Ideas, opinions, politics, humanities
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Can Freethinkers International challenge Jesus’ existence on X?
At first glance, the question sounds bold. Can one organization, through posts on X, destroy the historical existence of Jesus? However, beliefs do not collapse because someone attacks them. People reconsider beliefs when doubt becomes legitimate. Therefore, the real task is not destruction. It is normalization of examination. Freethinkers International cannot erase Jesus by force.…
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Neuroscience behind immigrant integration
Public debates about immigrant integration in Europe often revolve around economics, law, or cultural values. However, far less attention is paid to the underlying psychological and neurobiological mechanisms that shape how difficult adaptation truly is. Yet, when individuals migrate across cultures, they are not merely changing geography. They are confronting deeply embedded neural pathways, identity…
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How freethinking challenges social norms
Every enduring society depends on shared assumptions. Yet every enduring society also evolves because someone eventually questions those assumptions. Throughout history, progress has rarely begun with consensus. Instead, it has begun with discomfort — with an individual or group asking whether accepted norms truly deserve their authority. Freethinking represents that disciplined willingness to question. It…
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How would America look without clientelism?
What would happen if the United States severed the quiet exchanges that bind power to privilege? What would change if no surname carried automatic influence, no bank drafted its own regulation, no lobbyist shaped legislation behind closed doors, and no media outlet depended on patronage networks to survive? To answer that, we must first clarify…
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Newton had an IQ of 187, yet would be an atheist in our age
Isaac Newton was an extraordinary historical figure, but historical greatness does not translate automatically into modern intellectual competence. His brilliance existed inside a world with radically limited knowledge, minimal scientific infrastructure, and almost no cumulative correction mechanisms. The modern world is not just more informed; it is structurally different. Intelligence today operates inside dense networks…
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IQ business – our tests, our Mensa, our talents
IQ testing did not emerge from neutral scientific curiosity but from administrative necessity. States needed ways to sort populations, armies needed mechanisms to select recruits, schools needed ranking systems, and industrial economies needed predictable human inputs. The tests were deployed before a coherent theory of intelligence existed, which means practice shaped theory rather than theory…
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Human rights violations in the name of religion: Third part
Human rights frameworks protect freedom of religion while simultaneously prohibiting discrimination, violence, and coercion. This dual protection creates a paradox. Religion enjoys legal shielding as belief, yet often operates as a source of harm when belief transforms into authority. The contradiction does not sit at the margins of human rights law. It sits at its…
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Human rights violations in the name of religion: Second part
Human rights are built on the idea that every human being possesses inherent dignity regardless of belief, origin, sex, or identity. Religion, by contrast, often claims access to absolute truth derived from divine authority. When these two frameworks collide, religion frequently overrides human dignity rather than adapting to it. This conflict explains why some of…
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Will a New Monroe Doctrine bring peace?
The international system is entering a phase of open instability. Power no longer concentrates in one center, nor does it move predictably through established institutions. Instead, it fragments across regions, alliances, and competing economic blocs. The West still possesses enormous military, financial, and technological advantages, yet its ability to shape outcomes has clearly diminished. At…
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Atheists talking to believers who are certain Christ existed
This conversation rarely starts as a historical discussion. Instead, it almost always begins as a defense of identity, which is why it collapses so quickly. On social media especially, belief in Jesus no longer functions as a claim about the past. Rather, it works as a moral badge, a sign of belonging, and a psychological…