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Top 5 Surprising Revelations About the Religious

May 20, 2024January 28, 2022 by Dave
Top 5 Surprising Statistical Revelations About the Religious

Religious labels such as “Catholic” or “Atheist” can fool us into thinking we truly understand the people behind such terms: we really don’t

Categories People, poll, religion, science, society Tags beliefs, data, poll, religion, ryan burge, statistics Leave a comment

Dr Oz Claim: Kids born during pandemic are developmentally delayed

June 30, 2024January 3, 2022 by Dave
Dr Oz

Dr. Oz popped up to abuse a pre-print of a scientific paper purely for personal gain. His track record of bad advice is long established.

Categories Critical Thinking, Health, Medicine, science, society Tags child development, Dr Oz, Pandemic Leave a comment

Surprises within latest data on decline of US Religion

December 20, 2021 by Dave
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Latest survey data from Pew reveals sharp decline in religion in the US along with a few other surprises. 29% now identify as “not-religious”

Categories poll, religion, society Tags 2021, decline, pew, religious landscape Leave a comment

Religious Persecution Today – Being the enemy of the state

June 17, 2024December 8, 2021 by Dave
Religious Persecution - The Christian Martyrs' Last Prayer, by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1883)

Because you hold a specific religious belief, you are deemed to be an enemy of the state and will go to jail until you recant. That would never happen today? Except it does. There are 41 countries that ban a specific religious group by law. Details are available via a Pew survey dated Nov 15, … Read more

Categories religion, society Tags discrimination, religion, tolerance 2 Comments

After 52 years of searching, the Feds catch bank robber

December 23, 2023December 3, 2021 by Dave
Theodore John Conrad

52 years ago, 20 year old Theodore John Conrad pulled off the biggest bank robbery ever seen in Cleveland. Last month they finally found him.

Categories People, society Tags bank, most wanted, robbery, Theodore John Conrad, Thomas Randele Leave a comment

Satanic Activity promoted by Marketing Genius

November 10, 2021 by Dave
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Restaurant owner takes bizarre one-star Google review that claimed “satanic activity” and turned it into a t-shirt that he now sells.

Categories Humor, religion, society, weird Tags funny, Marketing, Satanic, weird Leave a comment
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