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Religious organizations in the US get a free ride when it comes to paying taxes. Both directly and indirectly. (Red numbers indicate estimated amount lost to local, state, and federal governments in 2011. I don't have reliable estimates for entries without numbers.)

• They don't pay federal income taxes. $35.3 billion lost.
• They don't pay state income ( Read more... )

I'm not atheist, I'm pretty much 50/50 agnostic, but, unusually, I don't know if I even like the idea of God. However, my life motto is to be as open-minded as possible, and I have heard a few things which make me think maybe a God does exist. Does anyone have specific experiences or heard specific stories which turn them away from full atheism, or ( Read more... )

OKC: Eternal source of thought-provoking personality questions ( Read more... )

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Yesterday I watched Glee's episode Grilled Cheesus, now for all of you who are not obsessed with glee like I am, this episode talks about people beliefs in God ( Read more... )

I’m 40 and I am about to get married for the second time. I would love to have a purely secular wedding this time (ie. No prayers or other hocus pockus.). I feel very strongly that religion is neither correct nor particularly moral (have you read the bible? It is not fit for kids to read!).  Because of past family dynamics, I think I am ( Read more... )

"Come on," she pleaded. "Just stick it in there ( Read more... )

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I read this awesome article called "The Anosognosic's Dilemma: Something's Wrong but You'll Never Know What It Is' by Errol Morris at The New York Times.

It's all about the Dunning-Kruger Effect - which is basically that incompetent people are too ignorant to know they are incompetent.

Some quotes:

"When people are incompetent in the strategies ( Read more... )