#EVILJEFFFOXWORTHY JOKES

They say there’s no stupid questions. In my experience, it’s kind of the opposite. I think it’s more like all the questions are stupid questions. I mean, what does it all add up to? Why the hell are you asking me that question? Why ask any questions? Nobody knows anything.

Mommy says Jesus pays all her taxes if she spends her weekends at the convent.

#MastoArt
#Secularization
#AIDebate
#Bloodlines
#BillieEilish 38
#DCComics 47
#TronAres 31
#TaylorSwift
#HashtagNews

Next #Secularization

Secularization as the independence from religious authority is rational progress toward the autonomous evolved consciousness.

The next upcoming secularization extends towards independence from scientific and economic authority, achieved by
- widespread rationality in the form of ontological idealism
- economic independence by shunning fake products and flight from slavery through self-employment
- replacement @economics @politics @philosophy @society @education @rants

I started Day 2 of #Atheism Explained? in another #Secularization session.

First, highlights of interviews about non-#religiosity in #Estonia from Atko Remmel (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Atko-Remmel)

Then Piotr Paweł Laskowski shared that in an expanded DIM-R dataset (https://doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.2024.2305447) there were — among other things — intermediate relationships between analytic thinking and (lower) odds of #religion in a large sample of people from #Poland — more on this tomorrow, I'm told.

#replication #xPhi #psych

In the opening plenary session of #Atheism Explained?, three authors meet commenters.

The #book: Beyond Doubt
The #Secularization of #Society (https://amzn.to/3zcRR5y)

Phil Zuckerman compared the book's claims to prior claims about #religion.

Ryan Cragun sketched their multi-facted model of secularization.

Isabella Kasselstand showed us how some of the #data aligns with the model.

Hugh Turpin and Lois Lee gave rousing commentary!

#economics #childhood #modernization #privatization #history

Beyond Doubt: The Secularization of Society (Secular Studies, 7): Kasselstrand, Isabella, Zuckerman, Phil, Cragun, Ryan T.: 9781479814282: Amazon.com: Books

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🇺🇸 How Christianity’s Decline Impacts White Christians’ Emotional and Attitudinal Response

“Racial resentment predicts Christian nationalism, Christian persecution beliefs, and White persecution beliefs. In other words, negative stereotypes about Black Americans are related to Christian nationalism and persecution beliefs. But while Whiteness and Christianity are undeniably intertwined among Whites, our experiment provides evidence that they cannot be conflated.”

https://religioninpublic.blog/2024/05/03/how-christianitys-decline-impacts-white-christians-emotional-and-attitudinal-response/

#ChristianNationalism #Secularization #Politics #PoliticalScience #USA #US #UnitedStates #America #Chrisitianity #Religion #Christians #Emotions @politicalscience

Image #attribution: IonlyPlayz, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons. Page URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flag_map_of_the_USA_~_Rivers_and_Lakes.png

How Christianity’s Decline Impacts White Christians’ Emotional and Attitudinal Response

By Brooklyn Walker and Donald P. Haider-Markel There’s no question that the United States is changing. Historically, most representations of the country have assumed that Americans are overwhelming…

Religion in Public

#TerritorialDispute morphing into #ReligiousDispute, like #Arabism-#Zionism ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111517875591688878
is not new

Next year will mark 400 years since #NormalYear in #PeaceOfWestphalia — ALL conflicts that gave rise to #ThirtyYearsWar were resolved

It ushered in #religiousTolerance & #secularization in #Europe

#Catholics & #Protestants (#Calvinists, #Lutherans) accepted each other & rejected #forcedConversion

Expect reprise of 30yr War if #Trump is reelected next year ➡️ https://mastodon.social/@rameshgupta/111446174021361216

Interesting to note the rapid secularization of #Italy. In just 20 years, non-practitioners have surpassed assiduous practitioners in most Italian regions.

#catholic #religion #secularization #rome #pope https://www.europesays.com/794314/

La rapida secolarizzazione dell'Italia. In 20 anni i non praticanti hanno superato i praticanti assidui nella maggior parte delle regioni italiane

La rapida secolarizzazione dell'Italia. In 20 anni i non praticanti hanno superato i praticanti assidui nella maggior

EUROPE SAYS
Given the Rise of the #Nones, Why Aren't #Democrats Winning Most #Elections?
https://www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/given-the-rise-of-the-nones-why-arent
Why #Secularization Does Not Lead to Perpetual #Liberal Government
Given the Rise of the Nones, Why Aren't Democrats Winning Most Elections?

Why Secularization Does Not Lead to Perpetual Liberal Government

Graphs about Religion
Three big numbers that tell the story of secularization in America

Secularization has fascinated sociologists for 200 years – but that doesn’t mean they always agree on what it is, or how much it’s happening.

The Conversation
@njudd That #secularization in #SociologyOfReligion was wrong not so much because it failed to adequately consider belief without belonging, but because it ignored global religion.