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Still gets a smile from me
Psycho Punk
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Ok, lets get most blasphemous.
David Kronenbourg
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hahahaOk, lets get most blasphemous.
d'arcy would want to reign in his continual plagiarism of thumped.
fintan o'toole on brian d'arcy being censored:
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2012/0501/1224315407633.html
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2012/0501/1224315407633.html
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Look at the walk outs!
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Analytic thinking can decrease religious belief, research shows
Its all just fairy tales. Use your brain and escape from the religion virus. Christ, Allah, Spaghetti Monster, Tooth Fairy, Santa, they are all just myths.
A new University of British Columbia study finds that analytic thinking can decrease religious belief, even in devout believers.
The study, published today in the journal Science, finds that thinking analytically increases disbelief among believers and skeptics alike, shedding important new light on the psychology of religious belief.
"Our goal was to explore the fundamental question of why people believe in a God to different degrees," says lead author Will Gervais, a PhD student in UBC's Dept. of Psychology. "A combination of complex factors influence matters of personal spirituality, and these new findings suggest that the cognitive system related to analytic thoughts is one factor that can influence disbelief."
Researchers used problem-solving tasks and subtle experimental priming – including showing participants Rodin's sculpture The Thinker or asking participants to complete questionnaires in hard-to-read fonts – to successfully produce "analytic" thinking. The researchers, who assessed participants' belief levels using a variety of self-reported measures, found that religious belief decreased when participants engaged in analytic tasks, compared to participants who engaged in tasks that did not involve analytic thinking. ...
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-analytic-decrease-religious-belief.html
Its all just fairy tales. Use your brain and escape from the religion virus. Christ, Allah, Spaghetti Monster, Tooth Fairy, Santa, they are all just myths.
A new University of British Columbia study finds that analytic thinking can decrease religious belief, even in devout believers.
The study, published today in the journal Science, finds that thinking analytically increases disbelief among believers and skeptics alike, shedding important new light on the psychology of religious belief.
"Our goal was to explore the fundamental question of why people believe in a God to different degrees," says lead author Will Gervais, a PhD student in UBC's Dept. of Psychology. "A combination of complex factors influence matters of personal spirituality, and these new findings suggest that the cognitive system related to analytic thoughts is one factor that can influence disbelief."
Researchers used problem-solving tasks and subtle experimental priming – including showing participants Rodin's sculpture The Thinker or asking participants to complete questionnaires in hard-to-read fonts – to successfully produce "analytic" thinking. The researchers, who assessed participants' belief levels using a variety of self-reported measures, found that religious belief decreased when participants engaged in analytic tasks, compared to participants who engaged in tasks that did not involve analytic thinking. ...
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-analytic-decrease-religious-belief.html
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wait wait wait...what was that about Santa?
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http://www.donegaldaily.com/2012/04/30/bbc-programme-will-make-donegal-abuse-story-global/
“It was the 1970s and we weren’t aware of the damage that child abuse could do." Bishop Boyce
A BBC documentary on clerical sex abuse in Co Donegal tomorrow night will see victims of Father Eugene Greene tell their story to a global audience.
Greene abused dozens of boys in several Raphoe parishes in the 1970s, 80s and 90s despite the father of two victims making a complaint to a parish priest.
“It was the 1970s and we weren’t aware of the damage that child abuse could do." Bishop Boyce
A BBC documentary on clerical sex abuse in Co Donegal tomorrow night will see victims of Father Eugene Greene tell their story to a global audience.
Greene abused dozens of boys in several Raphoe parishes in the 1970s, 80s and 90s despite the father of two victims making a complaint to a parish priest.
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You might like to have a look at this Indy thread, even contribute. That Ciaron O'Reilly is one sanctimonious asshole, he thinks hes the only person who ever opposed war. Plus he gets annoyed if you slag off his Tooth Fairy Jesus.
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/101771
http://www.indymedia.ie/article/101771
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Highly religious people are less motivated by compassion than are non-believers
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-highly-religious-people-compassion-non-believers.html
April 30th, 2012 in Psychology & Psychiatry
"Love thy neighbor" is preached from many a pulpit. But new research from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that the highly religious are less motivated by compassion when helping a stranger than are atheists, agnostics and less religious people.
In three experiments, social scientists found that compassion consistently drove less religious people to be more generous. For highly religious people, however, compassion was largely unrelated to how generous they were, according to the findings which are published in the July issue of the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science.
The results challenge a widespread assumption that acts of generosity and charity are largely driven by feelings of empathy and compassion, researchers said. In the study, the link between compassion and generosity was found to be stronger for those who identified as being non-religious or less religious.
"Overall, we find that for less religious people, the strength of their emotional connection to another person is critical to whether they will help that person or not," said UC Berkeley social psychologist Robb Willer, a co-author of the study. "The more religious, on the other hand, may ground their generosity less in emotion, and more in other factors such as doctrine, a communal identity, or reputational concerns."
Compassion is defined in the study as an emotion felt when people see the suffering of others which then motivates them to help, often at a personal risk or cost.
While the study examined the link between religion, compassion and generosity, it did not directly examine the reasons for why highly religious people are less compelled by compassion to help others. However, researchers hypothesize that deeply religious people may be more strongly guided by a sense of moral obligation than their more non-religious counterparts.
"We hypothesized that religion would change how compassion impacts generous behavior," said study lead author Laura Saslow, who conducted the research as a doctoral student at UC Berkeley.
Saslow, who is now a postdoctoral scholar at UC San Francisco, said she was inspired to examine this question after an altruistic, nonreligious friend lamented that he had only donated to earthquake recovery efforts in Haiti after watching an emotionally stirring video of a woman being saved from the rubble, not because of a logical understanding that help was needed.
"I was interested to find that this experience – an atheist being strongly influenced by his emotions to show generosity to strangers – was replicated in three large, systematic studies," Saslow said.
In the first experiment, researchers analyzed data from a 2004 national survey of more than 1,300 American adults. Those who agreed with such statements as "When I see someone being taken advantage of, I feel kind of protective towards them" were also more inclined to show generosity in random acts of kindness, such as loaning out belongings and offering a seat on a crowded bus or train, researchers found.
When they looked into how much compassion motivated participants to be charitable in such ways as giving money or food to a homeless person, non-believers and those who rated low in religiosity came out ahead: "These findings indicate that although compassion is associated with pro-sociality among both less religious and more religious individuals, this relationship is particularly robust for less religious individuals," the study found.
In the second experiment, 101 American adults watched one of two brief videos, a neutral video or a heartrending one, which showed portraits of children afflicted by poverty. Next, they were each given 10 "lab dollars" and directed to give any amount of that money to a stranger. The least religious participants appeared to be motivated by the emotionally charged video to give more of their money to a stranger.
"The compassion-inducing video had a big effect on their generosity," Willer said. "But it did not significantly change the generosity of more religious participants."
In the final experiment, more than 200 college students were asked to report how compassionate they felt at that moment. They then played "economic trust games" in which they were given money to share – or not – with a stranger. In one round, they were told that another person playing the game had given a portion of their money to them, and that they were free to reward them by giving back some of the money, which had since doubled in amount.
Those who scored low on the religiosity scale, and high on momentary compassion, were more inclined to share their winnings with strangers than other participants in the study.
"Overall, this research suggests that although less religious people tend to be less trusted in the U.S., when feeling compassionate, they may actually be more inclined to help their fellow citizens than more religious people," Willer said.
More information: Social Psychological and Personality Science April 26, 2012 doi: 10.1177/1948550612444137
Provided by University of California - Berkeley
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-highly-religious-people-compassion-non-believers.html
April 30th, 2012 in Psychology & Psychiatry
"Love thy neighbor" is preached from many a pulpit. But new research from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that the highly religious are less motivated by compassion when helping a stranger than are atheists, agnostics and less religious people.
In three experiments, social scientists found that compassion consistently drove less religious people to be more generous. For highly religious people, however, compassion was largely unrelated to how generous they were, according to the findings which are published in the July issue of the journal Social Psychological and Personality Science.
The results challenge a widespread assumption that acts of generosity and charity are largely driven by feelings of empathy and compassion, researchers said. In the study, the link between compassion and generosity was found to be stronger for those who identified as being non-religious or less religious.
"Overall, we find that for less religious people, the strength of their emotional connection to another person is critical to whether they will help that person or not," said UC Berkeley social psychologist Robb Willer, a co-author of the study. "The more religious, on the other hand, may ground their generosity less in emotion, and more in other factors such as doctrine, a communal identity, or reputational concerns."
Compassion is defined in the study as an emotion felt when people see the suffering of others which then motivates them to help, often at a personal risk or cost.
While the study examined the link between religion, compassion and generosity, it did not directly examine the reasons for why highly religious people are less compelled by compassion to help others. However, researchers hypothesize that deeply religious people may be more strongly guided by a sense of moral obligation than their more non-religious counterparts.
"We hypothesized that religion would change how compassion impacts generous behavior," said study lead author Laura Saslow, who conducted the research as a doctoral student at UC Berkeley.
Saslow, who is now a postdoctoral scholar at UC San Francisco, said she was inspired to examine this question after an altruistic, nonreligious friend lamented that he had only donated to earthquake recovery efforts in Haiti after watching an emotionally stirring video of a woman being saved from the rubble, not because of a logical understanding that help was needed.
"I was interested to find that this experience – an atheist being strongly influenced by his emotions to show generosity to strangers – was replicated in three large, systematic studies," Saslow said.
In the first experiment, researchers analyzed data from a 2004 national survey of more than 1,300 American adults. Those who agreed with such statements as "When I see someone being taken advantage of, I feel kind of protective towards them" were also more inclined to show generosity in random acts of kindness, such as loaning out belongings and offering a seat on a crowded bus or train, researchers found.
When they looked into how much compassion motivated participants to be charitable in such ways as giving money or food to a homeless person, non-believers and those who rated low in religiosity came out ahead: "These findings indicate that although compassion is associated with pro-sociality among both less religious and more religious individuals, this relationship is particularly robust for less religious individuals," the study found.
In the second experiment, 101 American adults watched one of two brief videos, a neutral video or a heartrending one, which showed portraits of children afflicted by poverty. Next, they were each given 10 "lab dollars" and directed to give any amount of that money to a stranger. The least religious participants appeared to be motivated by the emotionally charged video to give more of their money to a stranger.
"The compassion-inducing video had a big effect on their generosity," Willer said. "But it did not significantly change the generosity of more religious participants."
In the final experiment, more than 200 college students were asked to report how compassionate they felt at that moment. They then played "economic trust games" in which they were given money to share – or not – with a stranger. In one round, they were told that another person playing the game had given a portion of their money to them, and that they were free to reward them by giving back some of the money, which had since doubled in amount.
Those who scored low on the religiosity scale, and high on momentary compassion, were more inclined to share their winnings with strangers than other participants in the study.
"Overall, this research suggests that although less religious people tend to be less trusted in the U.S., when feeling compassionate, they may actually be more inclined to help their fellow citizens than more religious people," Willer said.
More information: Social Psychological and Personality Science April 26, 2012 doi: 10.1177/1948550612444137
Provided by University of California - Berkeley
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Religion riskier than porn for online viruses: study
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-religion-riskier-porn-online-viruses.html
May 1st, 2012 in Technology / Internet
Web wanderers are more likely to get a computer virus by visiting a religious website than by peering at porn, according to a study released on Tuesday.
"Drive-by attacks" in which hackers booby-trap legitimate websites with malicious code continue to be a bane, the US-based anti-virus vendor Symantec said in its Internet Security Threat Report.
Websites with religious or ideological themes were found to have triple the average number of "threats" that those featuring adult content, according to Symantec.
"It is interesting to note that websites hosting adult/pornographic content are not in the top five, but ranked tenth," Symantec said in the report.
http://phys.org/news/2012-05-religion-riskier-porn-online-viruses.html
May 1st, 2012 in Technology / Internet
Web wanderers are more likely to get a computer virus by visiting a religious website than by peering at porn, according to a study released on Tuesday.
"Drive-by attacks" in which hackers booby-trap legitimate websites with malicious code continue to be a bane, the US-based anti-virus vendor Symantec said in its Internet Security Threat Report.
Websites with religious or ideological themes were found to have triple the average number of "threats" that those featuring adult content, according to Symantec.
"It is interesting to note that websites hosting adult/pornographic content are not in the top five, but ranked tenth," Symantec said in the report.
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Beelief in god won't protect yo.
Bee swarm attack lands Thailand monks in hospital
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18568448
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Dozens of novice monks have been taken to hospital after an attack by a swarm of bees in northern Thailand.
The monks were cleaning the Chedi Luang temple in Chiang Mai province on Saturday when the attack took place.
The Bangkok Post said more than 70 monks were admitted to hospital, quoting one doctor as saying he had seen 19 in serious condition.
Bee stings typically cause skin rashes and nausea but multiple attacks are more serious and occasionally deadly.
Temple abbot Phra Ratcha Jetiyajarn told the Post that 76 monks had been taken to three regional hospitals.
The paper quoted Naren Chotirosnimitr, the director of the Maharaj Nakorn hospital in Chiang Mai, as saying 53 had been treated there, with six arriving in a coma suffering with low blood pressure.
Most of the monks were later discharged.
The abbot said the bees were from hives kept at the temple. They had been no problem previously and it was unclear why they had attacked, he said.
Bee swarm attack lands Thailand monks in hospital
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18568448
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Bees attack India paramilitaries
Dozens of novice monks have been taken to hospital after an attack by a swarm of bees in northern Thailand.
The monks were cleaning the Chedi Luang temple in Chiang Mai province on Saturday when the attack took place.
The Bangkok Post said more than 70 monks were admitted to hospital, quoting one doctor as saying he had seen 19 in serious condition.
Bee stings typically cause skin rashes and nausea but multiple attacks are more serious and occasionally deadly.
Temple abbot Phra Ratcha Jetiyajarn told the Post that 76 monks had been taken to three regional hospitals.
The paper quoted Naren Chotirosnimitr, the director of the Maharaj Nakorn hospital in Chiang Mai, as saying 53 had been treated there, with six arriving in a coma suffering with low blood pressure.
Most of the monks were later discharged.
The abbot said the bees were from hives kept at the temple. They had been no problem previously and it was unclear why they had attacked, he said.
Psycho Punk
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An act of god...
Uganda athletes anger at Happy Science Olympic mix-up
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-18561825
Happy Science has come in for criticism from athletes and evangelical pastors
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African viewpoint: The Olympic divide
Ugandan track event athletes have blamed their failure to qualify for the Olympics on the inferior track they were forced to use for time trials.
These were supposed to be held at the national stadium but a double booking meant they had to make way for a Japanese Happy Science religious rally.
The Uganda Athletics Federation said had they been at the stadium, at least five athletes could have qualified.
"It means we have to wait for another four years," one sprinter told the BBC.
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I feel bad because I would have qualified as I was close to the time”
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The BBC's Catherine Byaruhanga in the capital, Kampala, says there is a feeling that Happy Science's money enabled them to get the venue over the athletics meeting.
But Brian Rycroft from Happy Science told the BBC the new age group had booked the stadium for their event on Saturday through a third party and did not know about the confusion.
'End of the road'
Our reporter says the Olympic time trials for hundreds of athletes had to be held on Friday at Makerere University, where the track is uneven and does not have precision timing equipment.
A few of Uganda's runners will get another chance to qualify at the All Africa Games in Benin next week, but for many it is the end of road, our reporter says.
A small Ugandan team will be going to Benin next week for the All Africa Games
"I feel bad because I would have qualified as I was close to the time," Okiror Anthony, a 400m runner, said.
Saturday's rally at the Namboole Stadium is Happy Science's first major rally in Africa and thousands turned up for the event.
The group has also come in for criticism from various Ugandan religious leaders, our correspondent says.
Some evangelical pastors in Kampala have even called Happy Science a cult.
But Mr Rycroft said the accusations were unfounded and the group was an "open organisation".
"People are welcome to join us from whatever background race or religion. And they're free to leave anytime too if they don't want to stay in Happy Science."
Uganda athletes anger at Happy Science Olympic mix-up
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-18561825
Happy Science has come in for criticism from athletes and evangelical pastors
Related Stories
Uganda profile
African viewpoint: The Olympic divide
Ugandan track event athletes have blamed their failure to qualify for the Olympics on the inferior track they were forced to use for time trials.
These were supposed to be held at the national stadium but a double booking meant they had to make way for a Japanese Happy Science religious rally.
The Uganda Athletics Federation said had they been at the stadium, at least five athletes could have qualified.
"It means we have to wait for another four years," one sprinter told the BBC.
Continue reading the main story
“
Start Quote
I feel bad because I would have qualified as I was close to the time”
Runner Okiror Anthony
The BBC's Catherine Byaruhanga in the capital, Kampala, says there is a feeling that Happy Science's money enabled them to get the venue over the athletics meeting.
But Brian Rycroft from Happy Science told the BBC the new age group had booked the stadium for their event on Saturday through a third party and did not know about the confusion.
'End of the road'
Our reporter says the Olympic time trials for hundreds of athletes had to be held on Friday at Makerere University, where the track is uneven and does not have precision timing equipment.
A few of Uganda's runners will get another chance to qualify at the All Africa Games in Benin next week, but for many it is the end of road, our reporter says.
A small Ugandan team will be going to Benin next week for the All Africa Games
"I feel bad because I would have qualified as I was close to the time," Okiror Anthony, a 400m runner, said.
Saturday's rally at the Namboole Stadium is Happy Science's first major rally in Africa and thousands turned up for the event.
The group has also come in for criticism from various Ugandan religious leaders, our correspondent says.
Some evangelical pastors in Kampala have even called Happy Science a cult.
But Mr Rycroft said the accusations were unfounded and the group was an "open organisation".
"People are welcome to join us from whatever background race or religion. And they're free to leave anytime too if they don't want to stay in Happy Science."
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