don’t have to.
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