Religion - Rationale Magazine

18 Dec

Can you choose to believe something, just like that?

18/12/2024
By Mark Boespflug
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Some years ago, I was in a lively conversation with a software developer about arguments for and against God’s existence. After discuss...

10 Nov

Letters to the Editor

Recognising the right to have no religious belief

Editor’s note: If you would like to submit a letter for possible publication, please email it to editor@rationalist.com.au. See our ...

04 Aug

Ethics & Religion

What to expect when leaving a cult or toxic group

There’s a lot they don’t tell you about leaving a cult, a high-control religion or toxic group. They don’t exactly warn you that you co...

27 Jul

Ethics & Religion

‘Christianity-lite’: When all belief is gone

The world’s richest person, Elon Musk, just announced that he’s a “big believer in the principles of Christianity” and “a cultur...

24 Jun

Philosophy & Psychology

How asking the right question opens the path to deep knowledge

According to all the advice on how to win friends and influence people, I should start this essay by explaining how the following words...

04 May

Ethics & Religion

Waving goodbye to imaginary friends

05/05/2024
By Graeme Gibson
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Let me introduce you to a young boy known as ‘Peanut’. James Delarue is his real name but, with affection, everyone calls him Peanut. P...

08 Sep

Ethics & Religion

Inside the indoctrinated mind

Earlier this year, I wrote here about radicalisation, white Christian nationalism and how the far and extreme right-wing interface

21 Aug

Feature series, Science & Health

Non-overlapping magisteria: Why Gould got it wrong

This article is part of our ‘Celebrate Science’ feature series to mark National Science Week. It was originally published in the...

05 Apr

Ethics & Religion

Supernatural beliefs exist to explain natural phenomena

05/04/2023
By Brock Bastian
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Religion is a human universal. For thousands of years, humans have held religious beliefs and participated in religious rituals. Throug...

24 Mar

Philosophy & Psychology

Gods in the machine: Artificial intelligence and new religions

24/03/2023
By Neil McArthur
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We are about to witness the birth of a new kind of religion. In the next few years, or perhaps even months, we will see the emergence o...

11 Jul

Philosophy & Psychology

How cults corrupt our desire for love and connection

15/07/2022
By Shane Satterley
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Project Mayhem is an all-male cult – but unlike the real cults that Sarah Steel writes about in Do As I Say, Project Mayhem is f...

30 Jun

Ethics & Religion

A country retreating from faith

15/07/2022
By Hugh Harris
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The 2021 census reveals a society in transformation. In terms of religion, the earth is shifting beneath our feet. Rocketing to 38.9...

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