<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4823112055335799866</id><updated>2011-07-08T04:56:59.947-04:00</updated><category term='Islam'/><category term='education'/><category term='psychology'/><category term='Atheism'/><category term='Sharia Law'/><category term='Christopher Hitchens'/><category term='Political Correctness'/><category term='religious indoctrination'/><category term='James Randi'/><category term='Skepticism'/><category term='Belief'/><category term='Pat Condell'/><category term='faith'/><category term='Richard Dawkins'/><category term='Secular Humanism'/><category term='Video'/><title type='text'>Serial Sinner</title><subtitle type='html'>Of Sin, Human Nature and the Joy of Life</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://serialsinner.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4823112055335799866/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://serialsinner.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Serial Sinner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04562662678767205475</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4823112055335799866.post-5989673850341034844</id><published>2009-05-09T01:40:00.012-04:00</published><updated>2009-10-30T15:11:46.636-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='education'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='psychology'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='religious indoctrination'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='faith'/><title type='text'>Evolutionary Psychology and Early Religious Indoctrination</title><summary type='text'>Something that has always fascinated me is how pervasive religious belief is amongst people who are intelligent or educated enough to know better. Why are the thoughts of an afterlife and a divine controller so addictive? Why is the concept of God so easily acquired at youth? I believe that these questions can be addressed from a lot of different angles. On this post, however, I'll try to cover </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://serialsinner.blogspot.com/feeds/5989673850341034844/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://serialsinner.blogspot.com/2009/05/evolutionary-psychology-and-early.html#comment-form' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4823112055335799866/posts/default/5989673850341034844'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4823112055335799866/posts/default/5989673850341034844'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://serialsinner.blogspot.com/2009/05/evolutionary-psychology-and-early.html' title='Evolutionary Psychology and Early Religious Indoctrination'/><author><name>Serial Sinner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04562662678767205475</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4823112055335799866.post-6253323952441300440</id><published>2009-05-01T14:37:00.014-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-12T23:16:44.551-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Secular Humanism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sharia Law'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Richard Dawkins'/><title type='text'>Muslim Demographics and the Future of Western Secular Humanism</title><summary type='text'>source: virgoramaI watched this disturbing video today, and many things came to my mind. Granted, the video is sensationalist and biased towards Christianity, and basically states that western civilization is irreversibly disappearing and being replaced by a predominantly Muslim population. But what worries me is not the decline of Christianity, but the potential disappearance of western secular </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://serialsinner.blogspot.com/feeds/6253323952441300440/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://serialsinner.blogspot.com/2009/05/muslim-demographics-and-future-of.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4823112055335799866/posts/default/6253323952441300440'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4823112055335799866/posts/default/6253323952441300440'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://serialsinner.blogspot.com/2009/05/muslim-demographics-and-future-of.html' title='Muslim Demographics and the Future of Western Secular Humanism'/><author><name>Serial Sinner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04562662678767205475</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4823112055335799866.post-2611379691213405572</id><published>2009-03-26T23:06:00.013-04:00</published><updated>2009-04-03T00:23:55.724-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Video'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Belief'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Skepticism'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='James Randi'/><title type='text'>"The Amazing Randi" talks about the Persistence of Belief</title><summary type='text'>The Amazing Randi is  a professional magician, famous debunker of Paranormal Claims and founder of  The James Randi Educational Foundation. In this video he talks about belief, his new book “A Magician in the Laboratory” and the persistent gullibility of society in modern times.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://serialsinner.blogspot.com/feeds/2611379691213405572/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://serialsinner.blogspot.com/2009/03/amazing-randi-on-persistence-of-belief.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4823112055335799866/posts/default/2611379691213405572'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4823112055335799866/posts/default/2611379691213405572'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://serialsinner.blogspot.com/2009/03/amazing-randi-on-persistence-of-belief.html' title='&quot;The Amazing Randi&quot; talks about the Persistence of Belief'/><author><name>Serial Sinner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04562662678767205475</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4823112055335799866.post-1814219739254740146</id><published>2009-03-14T15:04:00.051-04:00</published><updated>2009-05-06T12:05:05.052-04:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Islam'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pat Condell'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Political Correctness'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Christopher Hitchens'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Atheism'/><title type='text'>Should Atheists be More Politically Correct?</title><summary type='text'>It seems that since 9/11, it has become increasingly common to see atheists addressing religion online or in public debates, resulting in diverse reactions from the audiences. Depending on the setting, it is common to see an important part of the audience enthusiastically supporting the atheist speaker. On the other hand, it is also common to see a part of the crowd looking uncomfortable, and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://serialsinner.blogspot.com/feeds/1814219739254740146/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://serialsinner.blogspot.com/2009/03/test_14.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4823112055335799866/posts/default/1814219739254740146'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4823112055335799866/posts/default/1814219739254740146'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://serialsinner.blogspot.com/2009/03/test_14.html' title='Should Atheists be More Politically Correct?'/><author><name>Serial Sinner</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04562662678767205475</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
