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Tag Archives: susan k. perry
When Religion Probably Doesn’t Help
“A Rational Woman” is trying something a little different today for the blog. Here are two questions (that I made up to get us started).
Dear Rational Woman:
Q: I read a study some time back that young people who are religious wear seat belts more often than the non-religious, smoke and drink less, eat better, and don’t commit as many crimes. The conclusion of … Read more
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Tagged a rational woman, atheism, human development, Kylie's Heel, prayer, Q&A, religion, susan k. perry
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13 Neat Things You May Not Know About Humanism
I’m going to share some humanist thoughts and resources I picked up at the 2013 American Humanist Association Conference that may be as new to you as they were to me.
First, though, in brief, what’s humanism? I don’t think I can summarize it better than this statement on the site of the AHA, which you’ll notice shares much in common with The Brights:
… Read moreHumanism
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Tagged AHA, atheism, conference, Dan Savage, ethical, feminism, freethought, grief, humanism, Humanist Press, katha pollitt, lawyers, LGBTQ, Luis Granados, physicist, religion, Richard Dawkins, Sean M. Carroll, secularism, susan k. perry, writing
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A Radically Rational Approach to Marriage
Most of the world’s cultures advocate some form of the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. You’d think treating your mate according to such a rule would be ideal.
Not necessarily. Not if it means you’d be giving what you want for yourself, not what the other person wants. I like to think in terms of an … Read more
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Tagged change, couple's manifesto, fairness, golden rule, good will, loving in flow, marriage, rationality, relationships, susan k. perry, tit for tat, trust
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