Phil Zuckerman @philzuck.bsky.social · 15/01/2025www.gofundme.com/f/help-my-el...gofundme.comDonate to Help My Elderly Parents Rebuild After Fire, organized by Ruby Elliott ZuckermanMy folks lost their home of over 60 years. Everything gone. They hav… Ruby Elliott Zuckerman needs your support for Help My Elderly Parents Rebuild After Fire 010
Phil Zuckerman @philzuck.bsky.social · 15/01/2025www.friendlyatheist.com/p/with-awful...friendlyatheist.comWith awful logic, Christian professor says atheism leads to more sexual assault and self-harmCorrelation does not imply causation. Unless you're sociologist Philip Truscott and you're desperate to publish a bad paper. 030
Reposted by Phil ZuckermanRyan Burge @ryanburge.bsky.social · 14/01/2025This is the decline in membership of the Seven Sisters of Mainline Protestant Christianity. American Baptist: -24% Disciples of Christ: -74% Evangelical Lutheran: -45% Presbyterian Church USA: -62% Episcopal: -36% United Church of Christ: -57% United Methodist: -40% 6379
Reposted by Phil ZuckermanRyan Burge @ryanburge.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Being politically liberal and being highly religious are just not compatible. Among white people who never attend: 45% are liberal. Among weekly+ attenders: 11% are liberal. That same pattern is there for every single racial group. 17477
Phil Zuckerman @philzuck.bsky.social · 09/01/2025Family/childhood home gone. My folks lived there for 60 years. Now they are old. Lost everything. Neighborhood all ashes. Town all ashes. 3154
Reposted by Phil ZuckermanRyan Burge @ryanburge.bsky.social · 07/01/2025When do people leave religion? According to this survey of 2,400 nones, there's a specific window of time: 15-25 years old. That's when more than half of non-religious folks head for the exits. The most popular age was 18. 9456
Reposted by Phil ZuckermanRyan Burge @ryanburge.bsky.social · 06/01/2025About 60% of white evangelicals identify as "very conservative" or "conservative." About the same share of atheists describe themselves as "very liberal" or "liberal." There's no religious group I can find that is evenly balanced between left and right on this metric. 2101
Reposted by Phil ZuckermanRyan Burge @ryanburge.bsky.social · 06/01/2025For people who were raised in an evangelical household, but left that - where do they end up? In the 1970s: 56% became mainline Protestants 20% became non-religious. In the 2020s: 18% became mainline Protestants 59% became non-religious. 23310
Phil Zuckerman @philzuck.bsky.social · 03/01/2025I write books because I enjoy it. But writing books today is like making horse shoes. Kinda neat, but mostly useless. 240
Reposted by Phil ZuckermanHemant Mehta @friendlyatheist.com · 31/12/2024The next Congress will include: - 1 "Humanist" (Rep. Jared Huffman) - 1 "agnostic" (Yassamin Ansari) - 1 "none" (Emily Randall) - Nearly two dozen Democrats who chose not to answer the religion question www.friendlyatheist.com/p/one-new-me...friendlyatheist.comOne new member of Congress is openly agnostic. Another's religion? "None."CQ Roll Call says two new members of Congress will identify as openly non-religious 711917
Phil Zuckerman @philzuck.bsky.social · 31/12/2024 Why are the non-religious always at the forefront of social progress? 121
Phil Zuckerman @philzuck.bsky.social · 31/12/2024 When out for a walk, people who give their barking/growling dogs treats to “distract” them are actually just rewarding them and encouraging their viciousness. 021
Phil Zuckerman @philzuck.bsky.social · 28/12/2024www.youtube.com/watch?v=zisn... Secularization porn.youtube.comIs America losing its religion?YouTube video by ABC News 010
Reposted by Phil ZuckermanAzamat Junisbai @azamatistan.bsky.social · 26/12/2024“Government sources have told Euronews that the damaged aircraft was not allowed to land at any Russian airports despite the pilots’ requests for an emergency landing, and it was ordered to fly across the Caspian Sea towards Aktau in Kazakhstan.” t.co/TPpsCAuU9qt.cohttps://www.euronews.com/2024/12/26/exclusive-preliminary-investigation-confirms-russian-missile-over-grozny-caused-aktau-cras 2279
Phil Zuckerman @philzuck.bsky.social · 26/12/2024onlys.ky/reducing-cri...onlys.kyReducing crime is easy—and we actually know how to do itWe have a very clear understanding of what kind of action reduces crime in society. Why do we pretend otherwise? 000
Phil Zuckerman @philzuck.bsky.social · 23/12/2024 Democracy and secularity seem to go hand-in-hand. I wonder which causes which? Or are they both caused by a third factor? 021
Phil Zuckerman @philzuck.bsky.social · 20/12/2024 From GOODBYE RELIGION by Cragun and Smith (2024) 010
Phil Zuckerman @philzuck.bsky.social · 19/12/2024 So proud of our Secular Studies series at NYU press! 0165
Reposted by Phil ZuckermanAmerican Humanist Association @americanhumanist.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Some light morning reading to start your Thursday. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Democrats, Don’t Forget the Atheists (Gift Article)Galvanize these voters without alienating of party members of faith would be pretty easy. 1177
Reposted by Phil ZuckermanArlene Stein @ajoystein.bsky.social · 17/12/2024There is no mandate. Pass it on. 042
Phil Zuckerman @philzuck.bsky.social · 17/12/2024 Secular people always least homophobic. Explanations? 020
Phil Zuckerman @philzuck.bsky.social · 17/12/2024 Not: “Are you….?” But: “Do you identify as?” Can someone help me here? 🤔 111
Phil Zuckerman @philzuck.bsky.social · 17/12/2024 There are many reasons that murder rates may be high or low. But clearly, religion is not one of them. 2154
Reposted by Phil ZuckermanFrank Amari @frankamari.bsky.social · 16/12/2024"One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. So now people assume that religion and morality have a necessary connection. But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all." -- Arthur C. Clarke, born #OTD 1917 965355938352
Phil Zuckerman @philzuck.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Ryan, how dare you post anything that does not completely support ongoing secularization. 🤯 000
Reposted by Phil ZuckermanRyan Burge @ryanburge.bsky.social · 16/12/2024Fun fact - religious attendance has stopped dropping. 24.8% of folks reported weekly attendance in 2019. It was 24.5% of respondents in 2023. That difference is not statistically (or substantively) significant. 4186
Phil Zuckerman @philzuck.bsky.social · 16/12/2024 Imagine a small liberal arts college, where students read books and write analytical papers. It is in your imagination -only - that such a thing exists. 010
Reposted by Phil ZuckermanBlue Tsunami #NoKings @bluefuture.bsky.social · 15/12/2024The Christian share for Democrats is too high. We need a greater percent of the non Christian to be atheist and agnostic and not simply non Christian religions. 0174
Reposted by Phil ZuckermanDr. SkySkull @drskyskull.bsky.social · 15/12/2024Reading a book about disproving the existence of witchcraft, written in 1656. 51118
Reposted by Phil ZuckermanRyan Burge @ryanburge.bsky.social · 13/12/2024This is how little religion has changed in the United States in the last 5 years. Protestants: 43% -> 42% Catholics: 22% -> 20% No Religion: 29% -> 29% All Others: 6% -> 9% We've reached a plateau now. I don't know how long it will last, but the landscape has stabilized. 1277
Reposted by Phil ZuckermanProf Caroline Mala Corbin @carolinemalacorbin.bsky.social · 13/12/2024I cannot believe this is up for debate 55320
Reposted by Phil ZuckermanRyan Burge @ryanburge.bsky.social · 11/12/2024"Make it illegal for health care professionals to provide someone younger than 18 with medical care for a gender transition" 84% of white evangelicals agreed. 72% of Muslims. 51% of Jews. 41% of Agnostics. 35% of Atheists. 172
Phil Zuckerman @philzuck.bsky.social · 08/12/2024 Anyone who claims to understand anything that Hegel wrote is a straight up liar. 110
Reposted by Phil Zuckermanffrf.org @ffrf.org · 04/12/2024In our secular democracy, we don't base our laws on what "Jesus defines." The U.S. Constitution enshrines the separation of church and state, ensuring that all individuals, regardless of their beliefs, have equal rights under the law. 48713
Phil Zuckerman @philzuck.bsky.social · 04/12/2024I teach at a top liberal arts college. I’d say 90% of my students don’t read books, don’t own books, and when I assign books they treat them like they are cholera.media.tenor.coma little boy is sitting in a high chair reading a bookALT: a little boy is sitting in a high chair reading a book 130
