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Learn to Live Intentionally

March 24, 2016 by Gleb Tsipursky

We know we only have one life to live so we better make it count, being intentional about our life choices…

Categories Free Tags communication, compassionate humanism, decision-making, faith, goals, living intentionally, nihilism, psychology, rational, rationality, religion, spirituality 1 Comment

A Biologist Looks at Religion, the Humanities, and Our Compulsive Sociability

March 19, 2015 by Brock Haussamen

What is the true purpose of sociality, religion, and the humanities in human existence?

Categories Free Tags existence, humanities, meaning, purpose, religion, ritual Leave a comment

Social intimacy: Religion in the Digital Age

July 12, 2014July 3, 2014 by Jeremy Mattocks
'God is our wireless provider.'

Dino Demarchi explores the concept of religion in our Internet-fueled culture and introduces the new naturalistic religion of Syntheism.

Categories Free Tags Internet, religion Leave a comment

Myth: No Belief Required

January 24, 2015April 24, 2014 by Jeremy Mattocks

Today’s article was written by Geoff Crocker, author of An Enlightened Philosophy: Can an Atheist Believe Anything?

Categories Free Tags myth, mythology, religion Leave a comment

Managers of Human Nature: A Job Description for Spiritual Naturalists

January 23, 2013January 10, 2013 by B. T. Newberg

Job descriptions help us know what we’re supposed to be doing. So what’s the job description for Spiritual Naturalists?

Categories Free Tags evolution, human nature, religion, society 2 Comments

Book Review: Religion Is Not About God, by Loyal Rue

January 10, 2013May 28, 2012 by B. T. Newberg

“If religion is not about God, then what on earth is it about?” asks author Loyal Rue. B. T. Newberg reviews his answer in this groundbreaking book…

Categories Free Tags evolution, religion, reviews, society 4 Comments
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Why Determinism Doesn’t Get Us Off The Hook

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Live In the Now

Live In the Now

Approaching anxiety with the aid of Stoic thought…

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Finding a Balance Between Individualism and Connectedness in a Social Media World

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Being a Brain

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Understanding Christian Naturalism

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How the attack on truth and expertise affects us…
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No longer feeling like I need to escape the tangled web of materiality, I’m content with meandering along the intricately woven threads of existence…

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Reading as a Spiritual Practice - SN Today #34

Reading as a Spiritual Practice – SN Today #34

Many enjoy reading and find it informative, but what about reading as an experiential spiritual practice?…
Exploration: The Ambition for Discovery

Exploration: The Ambition for Discovery

Guest author Crysta Bliss explores the value of exploration…
Acquisitions

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To acquire or not to acquire, perhaps is not the question…

On Natural Holiness

The above video on the Epicurean gods helps to contextualize the following discussion–an abridged version of a Society of Epicurus essay. Natural holiness implies non-supernatural holiness as it is empirically

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