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Compassion: A Shared Ideal That Transcends Differences

Susan Smalley, Ph.D. | Posted 12.28.2009 | Living

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Susan Smalley, Ph.D.

We may have been told to 'follow the golden rule' as children (to do unto others as you would have others do unto you) but now science is illustrating the powerful role doing just that can have on humanity.

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India's Invisible Minority

Parvez Ahmed | Posted 10.27.2009 | World

Read More: Sachar Commission, Hindu, Islam, India, Eid Ul-Fitr, Pakistan, Secular, Violence, Muslims, Durga-Festival, Partition of India, Democracy, Discrimination, Hinduvta, World News
Parvez Ahmed

Muslims who make up over twenty percent of the population in Kolkata have become its invisible minority, increasingly squeezed out of the public square in Kolkata and beyond.

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Why I Failed As an Atheist

Lauren Cahn | Posted 10.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Holocaust, Bible, Intolerance, Atheism, Anne Frank, Hebrew School, Judaism, The Diary of Anne Frank, Religion, Synagogue, God, Agnostic, Jesus Christ, Are You There God It's Me Margaret, Torah, Dogma, Secular, Religious Intolerance, Atheists, Secular Identity, Religious Dogma, Agnosticism, Bar Mitzvah, Rabbi, Spirituality, Living News
Lauren Cahn

I tried to believe in nothing. And I failed.

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Turkey's Prime Minister Orders Heavy Metal Fans Arrested

Ahu Ozyurt | Posted 08.27.2009 | World

Read More: Secular, Heavy Metal, Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Heavy-Metal-Music, Istanbul, Istanbul-Turkey, Erdogan, World News
Ahu Ozyurt

If he can not even tolerate a group of Heavy Metal fans, what sort of a "Leader of the Muslim World" does he aspire to be? Even Ahmedinejad would be ashamed of this.

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Secular Life in Post-Christian America

Bruce Ledewitz | Posted 05.09.2009 | Politics

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Bruce Ledewitz

Today, we are still a Judeo-Christian culture with a sizeable secular representation. Tomorrow, we will be a secular culture with a sizeable Judeo-Christian representation. What will replace religion's insight?

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The Fight for the Soul of Secularism

Bruce Ledewitz | Posted 04.03.2009 | Living

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Bruce Ledewitz

Why is opposition to religion no longer enough for secularists? For one thing, secularism is now too big for any one, simple message.

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The Conservative "Secular Problem" Deepens

Bill Scher | Posted 12.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Secular, Conservatism, Proposition 8, Gay Marriage, Politics News
Bill Scher

If conservatives want to prevent young voters -- two-thirds of whom support Obama -- from remaining liberal Democrats for their rest of their lives, hating on gays is not exactly the best way to do it.

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