Ryan Cragunadded this to In The NewsScience Why Don’t More American Men Get Vasectomies?The New York Times - By CHRISTINA CARON[A newsletter for parents with evidence-based guidance and personal stories for your transformed life with kids. Sign up to get NYT Parenting in your inbox every week.] March Madness is upon us, and for
Ryan Cragunadded this to In The News People Who Attend Worship Services Regularly Are Happier Than Others, Study SuggestsHuffPostA new Pew Research Center study investigates the connection between religion and well-being. People who are active members of a religious community are more likely than those who don’t have those strong
Ryan Cragunadded this to In The News Buy a goat or a soccer ball from a Mormon vending machine — for charityThe Washington Post - By Marisa IatiEach of Keaton Allen and Jaylyn Miller Allen’s three children pressed a button on the red vending machine and watched their selections tumble from the shelf. But their money wasn’t buying them potato or
Ryan Cragunadded this to In The NewsFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoTampa Bay, FL Wednesday's letters: The world needs doctors of medicine and of philosophytampabay.com It is true that college is not for everyone. Training in technical skills is important and should never be thought of as inferior to going to …
Ryan Cragunadded this to In The News SCIENCE: Your Kids Are Atheists Because You Don’t Connect With Themdailycaller.com - Joshua Gill Parents’ failure to connect with their kids may be contributing to the U.S.’ skyrocketing numbers of nonreligious people, according to a study. The …
Ryan Cragunadded this to In The News A failure of parents to transmit religion to their children could be driving the rise of nonreligionpsypost.org - Eric W. Dolan The number of so-called “nones” — individuals who do not identify with any organized religion — is rapidly growing in the United States. New research …
Ryan Cragunadded this to In The News These Magnificent Temples Point To How Rich The Mormon Church Isbusinessinsider.in Mormon temples are often built near highways to impress passing drivers with their splendor. These magnificent structures may be one of many …
Ryan Cragunadded this to In The News Time to name a movement?nsrn.net - katieaston In this post, Ryan Cragun asks if it is time to give nonreligious movements a name. If so, what might this name be? And how, as an academic, can he …
Ryan Cragunadded this to In The NewsReligion Tracking Religious Trends Takes a Leap of FaithThe Wall Street Journal. - Carl BialikPollsters are turning to religion just as more Americans are losing theirs. In the past decade, the number of people asked in surveys about their religious identities, beliefs and practices has risen resulting
Ryan Cragunadded this to In The News Travelogues Events: Listen, Share Stories, Tampa Bay83degreesmedia.com - Megan Hendricks | Friday evenings in January, the Tampa Bay community will have a chance to hear stories from local residents about their travel experiences to places …
Ryan Cragunadded this to In The News Unbelief is now the world's third-largest 'religion'ncronline.org - by Kimberly Winston, Religion News Service A new report on global religious identity shows that while Christians and Muslims make up the two largest groups, those with no religious affiliation …
Ryan Cragunadded this to In The NewsUniversity of Utah Utah weighs impact of ruling allowing gay marriageLos Angeles Times - By By John M. GlionnaSALT LAKE CITY — Wade Hunt could see change looming on the horizon, a stubborn movement to legalize gay marriage that crept toward Utah's Mormon faithful state by state, one same-sex wedding at a time.
Ryan Cragunadded this to In The NewsGod Recommended Stories For Youvaildaily.com - Jack Van Ens Politicians use Americans flags as an imposing backdrop when giving speeches. Standing before the Stars and Stripes, a legislator or the president …
Ryan Cragunadded this to In The NewsAtheism Vatican Plans To Reach Out To Atheists With Series Of Events In MexicoThe Inquisitr - Nathan Francis The Vatican plans to start a dialogue with atheists in Mexico, addressing a call from the previous pope to allow them to get to know God. The Vatican …
Ryan Cragunadded this to In The NewsFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Bebé se mueve en el vientre de su madrezocalo.com.mx México, DF.- Sin duda este es uno de los videos más impactantes que muestran el movimiento de un bebé dentro del vientre de su madre. Fuente : …
Ryan Cragunadded this to In The News Watchdog: Do tax breaks for churches favor believers over nonbelievers?ocregister.com - Teri Sforza When the little town of Mount Clemens was on the brink of going broke, Mayor Barb Dempsey appealed to its churches and other tax-exempt entities for …
Ryan Cragunadded this to In The News Watchdog: Religion, money and politics converge in lawsuitocregister.com - Teri Sforza The Diocese of Orange has fired back – hard – at the Dana Point man who is suing it and saying that the church mishandled the faithful’s funds. “This …
Ryan Cragunadded this to In The News We would all win if churches - and atheism - were taxed - On Line Opinion - 18/7/2014onlineopinion.com.au On 21 March 2014 the Managing Director of the Australian Christian Lobby, Lyle Shelton, posted ‘We would all lose if churches were taxed’ in On Line …
Ryan Cragunadded this to In The News West Point Is Using Faith To Judge Cadets’ Leadershippatheos.com - Friendly Atheist West Point cadets scheduled to graduate in 2013 have been presented a survey of their leadership traits every year since 2009. That doesn’t sound …
Ryan Cragunadded this to In The News What are US university 'honour codes'?BBC News - Jasmine Taylor-ColemanWhen a young American woman told police she had been raped, her university started to investigate whether she had violated its "honour code" before the attack took place. At some US colleges even having
Ryan Cragunadded this to In The News What You Don't Know About Religion (but should) with Dr. Ryan Cragunblogtalkradio.com SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR: http://www.naturebox.com/thinkingatheist Dr. Ryan Cragun is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Tampa, and …
Ryan Cragunadded this to In The News When Push-Polling comes to Religionreligionnews.com http://www.secularhumanism.org/index.php?section=fi&page=cragun_kosmin_33_4 Faithful readers of this blog know that I have a bugaboo about survey …
Ryan Cragunadded this to In The NewsFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo Why Mormons are the most likely to tithetampabay.com Mitt Romney's recent tax returns, which show he donated $4 million to the Mormon church during 2010 and 2011, shed light on an interesting truth …
Ryan Cragunadded this to In The News Why the Atheist Agenda Is Furious at Oprahcharismanews.com - Kimberly Winston/RNS What was supposed to be a touchy-feely, one-on-one interview by Oprah Winfrey with long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad has morphed into a broader, …
Ryan Cragunadded this to In The News You give religions more than $82.5 billion a yearThe Washington Post - By Dylan MatthewsMatt Yglesias thinks we ought to start taxing churches. "Whichever faith you think is the one true faith, it's undeniable that the majority of this church-spending is going to support false doctrines,"
Ryan Cragunadded this to In The News Temple of Boom: Mormon Church North Shore Housing Plans Hit Roadblockcivilbeat.org - Stewart Yerton A City Council bill to preserve ag land in Koolauloa could restrict a proposed 550-unit housing and commercial development.
Ryan Cragunadded this to In The News The Book of Mormon: Why the world's most capitalist religion breeds so many entrepreneurspando.com - By Hamish McKenzie On a sunny summer's day in Provo’s North Park, hundreds of children are out with their parents, lining up for pretzels, lining up for face painting, …
Ryan Cragunadded this to In The NewsDavid Silverman The Case Against In-Your-Face AtheismThe Daily Beast - Steve Neumann When I began my blog on the Atheist Channel ofPatheos, I thought I’d be able to show how someone can live a meaningful life without religious belief. …
