Faith is Irrational
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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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Report on India mosque destruction threatens Hindu-Muslim ties - Yahoo! NewsA new report on the 1992 destruction of a centuries-old mosque has sparked fights in the country's Parliament and threatens to inflame relations between Hindus and Muslims. The study, which took 17 years to complete, accuses leaders of India's Hindu nationalist party of planning one of the most ...
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Abstinence-only rappers sing about the "Christian Side Hug" - Boing BoingChristian youth groups finally have an alternative to normal, aka "front," hugs. As we all know, face to face embraces run the horrific risk of a clothed crotch graze. The Christian Side-Hug (or the CSH, as the kids call it) rids us of sin, as the only below the belt contact will be some good ...
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Cleric Wields Religion to Challenge Iran’s Theocracy - NYTimes.comCleric Wields Religion to Challenge Iran’s Theocracy CAIRO — For years, Grand Ayatollah Hossein Ali Montazeri criticized Iran ’s supreme leader and argued that the country was not the Islamic democracy it claimed to be, but his words seemed to fall on deaf ears. Now many Iranians, including ...
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Studio 360: EvolutionDarwin: A Life In Poems This year marks the 150th anniversary of the publication of On The Origin of Species. Charles Darwin's great-great-granddaughter, Ruth Padel, tells her famous ancestor's life story all in verse. One poem describes Darwin's awe at the sealife that washed up on the deck of ...
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Essay - Doomsday Isn’t Coming, NASA Says; At Least Not in 2012 - NYTimes.comScientists give many reasons not to worry about predictions based on the Mayan calendar that the world will end in three years. ################ There are hundreds of books devoted to 2012, and millions of Web sites, depending on what combination of “2012” and “doomsday” you type into Google. Al...
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1Teacher 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 weeks ago
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3Abortion 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 3 weeks ago
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1Republican 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 6 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 3 months ago
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1Book 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 4 months ago
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