Pretty much. Believing in the grand Ooga-booga is just too many steps outside of rational belief.
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Scripturient: The Talibangelist Conspiracy to Rule America and the West
Talibangelists (aka (aka the pseudo-Christian, far right) would love to force everyone believe in and obey their highly-adulterated pseudo-religion, and to punish those who don’t. Or won’t. Punishment is big on their agenda: unbelievers, those who stray, followers of a real faith, scientists, intellectuals, people of colour, gays, people with
Continue readingScripturient: Trump plays the god card
For a nation that allegedly separates church and state, Americans sure love to splash religion all over everything, their elections especially. So this week, Donald Trump made headlines by accusing the frontrunner, Joe Biden of being “against god.” Cue the angels with trumpets. Americans make big oompah sounds about their
Continue readingScripturient: Can an atheist be a good citizen?
The answer to the headline’s question is no, at least according to the late Catholic priest Richard John Neuhaus in a podcast in the Socrates in the City series (Sept. 22, 2004; I came across it as one of the chapters in the 2012 book from the podcast, Life, God,
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – Voltaire
Not thinking about how this might be applied to certain people who may or may not believe in magic and grand-Ooga-Booga. 🙂
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Is The Sask Party A Cult?
It’s hard to deny that the Sask Party could be a cult. I'm trying to think of a scenario where your Conservative supporters would not vote for your candidates. You could probably kill someone, go bankrupt, and increase air pollution and they'd still vote for you.Oh, wait, they will because
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Religious Disservice – What is he Singing?
Example: ♪ Gen’rals gathered in their masses, ♫ Just like witches at black masses ♪ Evil minds that plot destruction,♫ ♫ Sorcerer of death’s construction ♫ 🙂
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: The Gospel Of Thomas: A Key Text In World Religions & A Gateway To Mystery
The greatest scholar of world mythology, and one of the greatest scholars of world religion, Joseph Campbell, introduced me to the Gospel Of Thomas, and made clear its monumental importance. (Translations vary radically in quality of representing or mistepresenting the text, as is common. Stick with, or at least
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