https://www.reddit.com/r/DebateReligion/
A Discord for Debating Religion - For the debate of religious topics and practices. Post-Ironic Debate - For philosophy, theology and politics. Debates of the Day; Resource Sharing; Praxis; and rules made to force users to defend their beliefs! SkeptRepublica - A non-toxic place to hang out and discuss theology, politics, philosophy, history

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2197082-is-religion-good-or-bad-for-humanity-epic-analysis-delivers-an-answer/
The debate over whether religion lifts humanity higher or brings out our basest instincts is ancient and, in some ways, reassuringly insoluble. There are so many examples on either side.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/11/14/opinion/letters/religion-science.html
The debate over religious exemptions to vaccine mandates, therefore, compels a value choice. Either religious freedom or protection of human life can prevail, but not both.

https://www.npr.org/2019/05/22/725610761/the-debate-grows-over-what-religious-freedom-means
Our religion correspondent Tom Gjelten sees a growing debate over what religious freedom actually means. TOM GJELTEN, BYLINE: Religious freedom is part of America's foundation because it was

https://time.com/5103677/church-state-separation-religious-freedom/
Religion and politics can be polarizing, precisely because they deal with important matters that are deeply personal and close to our passions. But these discussions do not have to be polarizing

https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/religion-science/
This entry provides an overview of the topics and discussions in science and religion. Section 1 outlines the scope of both fields, and how they are related. Section 2 looks at the relationship between science and religion in five religious traditions, Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism. Section 3 discusses contemporary topics

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-21/arguing-about-religion-beliefs-is-possible-heres-how/11119324
Respectfully debating different views of religion and beliefs is possible — here's how. Embarking on a discussion about religion is possible but good will and consideration for others is

https://religionandpolitics.org/2021/10/05/is-religion-good-for-democracy-an-interview-with-robert-wuthnow/
Robert Wuthnow argues that diverse points of view are a good thing for society, and he believes that religion is central to a thriving democracy. In his most recent book, Why Religion is Good for American Democracy, Wuthnow argues that the United States's religious diversity has encouraged debates over values and customs that have allowed its

https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/2014/07/13/329759036/science-vs-religion-beyond-the-western-traditions
Religion: Beyond The Western Traditions : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture The endless debate over the relationship between science and religion in the United States ignores the thinking of much of the

https://opentodebate.org/topics/religion/
Would The World Be Better Off Without Religion? In the words of Blaise Pascal, mathematician and Catholic, "Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction.". Does religion breed intolerance, violence, and the promotion of…. With Matthew Chapman, Dinesh D'Souza, A.C. Grayling, Rabbi David Wolpe.

https://www.npr.org/2022/05/14/1098800437/religion-role-politics
Pew also found the percentage of Americans who claimed no particular religious connection (including self-described agnostics or atheists) has risen from 17% to 26% since 2009. Roe v. Wade and the

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Dawkins, Dillahunty, Hitchens, Harris, and more. Religious debates have been around for thousands of years. People want to know the answers to life's most complex and confusing questions. We've tried to collect a few of the best debates we've ever seen. Many debates include some of our favorite figures: authors, atheists, agnostics, and scientists.

https://www.pewresearch.org/science/2020/08/26/on-the-intersection-of-science-and-religion/
Similarly, a Pew Research Center survey conducted in 2011 and 2012 that examined the views of Muslims found that, in most regions, half or more said there was no conflict between religion and science, including 54% in Malaysia (Muslims in Singapore were not surveyed). Three-in-ten Malaysian Muslims said there is a conflict between science and religion; the share of Muslims around the world who

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QjsDp85DMcY
The title for this one is pretty self-explanatory. These are the top 10 Christian/Atheist debates that I think everyone should watch.00:00 Introduction00:55

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqaHXKLRKzg
The second annual God Debate features atheist neuroscientist Sam Harris and Evangelical Christian apologist William Lane Craig as they debate the topic: "Is

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13617672.2022.2099682
In France (85-102) only 7% of scientists accept the collaborative view of the science/religion debate (cf. 57% endorsing independence and 27% conflict - in this latter case, these are mainly non-religious scientists). Talk of religion is largely taboo in the French scientific workplace. In Italy (107-117) only 25% of scientists are

https://www.esldebates.com/56-debating-topics-on-religion-and-faith/
Religious clothing must be allowed to be worn in public. Religious symbols and ornaments can be worn in public and while at work. People of faith or follow a religion are not torrent people. Clergy should be allowed to marry. In Christianity and Islam, some denominations do not allow to have female priests.

https://www.thenation.com/article/society/faith-religion-debate/
The Debate; October 29, 2021; Do We Need Faith as the World Feels Like It's Ending? Do We Need Faith as the World Feels Like It's Ending? Barbara Sostaita writes that religion helps people

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https://time.com/6693016/americas-less-religious-politics-to-blame/
In fact, Americans are increasingly aware of religion's waning cultural authority. Since 2010, Gallup shows nearly 74% of Americans on average believe religion is losing its influence on

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/cultural-psychiatry/202210/fresh-perspective-the-science-vs-religion-debate
The science vs. religion debate is critical today psychologically because of how closely it ties to questions of meaning in a time when meaning so often escapes us. The Creative Systems Theory

https://www.reddit.com/r/DebateReligion/comments/cor7ad/religious_debates_are_close_to_if_not_pointless/
Religious debates are close to if not pointless. I've been in many debates on the subject of religion with atheists, but I've never seen a debate on religion actually result in someone changing their mind. Being that religion is something that is very faith-based, it can cause a loop of what-ifs and what-if-nots.

https://www.reddit.com/r/DebateReligion/comments/r5o0g/to_all_is_debating_religion_pointless_seeing_how/
Even when debates did occur, they were typically between practitioners of the same religion, arguing over doctrine, while assuming the basic truths of their religious tradition. I would bet that the number of people in just this forum is greater than the number of people who seriously debated religion in all of history prior to the Enlightenment.

https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/religion/2024/06/12/sbc-southern-baptist-convention-endorse-limits-on-in-vitro-fertilization-ivf/73999936007/
Debate on the floor of the convention over the resolution exhibited divisions within the nation's largest Protestant denomination over the issue.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/06/19/us/louisiana-ten-commandments-classrooms.html
Critics, including the American Civil Liberties Union and the Freedom From Religion Foundation, vowed a legal fight against the law they deemed "blatantly unconstitutional."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/5-things-to-know-for-june-20-debate-countdown-severe-weather-religious-freedom-ecuador-blackout-stonehenge/ar-BB1ozgrQ
1. Debate countdown. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are set for a historic showdown in exactly one week, with the stage now set for CNN's June 27 presidential debate. The

https://www.cnn.com/2024/06/22/politics/trump-faith-and-freedom-philadelphia-rally/index.html
Former President Donald Trump, in keeping with his preference for shunning traditional debate prep, spent his last Saturday before his first one-on-one showdown with President Joe Biden on the

https://www.dailypress.com/2024/06/25/laugh-or-cringe-at-these-history-making-moments-from-presidential-debates/
It's debate prep time for President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump. Their teams are no doubt looking back at how past memorable debate moments came together, for good or ill. Those

https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/supreme-court-rejects-challenge-connecticut-law-eliminated-religious-111366383
The Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to a 2021 Connecticut law that eliminated the state's longstanding religious exemption from childhood immunization requirements for schools, colleges

https://www.npr.org/2024/06/19/nx-s1-5012597/louisiana-10-commandments-law-public-school-classrooms
The legislation, signed into law Wednesday by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry, makes Louisiana the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom.