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How ULC Ministers Can Fight the Obesity Epidemic

July 3rd, 2012

The obesity epidemic in the United States is something we've been following closely here on the ULC Monastery blog. Here's how you, as a ULC minister, can help fight it.

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Discovering Alien Life May Be Good for ULC Ministers

June 28th, 2012

How would the discovery of alien life change religion? We hope ULC ministers would embrace diversity and forge solidarity through our common purpose of doing the right thing.

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Does Belief in Hell Reduce Crime?

June 21st, 2012

A new study suggests that places where people believe more strongly in hell have lower crime rates than places where people believe less strongly in hell. Does belief in hell reduce crime?

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Should Churches Lose Their Tax-Exempt Status?

June 19th, 2012

A recent study suggests that the United States stands to gain a lot by revoking the tax-exempt status of churches and other religious organizations. But should they do that?

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Why Did a British Town Snub a "Witch Hunt" Art Project?

June 11th, 2012

2012 marks the 400th anniversary of the Pendle Witch Trials, among the most infamous witch trials in Britain. In commemoration, a local artist proposed a hillside art installation in Pendle.

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Richard Dawkins Voices Support for School Bibles

June 6th, 2012

Distinguished evolutionary biologist and atheist Richard Dawkins has expressed support for the distribution of Bibles in government-run British schools.

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Technology May Be Good for Religion After All

June 4th, 2012

Technology has definitely left its stamp on religion. Some have argued that technological advance will ultimately lead to the decline of religion, but it is also possible that tech will change the way religion works.

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Religion Builds Trust but Also Causes Conflict, Research Shows

May 25th, 2012

Does religion nurture trust and cooperation, or create conflict? This question is the focus of an article recently published in a special edition of the magazine Science.

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Are Secular People More Compassionate?

May 18th, 2012

Popular belief states that religion teaches people to have compassion for one another, but is this really the case? A new study suggests that the unreligious might be more compassionate towards others.

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A "Savage" Attack on Christianity and the Bible

May 9th, 2012

Journalist Dan Savage ruffled more than a few feathers a couple of weeks ago when he made a speech at a high school journalism convention in Seattle about how Christians use the Bible as a weapon against LGBT teens.

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