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I was recently reminded of a wonderful old Jewish tale that explains atheists. This version is from Martin Buber’s Tales of the Hasidim: A rabbi was asked by one of his students “Why did God create atheists?” After a long pause, the rabbi finally...
by Mark Ira Kaufman
on Thu Mar 21, 2024 at 03:47 AM PDT
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“There’s been a tectonic shift in how the leadership of the religious right operates. These folks aren’t as interested in democracy or working through democratic systems as in the old religious right because their theology is one of Christian warfare.”...
by RickElia
on Sat Feb 24, 2024 at 05:39 AM PST
with 27 Recommends
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Alabama Supreme Court Rules Frozen Embryos are Legally “Children” The Alabama Supreme Court has issued a ruling declaring that frozen embryos possess the legal status of children according to state law. This verdict may potentially have far-reaching...
by frankfaiola
on Tue Feb 20, 2024 at 07:23 PM PST
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To understand where the Trumpers come from, you must factor in America’s real history as well as its fabricated one. American history as taught to the average working American has always been a Disneyland affair, dating back to 1776, when a progressive...
by psychusa
on Mon Feb 12, 2024 at 03:08 PM PST
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At first, this may seem like clickbait. It’s not meant to be, though it will probably get people’s attention, not to mention their ire. But I’ve grown extremely frustrated—to the point of anger—at the way so-called Christians/Evangelicals are treating...
by Benthovens5th
on Thu Jan 25, 2024 at 12:44 AM PST
with 359 Recommends
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When it comes to religious faith nowadays, an apt description might be what former Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart once wrote about pornography: “I know it when I see it.” To tell you the truth, I’m not seeing much of it – faith, I mean -- when I...
by RickElia
on Sat Jan 20, 2024 at 05:40 AM PST
with 119 Recommends
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In a recent interview with this journalist, God denied having had anything to do with the preposterous barfwaffle called “God Made Trump”. “Just how fucking stupid do you think I am?” God said, “And you can quote me on that. That piece of crap was...
by hontonoshijin
on Sun Jan 14, 2024 at 10:45 AM PST
with 15 Recommends
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I don’t play golf. In part it’s because I’m bad at the game. Last time I played, I shot in the low 80s, but then the second hole was even worse. Someone once told me that watching me play golf was like watching someone rollerskate up a flight of...
by daylin
on Thu Dec 28, 2023 at 08:49 AM PST
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Greetings and best wishes, Mr. President. Great to see you’re starting to grasp the gravity of the threat posed by the Former Guy. How about making bold to mete out some lumps of holiday coal along the lines of: Ho ho ho! Look at you! The politically...
by Inspector Clueso
on Thu Dec 21, 2023 at 12:10 PM PST
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About one year after the 9/11 attacks on the US, the leader of the Islamic terrorist organization of al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden, published an open letter to America explaining why al Qaeda attacked the US on September 11, 2001. The British newspaper The...
by Deist
on Sat Nov 18, 2023 at 01:14 PM PST
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As if lost in heavenly clouds, House Speaker Mike Johnson’s financial disclosure lacks bank accounts. Retirement funds. Bitcoin. Piggy banks. (To recall a W.C. Fields brushoff, one wonders if all of his “assets are tied up in currency.”) And it gets...
by Inspector Clueso
on Thu Nov 16, 2023 at 12:15 PM PST
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Three years ago, voters denied Donald Trump’s bid to re-up. To this day, he and most of his cult deny that fact- while smearing to highest Heaven anyone who tries to heal our Trump-maimed body politic. In a broad sense, there’s been nothing new under...
by Inspector Clueso
on Mon Nov 06, 2023 at 01:52 PM PST
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A cartoon by Mike Luckovich.
by Mike Luckovich
on Wed Nov 01, 2023 at 01:08 PM PDT
with 191 Recommends
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Things are crazy in America. We’re operating without a Speaker of the House for the first time in our history. Our Congress is full of Climate Change/Science deniers. An entire political party has sold itself to the cult of Donald Trump, a bona fide...
by Benthovens5th
on Sat Oct 14, 2023 at 09:06 PM PDT
with 69 Recommends
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I have a concern, well many concerns but one that specifically came up this morning with the news in Israel. I’ll try to break it down as succinctly as possible: Part 1 Many Evangelicals (most?) are waiting for the end of the world. Not as in, “Oh no I...
by dblecircle
on Sat Oct 07, 2023 at 12:22 PM PDT
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Impeached twice. Indicted 4 times, with 91 felony charges. A civil convicted rapist. The most prolific liar on earth. Serial adulterer. Pussy grabber/Molester of women. Incestuous father. Selfish. Greedy. Vile. And the antithesis of everything Jesus...
by Benthovens5th
on Sun Sep 24, 2023 at 10:29 PM PDT
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So, there is this woman, Greta Christina, who is a journalist or blogger, or something. Anyway, she likes to write opinion pieces. It seems she writes a lot about atheism, and theism. She is an atheist. I found her most recent article on RawStory, at...
by Obiwan711
on Tue Sep 19, 2023 at 03:29 AM PDT
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What is an Atheist? It is really simple...an Atheist is a person who lacks a belief in a deity. Atheists have an absence of belief in the divine. Atheists lack a belief in deities. Let me explain, Atheists neither believe that deities exist nor believe...
by Truth666
on Wed Sep 13, 2023 at 12:10 PM PDT
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I was raised in a small community of German Methodists on the edge of a much larger settlement of Dutch Calvinists. The two groups didn’t interact much. When I was small the adults explained to me that the main difference between us was that the Dutch...
by McCrowlerr
on Fri Sep 08, 2023 at 08:09 AM PDT
with 51 Recommends
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I’m not sure this is really the right forum to be discussing religion, but then again it’s probably not the right forum for my Ghana diaries, either, so here we are. I want to say that I am not arguing for or against Christianity or religion in...
by McCrowlerr
on Sun Sep 03, 2023 at 08:48 AM PDT
with 74 Recommends
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