I seriously doubt that hypocritical Christians are driving people away from the religion as a whole. Yes, the evangelicals may be slightly more fanatical and hateful than they’ve ever been in the past, but this whole phenomenon has been around …
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I heard a captivating radio interview today with journalist Victoria St. Martin reporting for Inside Climate News, who is covering the upshot of a “heat-dome” event in the summer of 2021 in the northern part of Oregon, a region of …
As suggested here, the rest of the world thinks that the United States’ demand that it proliferate guns throughout its society qualifies us as completely insane. Hard to deny that. The real issue, of course, is that this conversation is not …
Did God give you your love of other animals, or was it part of your basic nature?
18th Century Scottish philosopher David Hume spoke to us on how our minds interact with the world around us to form our base of knowledge, saying, “We always disbelieve the greater miracle.” In other words, when two of our perceptions …
It’s said that when one joins a cult, the first thing one learns is that everyone else is lying, and the only source of truth is the cult leader himself. Let’s extend that into the world of Trump/MAGA. These people …
Actually, many people don’t even defend what benefits them. The typical Trump supporter is a great example. Sure, if you’re a billionaire, you love those enormous tax cuts. But suppose you’re in the working class. Trump doesn’t support unions, he’s …
The author of the meme here makes a fabulous point, but one sure doesn’t hear this from many people. For instance, how is it possible that Trump has any support after being indicted in multiple jurisdictions for attempting to overthrow …
I think what the Republicans are going to find out is that most women actually do care about their reproductive rights, and that there is nothing “abnormal” about this. Of course, female Trump supporters also believe that only the former …
If you were tasked with identifying a trend in human civilization that extended from the Dark Ages into the 21st Century, you might choose the development and implementation of science. Solutions in everything from medicine to mechanization to information technology …
