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Showing posts with label religion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label religion. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 23, 2017

Exodus: How Americans are Turning their Backs on Organized Religion

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 by Nomad A s a child, I was never obligated to go to church on Sundays. It was, my parents said, something which they felt they sho...
Wednesday, November 2, 2016

Legislating a Creed: Heinlein's Warning about the Religious Infiltration of Politics

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by Nomad
Saturday, April 9, 2016

Ben Franklin: To Shut the Eye of Reason

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by Nomad
Monday, March 21, 2016

Handwriting on the Wall: What's the Surprisingly Good News about the Decline of Religion in the US?

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by Nomad A interesting podcast about one man's call for an open discussion at a Christian website and the surprising results. News ab...
Saturday, February 27, 2016

Of Foolishness and Evil: Why the Life and Words of Bonhoeffer are Important for Today

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by Nomad The life and words of Dietrich Bonhoeffer underscore a fundamental truth: silence in the face of evil is a form of complici...
Sunday, January 10, 2016

"God Told Me So": The Dangerous Delusions of the Religious Republican

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by Nomad It's strange that the typical conservative voter would reject in a courtroom the very thing they openly support in their pr...
Wednesday, December 16, 2015

Horny Moses: Why Biblical Literalists Really Have Some Explaining to Do

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by Nomad When people say they believe every word of the Bible, they may not know very much about the history of the sacred text they cla...
Monday, November 23, 2015

GOP Congressman's Defense of the First Amendment and Religious Liberty Outrages Conservatives

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by Nomad One Republican Congressman was given a stern dressing down for a letter he sent to a constituent regarding fears of a Muslim tak...
Monday, November 2, 2015

Thomas Edison, Inventor and Religious Skeptic

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by Nomad
Wednesday, October 21, 2015

How Conservative Religious Extremists Around the World have Declared War on Secularism

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by Nomad Evangelists and some politicians talk about a war on religion and religious liberties. The examples of victimhood they cite are...
Monday, September 21, 2015

Ben Carson vs John Kennedy: A Religious Test for the Executive Office?

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by Nomad Remarks from the Republican candidate, Dr. Ben Carson have called into question whether the White House is reserved for a li...
Wednesday, September 9, 2015

Have Republican Candidates Huckabee and Cruz Just Committed Treason in the Kim Davis Case?

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by Nomad Statements made by two Republican candidates regarding the Kim Davis case may have crossed a line by encouraging rebellion a...
Monday, July 13, 2015

Unable to Forward: The Tragic Story of a Gay Son's Letter Lost for 26 Years

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by Nomad A local news affiliate in Virginia, WSET recently reported how a local man received a long lost letter from his now-dece...
Thursday, June 4, 2015

Tea Party Candidate Ted Cruz Claims JFK Would be a Republican Today

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by Nomad Few can top Ted Cruz when it comes to bombast and misleading statements. And that's putting it mildly. However, his recent...
Sunday, May 10, 2015

The Surprising Connections You Might Not Know Between Religion and Income Inequality

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by Nomad Religion may be the "opiate of the masses" but there's another side to this story and it's not pretty. If re...
Sunday, March 15, 2015

Why Being an Atheist in Egypt Can be Dangerous for your Health

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 by Nomad Egypt provides us with an example of why blasphemy laws make a mockery of the war on terrorism and extremist ideologies.  ...
Monday, March 9, 2015

On the Passing of Albert Maysles

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by Nomad F ilmmaker Albert Maysles died the other day at the age of 88. You may not have heard of him. I know I hadn't until- than...
Monday, March 2, 2015

The Story of Cass: When Homeless isn't Helpless

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 by Nomad Homeless Anthony Castelow defied the odds and turned his life around.  Once he had changed his life, he committed himself to h...
Tuesday, February 24, 2015

American Enough: The Surprising Genealogical Trail of President Barack Obama

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 by Nomad Looking into the President's family history is like looking at a snapshot of American history, as far back as the firs...
Tuesday, February 17, 2015

Texas Religious Leader Says Watching "Fifty Shades of Grey" is a Sin

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 by Nomad Nomad takes a look at the  rather ridiculous hysteria  surrounding a recent film, dealing with S&M and sexual submissio...