Astrology is an ancient belief system, with the earliest records of astrology date back to the Babylonian Empire in the 19th century BCE. Astrology in Babylon did not exist as its own discipline, as it tends to today in the West. Instead, astrology was an integral part of the Babylonian polytheistic religion. This was a time when people believed that our planet was the center of the universe and all the stars and planets revolved around us.

 

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One of the most curious and disturbing calumnies hurled against atheists is the idea that the mere presence of public atheism is a threat to everyone's religious freedom. Apparently, if people have the freedom to not believe in gods and even argue on behalf of not believing in gods, then the freedom of others to believe in various gods is endangered.

No, it doesn't make any logical or empirical sense, but it's a belief held to firmly by a variety of people. This claim is frequently used to argue not just against the permissibility of atheists in the public square, but also secularism and church/state separation. The idea that a secular government is hostile to religious practice is older, yet also clearly related. It's thus hard not to conclude that both positions are adopted not due to the force of any evidence or logic, but simply to rationalize one's desire to have one's religion enforced by the state. Read more...

When people recommend that you trust in Jesus or God, do they also mean that you should give up trying yourself? That hardly seems reasonable but it does arguably follow -- after all, if you keep trying to help yourself, how can you say that you fully trust Jesus or God to help you? What's worse, there is evidence that at least some Christians approve of exactly that: give up trying to solve your problems so that Jesus can take over. Read more...

In America, the notion of Christian Supremacy encompasses both a moral attitude and a political program. In the moral realm, Christian Supremacy is the idea that Christianity is superior to all other religions, and by extension, that Christians are superior to all non-Christians. Politically, Christian Supremacy is an agenda to get America's political institutions to reflect this superiority by favoring Christians over non-Christians and Christianity over all other beliefs.

 

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