Janja Lalich's New Research Project Seeking People to Interview I have embarked on a new research project, which I have entitled "On Our Own: How Children of Cults Manage to Survive in the 'Outside' World." This project has been approved by the Human Subjects in Research Committee at California State University, Chico, where I am on the faculty in the Sociology Department. The purpose of the project is to explore the attitudes, experiences, coping mechanisms, and issues related to societa

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Why Bad Beliefs Don't Die Because beliefs are designed to enhance our ability to survive, they are biologically designed to be strongly resistant to change. To change beliefs, skeptics must address the brain's "survival" issues of meanings and implications in addition to discussing their data. Gregory W. Lester Belief Because a basic tenet of both skeptical thinking and scientific inquiry is that beliefs can be wrong, it is often confusing and irritating to scientists and skeptics that so m

There are dozens of videos on YouTube that treat the subject of leaving Islam. Apparently there are thousands leaving every day. This video proposes to create a YouTube support group for Muslims that have had enough of the hypocrisy and cruelty of radical Islam and are leaving the faith.

Read the narratives of people who left religion.

A survey that I took the other day has had me thinking about why I walked away from the Christian faith. I didn’t walk away because I rebelled against God or because I was angry with God or because I was treated badly or hurt in the church. In fact, my church life was very good. I had good friends. I had a good relationship with church leadership. I even frequently sang solos during church services and sang in the praise and worship choir. I had a great time in church and I still miss the sense