Tag Archives: Religion

Republican Primary Voters’ Polling Data: Let’s Make the US a Christian Nation

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Ryren Cadora

Today I came across this report from Public Policy Polling after the group polled a few hundred Republican Primary voters. A brief methodology is attached to their report: PPP surveyed 316 Republican primary voters from February 20th to 22nd. The … Continue reading →

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Bible Contradictions #55: How Old Was Benjamin When He Came to Egypt?

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Ryren Cadora

In this episode of the Bible Contradictions, I’m going to expose a contradiction that often — by most efforts to understand the bible — goes unnoticed. The question we will ask the bible is how old was Benjamin when he came … Continue reading →

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Teaching Evolution and Moral Panic (SS#5)

Posted on February 22, 2015 by Ryren Cadora

In today’s episode of Science Sunday, I will be discussing a rather dated article from Sociological Viewpoints, Fall 2005, titled “The Quasi-Theory of Godlessness in America: Implications of Opposition to Evolution for Sociological Theory.” As a general rule for SS I … Continue reading →

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Taking on the Burden of Proof

Posted on February 19, 2015 by Ryren Cadora

I’m going to make this very short. Today I had a conversation with a non-religious man who believed in some vague, nondescript god. At some point in the conversation, the issue of the burden of proof came up. I accepted the … Continue reading →

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The Islamic State through Three Waltzian Lenses: An Analysis in IR Theory

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Ryren Cadora

In 1959 heavy-hitting, contemporary political scientist Kenneth Waltz published Man, the State, and War, a required reading for both undergraduate and graduate students in international politics. It’s often the fist book students of politics read because it gives them an … Continue reading →

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ISIS Shows Christians What True Persecution Is

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Ryren Cadora

ISIS is great at making terrible and extremely graphic and overproduced propaganda films. In the latest piece to cross my desk, an ISIS branch in Libya parades 21 Egyptian Coptic Christian men onto a beach in Northern Libya. The orange … Continue reading →

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Trusting Atheists: Remember Kids, the Police Exist (SS#4)

Posted on February 15, 2015 by Ryren Cadora

There’s a general consensus that atheists are to be distrusted. Without belief of an all powerful being who ultimately serves as a judge, jury, and executioner for all of our earthly transgressions, who’s to say atheists aren’t breaking any and … Continue reading →

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Why Objective Morality Can Be Bad

Posted on February 12, 2015 by Ryren Cadora

Previously I’ve tackled the objective morality question, arguing, in part, that we can all agree that certain acts are immoral. These include things like murder, rape, and torture. If we all agree these things are wrong, then we have a … Continue reading →

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A Brief Analysis of the ISIS Problem Post-Burning Video

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Ryren Cadora

“ISIS Burns Jordanian Pilot Alive” has been a major headline in the news during the last two days. It’s such a major story that the news articles of the Jordanian executions of Sajida al-Rishawi and Ziad al-Karbouli have been swallowed by … Continue reading →

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Science Sunday #2: Atheism and Anger

Posted on February 1, 2015 by Ryren Cadora

In the upcoming May 2015 issue of The Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied (Vol. 149 Issue 3, p219) researchers from Gettysburg College, North Dakota State University, and Lebanon Valley College ask whether or not people view atheists as angry individuals and … Continue reading →

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