Author: Matt Davis / Source: Big Think Anarchists aren’t typically portrayed as particularly religious; instead, we think of them as violent anti-authoritarians. While many modern anarchists rankle at today’s religious organizations, the elements of these faiths often express a lot of ideas

If you’ve read the Bible, you’ll know that Old Testament God is a major asshole. Petty, vain, vindictive and genocidally violent, he gleefully wrought havoc on his creations before his son eventually showed up with a more merciful message. So what was he thinking in those days, when he was busy

Source: Atlas Obscura The Basilica of Santa Sabina on the Aventine Hill in Rome is often described as the best preserved example of Paleochristian architecture in the city of the Popes, providing a visual reference for what other churches and basilicas from its time must have looked like, such as

Author: Timothy Snyder / Source: Big Think In the English language, groups of animals often have interesting names. But a murder? It has to do with crow’s scavenger-like nature… … but ornithologists are arguing that we change the name. In a classic episode of The Simpsons, Homer destroys

Author: Kevin Dickinson / Source: Big Think In the English language, groups of animals often have interesting names. But a murder? It has to do with crow’s scavenger-like nature… … but ornithologists are arguing that we change the name. In a classic episode of The Simpsons, Homer destroys