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Article: European Court of Human Rights Shows Religion Not Required for Morality - The European Court of Human Rights last week ruled that the religious practice of slaughtering animals while they're fully conscious, as is required by Islam and Judaism, is a violation of morality. This helps to make the important point that religion is not necessary for people to be moral.
An annual report on capital punishment says more Americans now believe the death penalty is administered unfairly. The report says a Gallup poll from October that found 50% of Americans
Article: Separating Religion from Politics and War: A Path to Global Peace - Let's strive for a world where unity, peace, and understanding prevail over division and conflict. Separating religion from politics and war is a crucial step towards a brighter future.
Article: Robert P. Jones on the Doctrine of Discovery (REVIEW ESSAY) - In his new 2023 book The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy: And the Path to a Shared American Future (Simon & Schuster), the American religion scholar Robert P. Jones successfully integrates his enlightening discussion of the Doctrine of Discovery throughout his text. Pope Francis could learn a lot about the Doctrine of Discovery from Jones' new 2023 book. I did.
Article: Charles Taylor on Our Secular Age (REVIEW ESSAY) - In light of the late Ronald F. Inglehart's 2021 book Religion's Sudden Decline: What's Causing it, and What Comes Next? (Oxford University Press), it is time to revisit Charles Taylor's 2007 875-page book A Secular Age (Belknap Press of Harvard University Press) and the work of the American Jesuit Renaissance specialist and cultural historian and pioneering media ecology theorist Walter J. Ong (1912-2003).
Article: Frank M. Oppenheim, S.J., on Josiah Royce's Mature Philosophy (REVIEW ESSAY) - The late American Jesuit philosopher and theologian Frank M. Oppenheim (1925-2020; Ph.D. in philosophy, Saint Louis University, 1962 -- the year in which he turned thirty-seven) published the masterful book Royce's Mature Philosophy of Religion (University of Notre Dame Press, 1987 -- the year in which he turned sixty-two). However, Oppenheim appears not to have been familiar with the work of the American Jesuit Walter J. Ong.
Article: Piercing the Vail of Fear-based Religions - The 'revealed' religions all use fear to win and to keep converts. Belief in witches is a good example of this. The best way to counter the fear-based religions is with God-given innate reason.
Article: Putting Religion Over Reason Demands a Very High Price - Whenever we turn our backs on our reason, we are opening ourselves and our loved ones up to danger and harm. The 'revealed' religions require people to turn their backs on their innate God-given reason. This too often results in irreversible harm, as in the case of Lori Vallow Daybell and her children.