Is it mistaken to support organised religion in membership or donations?
If people do good because they are human, not
because God prompts them, is it right to risk giving God any credit when they alone own their good?
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Does challenging
superstition or faith protect people?
Is it mistaken to support organised religion in membership or donations? |
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If people do good because they are human, not
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FAITH & BELIEF
ADVERSITY THEORY - PSYCHOLOGY NOT GOD IS THE GOD WHO HELPS YOU
An expert speaks on the Bible faith and psychology
ARGUMENT - "YOU ARE NOT REASONED INTO FAITH SO YOU CANNOT BE REASONED OUT"
ASSERTIVELY DEFENDING CHRISTIAN FAITH
AWARENESS - BY TONY DE MELLO TESTED
De Mello on selfishness in his book Awareness
CHOOSING TO PICK WHAT SUITS YOU FROM YOUR RELIGION MAKES YOU YOUR OWN RELIGION
CARING ONLY WHAT GOD THINKS OF YOU AS A FORM OF FAITH
CHARACTERISTICS OF HEALTHY "SPIRITUALITY"
CHRISTIAN BELIEVERS - LIARS OR IGNORANT?
Criticism and being constructive and open with assessing
Control beliefs in the light of morality
Core religious outlook about love makes religion feeling not faith
DENIALISM - WHEN PEOPLE WILL NOT ABANDON WRONG BELIEFS
DEPRESSIVE REALISM AND RELIGIOUS FAITH
DISSONANCE THEORY - COGNITIVE DISSONANCE
DISSONANCE - RELIGION IS SIMPLY COGNITIVE DISSONANCE
DISSONANCE - CHRISTIANITY IS ITS BIGGEST CATALYST
DISSONANCE AND EXAMPLES OF HOW RELIGION CREATES IT
DO WE REALLY KNOW A THING AS IT IS IN ITSELF? KANT
ESSAY ON RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE IN CHRISTIANITY
EVIDENCE-BASED RELIGIOUS FAITH?
EVIDENTIALISM - LOOKING FOR EVIDENCE FOR A RELIGION BEING TRUE
EXISTENTIALISM - MAKING LIFE MEANINGFUL IF IT IS MEANINGLESS
EVIL DOCTRINE OF FAITH BEING A GIFT FROM GOD
FAITH IS BAD WHEN IT IS FAITH IN MAN'S WORD AND MISTAKEN FOR GOD'S
FAITH - DO THE PHILOSOPHIES OF CLIFFORD, JAMES AND PASCAL SHOW ITS IMMORAL?
FAITH IN EVIL SPIRITS AND HORRIBLE DOCTRINES
FAITH IN FAITH - IS FAITH USEFUL EVEN IF NOT TRUE?
FAITH IN GOD - THE ONLY KIND OF ALLOWABLE BLIND FAITH?
FAITH IS IN US ALL SO WE DON'T NEED A RELIGIOUS VERSION OF IT
Faith is not feeling and should be more mature than that!
FAITH IS OFTEN MADE UNTESTABLE
FAITH IS PUT BEFORE TRUTH IN HEBREWS 11 IN BIBLE
FAITH VERSUS FACT BY JERRY COYNE
FAITH - ULTIMATELY FAITH ONLY IN MYSELF
How sincere is respect for the beliefs of others?
HOW FAITH IN DIVINE GRACE BLAMES YOU FOR YOUR PROBLEMS AND BY EXTENSION EVERYBODY ELSE FOR THEIRS
GASLIGHTING: WHEN AN IDEA IS PUT BEYOND REACH OF EVIDENCE AND REASON
IF DOGMA
INFALLIBLE THEN IT'S JUSTIFICATIONS ARE INFALLIBLE TOO!!!
IF FAITH IS FROM GOD THEN ITS INFALLIBLE
INDIVIDUAL RELIGIOUS BELIEF OR THE RELIGIOUS SYSTEM IS DANGEROUS
Insisting on believing what you want about yourself
IS FAITH DELUSION? by PSYCHIATRIST ANDREW SIMS
IS FAITH DELUSION? by SIMS ALLEGES THAT FAITH HELPS MENTAL ILLNESS
Sims useless approach to religious mania
IS IT DANGEROUS FOR MENTAL HEALTH TO BE SPIRITUAL NOT RELIGIOUS?
Is religion a mental condition if not disorder?
Studies showing religion is a potential and actual mental problem
IS FAITH IN A GOOD GOD DOWN TO GOOD GENES UNLIKE ATHEIST/PARANORMAL BELIEFS?
LOGICAL POSITIVISM PROVES RELIGIOUS-SUPERNATURAL PARADOX IS MEANINGLESS
Theology responds to Logical Positivism
MATERIALISM AND SPIRITUAL - TWO FORMS OF ONE THING
NATURALISM - THE DENIAL OF THE SUPERNATURAL - QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
NEURONS AND THEIR ROLE IN BELIEF
NO REASON OR RIGHT TO SAY: "GOD IS THE CHRISTIAN GOD, NOT A MAGIC UNICORN OR ALMIGHTY WITCH"
OPINION - HOW RELIGIONISTS WANT SPECIAL PROTECTION FOR THEIR RELIGIOUS OPINIONS
"PSYCHOLOGY TODAY" VERSUS RELIGION
PICK AND MIX RELIGION AND THE "WE BELIEVE THE CORE DOCTRINES" EXCUSE
REASONS WHY RELIGIOUS BELIEF IS NOT A COMFORT FOR THOSE IN DIRE STRAITS
Religious faith unlike other faith demands bias
Religion is based on rationalising not reasoning
RELIGION CAN BE A MENTAL ILLNESS
RELIGION IS JUDGEMENTAL WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
RELIGION IS ABOUT SIN AND THUS CONDEMNED TACITLY BY PSYCHOLOGY
RESPECTING BELIEF especially RELIGIOUS OR SPIRITUAL BELIEF
RIGHT OF FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
RIGHTS - CONSIDER TOPLESS RIHANNA AND TESCO SPONSORING LONDON PRIDE
"RIGHT TO MY OPINION" IS USED TO SILENCE DEBATE
SANITY IS MERELY AN ASSUMPTION ABOUT A PERSON OR YOURSELF
SELF-DECEPTION IS ALL-POWERFUL
SELF-DECEPTION AS EXPLORED BY ROBERT TRIVERS
SELF-DECEPTION AND ITS ROLE IN EVIL ACCORDING TO PECK
SELF-DECEPTION LOVES RELIGIOUS FAITH - ITS BIGGEST CATALYST
Self-deception is insincere - there has to be a gut instinct
SELF-HARM - WHEN IT CAUSES RELIGIOUS DEVOTION
SPIRITUALITY IS A PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDER
STAYING IN A WRONG OR MAN-MADE RELIGION
STUBBORN FEARFUL ARROGANCE THAT IS CHRISTIAN FAITH
Take responsibility for your beliefs
Things that are nice to believe
The disturbing faith of the Catholics
THOUGHT CRIME GOES WITH THE NOTION OF A REVEALER GOD
TIPS FROM ATHEISM ABOUT LOOKING AFTER YOUR MENTAL HEALTH
TO SAY THAT DOUBT IS SINFUL IS VILIFICATION
TOXIC FAITH - ALL SPIRITUAL FAITH IS TOXIC
TOXIC FAITH - THE ROLE OF TOXIC FAITH
Toxic faith and religious addiction
Toxic Faith book, non-toxic faith?
Toxic faith book, overview of the toxic faith structure
TRUTH IS REAL - IT IS OBJECTIVE TRUTH
WHAT IS SPIRITUALITY OR RELIGION?
WHY IT MATTERS WHAT YOU BELIEVE
"YOU ONLY BELIEVE WHAT YOU WANT" IS ABSURD
"YOU SHOULD BELIEVE ONLY WHAT YOU WANT" IS EVEN SILLIER
Ulterior motive for faith in God
Using control beliefs to manipulate people into "control faith"
What is off-putting in faith in God and its supposed healthiness
With religious belief comes responsibility
SCEPTICAL DICTIONARY
SKEPTICAL DICTIONARY: RELIGION/SUPERSTITION REFUTED AT A GLANCE!