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Humanism and morality have cast off religion

Edit The Guardian 30 May 2016
Richard Gilyead. Saffron Walden, Essex ... You ask ... This is how moral questions are actually discussed (eg in editorials) – isn’t it time we accepted it as such, instead of hankering for “a set of religious stories and rituals” alleged to “justify” the arguments in terms of priestly pronouncements about the will of some unknowable person, obedience to whom will be rewarded in some unimaginable afterlife?. Alan Bailey. London ... Come on in ... ....

Paula Broadwell, David Petraeus and the Afterlife of a Scandal

Edit New York Times 28 May 2016
One has moved on. The other is still wondering how she will ... ....

Being Human's original cast are open to a revival: "A special would be kind of fun"

Edit Digital Spy 28 May 2016
A Being Human special with the original cast sounds like the stuff of fantasy ... Maybe it's just a replica in the afterworld and we just carry on."  All three of the BBC Three show's original characters - vampire Mitchell (Turner), ghost Annie (Crichlow) and werewolf George (Tovey) - did indeed end up in the afterlife ... "... ....

Wildlands--10 Things We Noticed

Edit Gamespot 28 May 2016
The Wild Bunch. The latest trailer for Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon. Wildlands showcases a lot of fascinating new details about the upcoming open world third-person shooter. From player customization to dual stealth takedowns, there's a lot to see. Check out the ten things we noticed. Player Customization ... For the uninitiated, Santa Muerte is worshipped by some in Hispanic culture as a figure that ensures safe delivery into the afterlife ... ....

Degree show review: Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee

Edit Scotsman 28 May 2016
I’m in a white waiting room, on a white swivel chair, there’s a white rug on the floor. I’m surrounded by white venetian blinds. Degree show 2016, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, Dundee . Rating. ***. A piece by Jacquetta Clark at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art. The light is a strange violet. I'm at some kind of threshold. This might be the waiting room for the dentist or, perhaps, for the afterlife ... ....

Religion in India is transactional

Edit Deccan Chronicle 28 May 2016
Next year will mark the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, when one man’s protest changed Christianity in Europe. I was reminded of that by two stories published recently in India on the same day. On May 25, in Andhra Pradesh, it was reported that the income of temples has grown by 27 per cent ... An individual who paid money, usually a large sum, would have his punishment for his sins reduced in the afterlife ...  . ....

Thus Bad Begins confirms Javier Marías as a master of the novel form

Edit New Statesman 28 May 2016
That she succeeds is a mark of a truly gifted translator ... ... Besides, there is so much else to enjoy here, from the characterisations to the grace of the prose as, sentence by elegant sentence, Marías glides with seeming inevitability first towards the main narrative’s denouement and then to an afterlife in which Juan, now an older man looking back at his former life, remains haunted by the past, even in the midst of present happiness....

What the the Bible and 'Game of Thrones' have in common

Edit Mashable 28 May 2016
Warning. Contains spoilers from Game of Thrones Season 6. Events in HBO’s Game of Thrones TV series have got people talking about what it means to return from the dead ... In fact, coming back from the dead was a fairly rare event around the time of Jesus ... Image ... The Arcade Fire, “Afterlife,” from their 2013 album, Reflektor; the album interprets the Orpheus myth and the official music video shows the 1959 film Black Orpheus ... Sick Scotland ... ....

Many mysteries shroud N.C.’s only mummy

Edit The Charlotte Observer 27 May 2016
Little is known of her afterlife journey from Egypt, the perplexing artistry of her casket or even her real name ... “Margaret’s a puzzler.” ....

The Afterlife of Polaroid

Edit The Nation 27 May 2016
Frances Richard. The company presents a case study in photography as a phenomenon of the instantaneous ... ....

15 new TV comedies to watch this fall

Edit Empire 27 May 2016
We've looked at the dramas coming to US TV ... After she is struck and killed by a tractor-trailer carrying erectile dysfunction products, Eleanor (Kristen Bell) awakens to discover she has entered the afterlife ... Stuck in a world where no one curses, gets drunk, and everyone is always nice, Eleanor finds herself caught between staying in the afterlife or trying to find a way to return to the mundane life she had back on Earth ... Marlon ... ....

What’s on? Rundown of new and returning TV shows this fall

Edit The Oklahoman 27 May 2016
The commercial broadcast networks have presented their plans for 2016-17, and here’s a rundown of new and returning series ... ABC ... New later ... “The Good Place,” comedy with Kristen Bell as a woman trying to fix her life with help from an “afterlife mentor” (Ted Danson); “This Is Us,” drama about folks whose lives intertwine, with Mandy Moore and Milo Ventimiglia; and “Timeless,” yet another show about time travelers trying to save history....

What's on? Rundown of new and returning TV shows this fall

Edit The Miami Herald 27 May 2016
And we have to consider that how many of us watch TV keeps changing ... For now, that is ... ABC ... Done ... "The Good Place," comedy with Kristen Bell as a woman trying to fix her life with help from an "afterlife mentor" (Ted Danson); "This Is Us," drama about folks whose lives intertwine, with Mandy Moore and Milo Ventimiglia; and "Timeless," yet another show about time travelers trying to save history ... ....
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