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: 🃏 How “Cards Against Humanity” pwned Marketing in 2013 If you’ve never heard of Cards Against Humanity (CAH), then you’re probably a boring, prudish person …
: The Fool Story My parents taught me that I was God’s creation and that I was loved unconditionally by Him. They …
: False Hope Some of the simplest and shortest sayings that people use in U.S. culture are actually overly …
: Ignorance I was thinking about ignorance today. I realized – I doubt for the first time – that ignorance is …
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: An Easter free of religion This Easter was especially enjoyable because it was spent without either of our parents (don't get …
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: The Ineffectiveness of Prayer Religion masks our primal need to be safe, comforted, and to live forever, with the promise of the …
: Explanation of Life ≥ Bullshit Until we understand how anything could exist – the beginning and cause of matter as we know it – …
: Let go of what you know and honor what exists One of the most challenging things about leaving the faith of your parents is raising their …
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: Correlating Education, Poverty, Health (and Even Death by Firearm) with the Religiosity of States The Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life released a study on the religiosity of states. It measured …
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: My Human Condition: A Letter to a Friend I recently emailed a friend who was interested in learning about my loss of faith. This is what I …
: How to defend Evolution I was watching an interesting program last night that aired on the History Channel. It was a …