#religion

Should you feel grief for the dead who go to heaven?

I am not myself religious, but let us consider the possible gulf between behavior and doctrine amongst those who are. It has long struck me as a kind of mini-puzzle why people feel so much grief for the departed, at least for the departed who are supposed to be headed for heaven (and yes there […] The post Should you feel grief for the dead who go to heaven? appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION .

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Catholic Preschools Decided They Couldn’t Allow a Certain Kind of Student. The Fallout Could Change School Funding Forever.

They want to have their cake—your tax dollars—and eat it too.

Slate · EN

Inside the Making of the Sagrada Família, Barcelona’s 144-Year Megaproject

To get a sense of Sagrada Família’s popularity with YouTubers, you have only to take a look at the related Open Culture posts linked below. As will hardly escape your attention, most subjects that consistently draw the attention of the GoPro class are not nineteenth-century Catholic churches. But Antoni Gaudí’s masterpiece, whose construction alone has […]

Open Culture · EN