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a-typical · 1 year

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If god is unable to prevent evil, then he is not all-powerful.

If god is not willing to prevent evil, then he is not all-good.

If god is both willing and able to prevent evil, then why does evil exist?

If god created everything then that means he created evil. And if that is the case what does that say about god?

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religion-is-a-mental-illness · 2 years

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Published: Nov 16, 2021

Apostasy is punishable with death in nearly a dozen countries, according to a new report from Humanists International.

The Freedom of Thought Report 2021 found that "apostasy" is punishable with death in at least ten countries; Afghanistan, Iran, Malaysia, Maldives, Mauritania, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Yemen.

Pakistan does not have a death sentence for "apostasy", but it does for "blasphemy", and the threshold for blasphemy is low. So in effect, there is a death penalty for expressing atheism or converting religion in at least 11 countries, of which all are Muslim-majority.

This year's edition of the report, released today, also found that apostasy is a criminal offence in 17 countries. Blasphemy remains punishable in 83 countries, of which the death penalty may be applied in six.

Worst performing countries

The report, which focuses on the rights, legal status and discrimination against humanists, atheists, and the non-religious, has a key countries section whereby some of the best and worst performing countries are analysed. Afghanistan, now wholly governed by a Sunni Islamist fundamentalist group, the Taliban, was the worst on the list.

The report concluded that small communities of religious minorities, including Hindus, Sikhs, Christians, Ahmadi Muslims, and Baha'is experienced egregious human rights violations and remained endangered, without the ability to observe their faith publicly. It also mentioned the killings of nine ethnic Hazara (who are predominately Shia Muslims) men and the unconfirmed killing of two atheists, with a further four missing.

Women in Afghanistan have also faced the brunt of the new Taliban regime according to the findings, with beatings imposed on those who fail to wear hijab 'correctly'. Unmarried and widowed women from the ages of 15 and 45 are also threatened with forced marriages and sexual enslavement to Taliban fighters. The Taliban regime also announced that women would not be able to work or attend university until it was it was possible to ensure the segregation of the sexes in an "Islamic environment".

Watch List

Other notable countries on a Watch List that Humanists International was closely monitoring include:

• Iran, which executes dozens of individuals on charges of "enmity against God" (moharebeh). Soheil Arabi, who the National Secular Society has campaigned for to be released, has been imprisoned for long periods on these grounds.

• Pakistan, which has suffered chronic violence against religious and non-religious minorities, with Shia Muslims subjected to most of it. Extremely serious incidents against the Ahmadi Muslim and Christian community have also been reported.

• Saudi Arabia, which mostly does not allow religious expression in the country other than their fundamentalist brand of Sunni Islam. Moreover, the country has notably spent over $1bn in hosting and investing in sports events ('sportswashing') to mask its extremely poor human rights issues.

Other key findings

The report also concludes that 39 countries across the globe have state religions, of which 35 derive legislation (wholly or partly) from religious law. In addition, the use of religious courts on family or moral matters exists in 19 countries.

The provision of mandatory religious instruction in state-funded schools without a secular or humanist alternative exists in 33 countries.

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National Secular Society chief executive, Stephen Evans, said: "This report again highlights the grave implications for human rights when states are governed along religious lines.

"Wherever religion dominates political and public life, the rights of women, LGBT people, apostates, nonreligious people and religious minorities are threatened. As the report demonstrates, this situation is still all too common in the modern world."

President of Humanists International, Andrew Copson, said the "discrimination which humanists and other non-religious people continue to face as a result of daring to express their beliefs and to try to live according to their conscience" made for "grim reading".

UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, welcomed the publication for recording the experiences of "not just humanists and the non-religious globally, but also those are deeply religious yet are dissenters".

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Islam is not “just like every religion.”

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cursed--alien · 1 year

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No entity deserves unquestioning obedience.

#no gods no masters #atheist #nonreligious

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connieaaa · 2 years

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Anyone else look at their family and just wonder how did I end up being the openly Queer one? Me. Me????? Just how????

#queer #dysfunctional family #agender #actually ace #asexual #gender noncomformity #nonbinary #ex christian #nonreligious #exvangelical #homeschool #christianity

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redshift-13 · 1 year

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#iran #secularism #iran secularism #nonreligious #social research #research methodology

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in-sightpublishing · 16 days

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Univ. of South Carolina coach’s sectarian remarks indefensible, FFRF says

Publisher: In-Sight Publishing Publisher Founding: March 1, 2014 Web Domain: http://www.in-sightpublishing.com Location: Fort Langley, Township of Langley, British Columbia, Canada Journal: In-Sight: Independent Interview-Based Journal Journal Founding: August 2, 2012 Frequency: Three (3) Times Per Year Review Status: Non-Peer-Reviewed Access: Electronic/Digital & Open Access Fees: None…

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#Chris Line #complaint #constitutional misconduct #Dawn Staley #ESPN #Establishment Clause #First Amendment #Freedom From Religion Foundation #gameday devotional #Gen Z #Mellen v. Bunting #Michael Amiridis #non-Christian #nonreligious #pray to play #religious coercion #South Carolina Women’s Basketball #University of South Carolina

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autumnbell32 · 2 months

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“…the end of a previous form of existence is felt as a real death.”

-from, “Care of the Soul,” by Thomas Moore

#care of the soul #thomas moore #nonreligious #healing #in recovery

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bunnyamyrose · 4 months

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religious trauma (healing journey) | things that I remember

• being pressured to get rid of my mermaid things (I was worried back when my husband was getting me a mermaid tail, but I’m really glad that I have it, it’s one of my childhood wishes fulfilled ✅✓)

• internalizing the view of fairies being demons (I love [benevolent] fairies 🧚‍♀️ maybe some fae creatures could be seen that way, though, lol — although some people might/would disagree that those creatures are actually of the fae)

• experiencing comments/lectures about fantasy creatures like elves being bad/evil/demonic (something like that) in the past

• that the Irish folklore book that I read as a kid/teen and gave myself my Irish name based on the princess in one of the stories was gotten rid of (I found a book online a while ago that might’ve been the same book, I have to find it & look at it again)

• having property of mine destroyed for seeming occult/witchcrafty/“demonic” or for having occult/“demonic” symbols on it

• that the authentic Irish cup and saucer from my aunt who passed years ago was destroyed for having an “occult” symbol on the bottom and replaced with something else

• having to deal with aggression and harassment about veganism being “unbiblical” or “demonic” (or whatever), being accused of being “brainwashed” for being vegan and “questioning/judging g-d” for even questioning something(s) in the Abrahamic b*ble

• a christian pastor saying that my husband (before we were married) should not marry me until/unless I “stop being vegan” along with other awful things — and I literally tithed hundreds/thousands of dollars to that organization

• being called “rebellious” and “disobedient” since childhood and into adulthood, even though I tried to explain over and over that I wasn’t trying to be and my view(s) of things

• being treated like I “should know better”, as well as being blamed for personal things even though I was a kid

• a christian pastor saying negative things about me, because I didn’t shake his hand (I wasn’t trying to be rude/mean, I generally prefer not to shake hands)

*pls do not reblog/repost*

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cavenewstimes · 7 months

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America's nonreligious are growing, diverse phenomenon...

Mike Dulak matured Catholic in Southern California, however by his teenager years, he started avoiding Mass and driving straight to the coast to play guitar, view the waves and delight in the appeal of the early morning. “And it felt more spiritual than whenever I enter a church,” he remembered. Absolutely nothing has actually altered that view in the taking place years. “Most faiths exist to…

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#America&039;s #nonreligious

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lenbryant · 7 months

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Genetically Modified Skeptic goes on Aljazeera and represents non-religious people.

#genetically modified skeptic #atheism #al jazeera #deconverted #nonreligious #are you an apostate if you never were religious to begin with?#risky #dangerous #ex-muslim #Youtube

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a-typical · 1 year

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It is, when you think about it, remarkable that a religion should adopt an instrument of torture and execution as its sacred symbol, often worn around the neck. Lenny Bruce rightly quipped that 'If Jesus had been killed twenty years ago, Catholic school children would be wearing little electric chairs around their necks instead of crosses.' But the theology and punishment-theory behind it is even worse. The sin of Adam and Eve is thought to have passed down the male line - transmitted in the semen according to Augustine. What kind of ethical philosophy is it that condemns every child, even before it is born, to inherit the sin of a remote ancestor? Augustine, by the way, who rightly regarded himself as something of a personal authority on sin, was responsible for coining the phrase 'original sin'. Before him it was known as 'ancestral sin'. Augustine's pronouncements and debates epitomize, for me, the unhealthy preoccupation of early Christian theologians with sin. They could have devoted their pages and their sermons to extolling the sky splashed with stars, or mountains and green forests, seas and dawn choruses. These are occasionally mentioned, but the Christian focus is overwhelmingly on sin sin sin sin sin sin sin. What a nasty little preoccupation to have dominating your life.

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attiesposts · 1 year

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#vishnuhsociety #nonreligious #nogods #putuhvishnuhgenootschap #canva #attiedotinga

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reportwire · 1 year

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Common Sense Moral Code Promotes Happiness and Pride

St. Petersburg volunteers share The Way to Happiness with those celebrating Russia Day. Press Release – Jul 11, 2016 St. Petersburg, Russia, July 11, 2016 (Newswire.com) – Volunteers from The Way to Happiness Association of St. Petersburg celebrated Russia Day by sharing copies of the nonreligious common sense moral code The Way to Happiness. And for good reason. The lack of a moral compass is…

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#moral code #nonreligious #russia #Russia Day #St. Petersburg #The Way to Happiness

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redshift-13 · 10 months

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In 2021, the share of religiously unaffiliated Americans (a group that includes atheists, agnostics and people who identify with no religion in particular) who said abortion was a critical issue started to rise. And for the first time in 2022, the year the Supreme Court overturned the federal right to abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, the share of religiously unaffiliated Americans who said that abortion was a critical issue was higher than the share of white evangelicals who said the same.

#abortion #reproductive freedom #nonreligious #atheism #agnosticism #secular #secularization

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markgrofinart · 1 year

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I have made an unholy Christmas collection and added it to my tee public

http://tee.pub/lic/N5FsFkXUyl8

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autumnbell32 · 2 months

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“The trick is to find a way to that water of transformation where hard self-absorption turns into loving dialogue with the world.”

-from, “Care of the Soul,” by Thomas Moore

#care of the soul #thomas moore #currently reading #nonreligious #healing #in recovery

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