Jon Henshaw

Frank Schaeffer, John Whitehead and Cal Thomas have repudiated the theocratic movement they once led. Here’s why.

The British Psychological Society is reporting that People sensitive to disgust are more likely to hold right-wing views
People who are sensitive to interpersonal disgust – for example, they dislike sitting on a bus seat left warm by a stranger – are more likely to hold right-wing attitudes and to be racist.
Fortunately, if you’re like me [...]

CNN is running a special report on what they’re calling God’s Warriors. Christiane Amanpour reports on the rise of religious extremism in the world. From their preview video, it looks to be both enlightening and exposing.
The report spans over three days and it looks like they’re saving the best one, Christian Warriors in the US, [...]

As scientists continue to try and understand the origins of faith and religion in human beings, a new field has been created, “neurotheology.”
Certain areas of the brain have been identified as being active when people pray, meditate or have some other kind of spiritual experience. This influx of research is being promoted by both sides [...]

I’ve long known that a good portion of marketing is psychology. Advertising companies have made a science out of figuring out ways to not only get our attention, but to affect us emotionally. It’s usually done through shocking imagery, emotionally inducing music and attention-getting dialogs.
Daniel Gilbert, a professor of psychology at Harvard and author of [...]

I’m in a place where I’m really questioning the validity of the faith I was brought up on (and religion in general). Thanks to my endless skepticism and questioning, and some books I’ve recently read — Misquoting Jesus and The God Delusion — Christianity is on very shaky ground for me.
My belief in being a [...]

The Guardian Unlimited published an interesting article entitled, No religion and an end to war: how thinkers see the future
People’s fascination for religion and superstition will disappear within a few decades as television and the internet make it easier to get information, and scientists get closer to discovering a final theory of everything, leading thinkers [...]