Mystic Politics

Study: Awe makes people less Materialistic? http://mys.tc/2fo

UFOs: Why I Do Not Believe Aliens Exist

Should we feel guilty for maintaining cynicism while there no logical way to prove or disprove self-professed alien abductees?

Have you ever seen a UFO? Do you think you were abducted by Aliens?

Psychology of Belief: Is Religion a Rorschach Test? http://mys.tc/2bm

Why Psychology isn’t Science http://mys.tc/2ac

Brain Damage linked to Spirituality and Religious Fundamentalism

Recent studies have shed light onto our religious drives, linking religious belief and spirituality with brain damage.

Do you think the link between brain damage and religiosity premises a conclusion that god is all in the mind?

Pop Psychology: Don’t trust the religious

Does science support the idea that we should have extra confidence in the devout? No way, says a prominent atheist…

In today’s society might distrusting religous people be a sound survival tactic?

Do People Get Less Religious When Societies Grow More Egalitarian?

When countries embrace progressive social policy, that tends to create a decline in religious belief. Why?

Is it due to better education or is it that the impoverished don’t need to depend on the church for help any longer?

Study- People Who Believe In Heaven Commit More Crimes

Believing if you are on a “highway to hell” could impact whether or not if you commit a crime.

Do you think it is telling that a belief in heaven with no notion of hell is more often a basis for ‘sin’?

Patriotism and Piety: Not For Conservatives Only

Don’t we on the left actually believe that conservatives policies are repellent? Don’t we hold our responsibility to the natural environment as a sacred trust and get outraged when it is fouled by conservative policies? Decency is as much a value for us as for the right-wingers. So is a deep reverence for human life. If that’s what conservatives mean by spirituality, then we should not hesitate to proclaim the spirituality of our politics.