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3,937 upvotes
Jul 16, 2026, 12:46 AM UTC
Posted by /u/J_Kant
When Eric Stallard, an actuary and academic, began looking into the incidence of dementia among elderly Americans, he was so stunned by his findings that he held off publishing his first paper on the subject for two and a half years while he double-checked his work. “I wanted to…
23 upvotes
Jul 16, 2026, 9:01 AM UTC
Posted by /u/demureape
for context i converted to islam April 2023. nothing really specifically has shaken my faith. it’s not like all of a sudden the religion or its history doesn’t make sense anymore, nor am i unhappy with any of the rules. it’s just that i don’t feel like i belong in islam and can…
19 upvotes
Jul 16, 2026, 2:32 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Okapilouisa
For context: My husband and I are new converts, and have been coming to the church for a little over a year and a half now. Before we converted we got married secularly and did the whole typical wedding with friends, family, the whole thing. Well, my atheist family really isn’t…
18 upvotes
Jul 15, 2026, 7:43 PM UTC
Posted by /u/squishme_e
I am friends with a great guy who is Catholic. We want many of the same things in terms of life, love, and family but he is Catholic. I set the boundary saying, I’m not okay with not being of the same faith with my husband and thus having a divided family in that regard. Here’s…
15 upvotes
Jul 15, 2026, 7:01 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Educational-Dig-4235
Most of what I remember about my early political education wrt the US and war, was spent attempting to justify most of the shit our military did. Where that wasn't applicable, we were taught to consider the feelings of individuals in the US military in unjust interventions/wars…