- Neuroscience suggests that extreme brand loyalty and religious devotion have a lot in common. (Via Slashdot.)
- You probably already read xkcd, but just in case, don’t miss this great comic about experimentalist monotheism. (And don’t forget the hover text!)
- Vjack is right: most Christians don’t believe the Rapture is going to happen tomorrow, but as Matt Yglesias recently pointed out, 41% of Americans think it’ll happen by 2050. Not that much less crazy.
- A 57-year-old Wichita man got a difficult (and eventually foul-smelling) lesson about whether his god answers prayers.
- This one’s off-topic — though I suppose you could apply the story from my first bullet point and find a way to make it about religion and atheism. But I just think it’s funny and great.
Friday Link Roundup #37
Posted by NFQ on May 20, 2011
http://www.noforbiddenquestions.com/2011/05/friday-link-roundup-37/
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Thanks for the link. I hadn’t seen that 41% statistic yet. I guess numbers like that shouldn’t surprise me anymore but somehow they still manage to do so.