I’m basically having a digital clear out of all the links I’ve saved which in theory I was going to turn into articles . Yet the reality is I’m probably not quite going to manage that. So rather than letting some good links go to waste I’m sort of turning them into an article by sharing them here. As always a mention here does not = endorsement, just that I found it worth reading.

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This set of links is because it pays to be understand why people believe and why they don’t, the questions they ask as much as the answers you give.

Belief in…something

• All humans are believers
• The Afterlife Is in Our Heads
• The world is hell, but life is a miracle
• Why our minds crave the supernatural

Faith…of sorts

• The Worth of an Angry God: How supernatural beliefs allowed societies to bond and spread
• What Makes Life Meaningful? Views From 17 Advanced Economies
• Diversity in Religiosity Undermines Conventional Personal Morality Across the Globe

Atheism

• Losing My Religion
• If you don’t like deconstruction don’t teach people to fall in love with Jesus in the first place
• Atheism is not as rare or as rational as you think
• These are the 4 types of atheism
• God Finds an Atheist

Trying out faith

• Onions, Not Artichokes
• If religion makes you happier, why not give it a go?