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My opinion is that there would never have been an infidel, if there had never been a priest. The artificial structures they have built on the purest of all moral systems, for the purpose of deriving from it pence and power, revolts those who think for themselves, and who read in that system only what is really there.
-Thomas Jefferson
My opinion is that there would never have been an infidel, if there had never been a priest. The artificial structures they have built on the purest of all moral systems, for the purpose of deriving from it pence and power, revolts those who think for themselves, and who read in that system only what is really there.
-Thomas Jefferson
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Feds Eyed Ft. Hood Killer for Posts Praising Suicide Bombers (Updated) | Danger Room | Wired.comBefore he allegedly killed a dozen and wounded 31 more at Ft. Hood, Maj. Nidal Hasan may have gone online to praise suicide bombers. “If one suicide bomber can kill 100 enemy soldiers because they were caught off guard that would be considered a strategic victory,” a commenter named ...
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Teacher Claims Fingerprinting Is ‘Mark of the Beast’ | Threat Level | Wired.comTeacher Claims Fingerprinting Is ‘Mark of the Beast’ A 22-year veteran kindergarten teacher in the Texas Bible Belt could lose her job for refusing, on religious grounds, to give fingerprints under a state law requiring them. The evangelical Christian, Pam McLaurin, is fighting a looming ...
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Malalai Joya: The woman who will not be silenced - World, News - The IndependentEnraged by Taliban oppression Malalai Joya became a women’s rights activist, and after the US-led invasion, took on the new regime as an MP. But speaking out has come at a cost. She tells Johann Hari why death threats won’t stop her exposing ugly truths about Afghanistan. The warlords who make ...
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God Angrily Clarifies 'Don't Kill' Rule | The Onion - America's Finest News SourceGod Angrily Clarifies 'Don't Kill' Rule NEW YORK—Responding to recent events on Earth, God, the omniscient creator-deity worshipped by billions of followers of various faiths for more than 6,000 years, angrily clarified His longtime stance against humans killing each other Monday. "Look, I ...
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Abortion Language Creates Snag For Health Bill : NPRAbortion Language Creates Snag For Health Bill November 3, 2009 [4 min 14 sec] Add to Playlist Download Transcript text size A A A November 3, 2009 As health overhaul bills head toward the House and Senate floors this month, the divisive issue of abortion is threatening to ...
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3Teacher Claims Fingerprinting Is ‘Mark of the Beast’ | Threat Level | Wired.comHUH!? You're own fingerprints amount to the "Mark of the Beast". Well then, aren't you already marked ... and the beast's even without having an ink impression made of them? I suppose this also means that anything that might get on your fingers (paint, grease, etc.) so that you leave an ...JDP added 2 days ago
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4Abortion Language Creates Snag For Health Bill : NPRWhen does society have the right to impose the morality of the few on the lives (and bodies) of the many? How do personal ethics relate to group morality? How do we apply situational ethics with regard to women's rights and the rights of the unborn? Should a woman be forced to give birth to the ...Geoffrey Ames added 5 days ago
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3Republican Gomorrah: The Shattered GOP, Taken Over by Authoritarian Radicals, Is Incapable of Compromise | Politics | AlterNetThe Talibanization of the Republican party (a head-long and barely secret move toward a totalitarian theocracy) began long ago (early 1900s) and is now coming to fruition. The cast of characters reads like a who's-who of the religious and political right-wing of the Republican party.JDP added 3 weeks ago
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AP News: Hallelujah! Mich. church wins $70,000 in lotteryMichigan church wins lottery, doesnt have to pay taxes on it because they are a non-profit organization. Thats some ole bullshit.Matt Oxley added 2 months ago
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3Book Review: The Family by Jeff Sharlet « Amicus DeiOf course add hypocrisy to the list of the Family's "virtues", since many of them were the first to call for Bill Clinton's resignation due to his infidelity, but won't follow that tack for their "brothers" or for themselves (Gov Sanford for one!). Moreover, democracy (serving the interest of ...JDP added 3 months ago
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