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This is a bit outside my wheelhouse, since I haven’t exactly been a follower of Christianity in any sense for nearly 60 years now, but this preview of an explosive new book by one of the former icons of Conservative Christianity is almost certain to...
by Irontortoise
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on Tue Apr 09, 2024 at 01:30 AM PDT
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Hey, wanna join an exclusive secret club? First, you’ll have to answer a few questions. Are you a woman? Are you LGBTQ+? Are you something other than a “real” Christian (i.e., Mormon, ...
by Aldous J Pennyfarthing
260 comments
on Sat Mar 09, 2024 at 01:35 PM PST
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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez sounded off about the current Republican attack on reproductive rights and the resulting Alabama Supreme Court ruling that has jeopardized IVF treatments during a ...
by Walter Einenkel
128 comments
on Tue Feb 27, 2024 at 04:00 PM PST
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Joy Reid wisely and correctly (in my opinion) stated, "I think what we have to actually confront and you know this is what the Democrats are going to face is this is now what white evangelicalism is. It is Christian nationalism. That's the name of it,...
by Dem
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on Mon Jan 15, 2024 at 09:56 PM PST
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When I was a young person I tried to believe the stories told by people like Billy Graham. I mentioned my struggles several times and wrote a diary on the subject of Faith several years ago (See: www.dailykos.com/...) My mother listened to and later...
by Desert Scientist
130 comments
on Fri Dec 08, 2023 at 10:26 AM PST
with 63 Recommends
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There have been several diaries up in the past few days about the already infamous NYT poll showing Trump ahead in most of the battleground states. Most of the stories are about how we shouldn’t get upset, it’s way too early, polls aren’t so reliable,...
by Dan K
193 comments
on Tue Nov 07, 2023 at 08:27 AM PST
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As some may recall, I became a fundamentalist as an undergraduate. In 2005, as I began graduate school in mathematics I began to rethink my worldview. I saw my fundamentalism as inextricably tied to being a republican. So, when I began recognizing the...
by Dem
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on Thu Oct 26, 2023 at 11:09 AM PDT
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Welcome to the Overnight News Digest with a crew consisting of founder Magnifico, regular editors side pocket, maggiejean, Chitown Kev, eeff, Magnifico, annetteboardman, Besame, jck, and JeremyBloom. Alumni editors include (but not limited to)...
by annetteboardman
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on Fri Oct 06, 2023 at 10:12 PM PDT
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UPDATE: Friday, Sep 1, 2023 · 5:54:00 PM +00:00 · Dem lightly edited for clarity and to fix grammar/usage/convention errors. As some here may recall, when I was an undergraduate and just after my first degree, I was a fundamentalist. I had a...
by Dem
158 comments
on Fri Sep 01, 2023 at 07:04 AM PDT
with 254 Recommends
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Below is a full transcript of an episode of Talking Stick TV, where Reverend Rich Lang of University Temple United Methodist Church in Seattle gives a radio talk about the history of right-wing Christianity in 20th century America and the rise of...
by novapsyche
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on Thu Aug 31, 2023 at 11:06 AM PDT
with 25 Recommends
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August 24, 2023 To: Miguel Cardona, Secretary US Department of Education Greetings, Secretary Cardona, You have the honor of holding an esteemed position. Congratulations. Sir, I actually learned to think when I was in school! That's what excellent...
by paul thomas richards
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on Thu Aug 24, 2023 at 04:14 AM PDT
with 9 Recommends
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UPDATE: Wednesday, Jul 5, 2023 · 7:02:51 PM +00:00 · Dem Velshi https://open.spotify.com/episode/2CazUip8bK5pAmRZjc53Ed Here is a link to the discussion. It doesn't appear to be able to be played here. I apologize. It's about 12 minutes in. Thank very...
by Dem
253 comments
on Tue Jul 04, 2023 at 10:44 AM PDT
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Yesterday, BrianParker14 wrote a diary that hit the recommended list and garnered a lot of views. Indeed, conversation is still active and vibrant there. He asks, “Why isn’t Lorie Smith being prosecuted for lying to the Supreme Court?” (Smith, you’ll...
by novapsyche
25 comments
on Mon Jul 03, 2023 at 03:39 PM PDT
with 32 Recommends
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Recently I brought up the cultural critic Marshall McLuhan, famous for “The Medium Is the Message,” among other trenchant critiques. Here he speaks regarding “Living in an Acoustic World”: The old journalism used to try to give an objective picture of...
by novapsyche
29 comments
on Sat Apr 29, 2023 at 12:52 PM PDT
with 22 Recommends
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A lot us have been casting about and asking why things have gotten so out of control and crazed over the past number of years. The polarization, the increasingly hair-trigger reactiveness, the rampant screaming meemies that seem to have infected and...
by FarWestGirl
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on Sat Apr 22, 2023 at 01:24 PM PDT
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Stochastic terrorism operates through the mechanism of plausible deniability. The person issuing the call to action—the call to violence—can later disclaim whatever he or she said by denying that any call was given at all. The person responding to the...
by novapsyche
332 comments
on Wed Apr 12, 2023 at 07:00 AM PDT
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“The differences had always been there. The whites conceptualized and froze them. The extremists turned them into a political program. This was the fatal mechanism in which our country had embarked.” —André Sibomana1 About two weeks ago, the Washington...
by novapsyche
106 comments
on Thu Mar 02, 2023 at 09:00 AM PST
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Reportedly, H. L. Mencken wrote something to the effect of, “A philosopher is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat that isn’t there. A theologian is the one who finds the cat.” As much as I like this quote, I have an interest in both...
by quijotesco
57 comments
on Fri Feb 17, 2023 at 10:39 PM PST
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Owen Morgan of the YouTube channel TellTale brings news regarding Machiavellian machinations of supposed prophets of God. Morgan himself is a former Jehovah’s Witness turned atheist who began his channel examining various sects. Comparing their...
by novapsyche
423 comments
on Mon Feb 06, 2023 at 07:17 AM PST
with 243 Recommends
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The high holy days of advertising are just around the corner. Two Sundays from now, consumer goods behemoths will spend $6 million to $7 million during the Super Bowl for 30 seconds’ worth of America’s attention to hawk beer, snacks, cars, movies, and...
by TheCriticalMind
778 comments
on Mon Jan 30, 2023 at 03:20 PM PST
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