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Bible Belt Atheist (New York Times)

Started by Loren Miller on Thursday. 0 Replies 1 Like

The following showed up in my YouTube feed this morning, and I decided to have a look. Turns out, the New York Times has given us a reasonably even-handed look at a good friend of ours, being one Jerry DeWitt, former bible-thumper and now a pretty…Continue

Tags: Bible Belt, atheist, Jerry DeWitt

How would you respond?

Started by Christina Scribner. Last reply by Christina Scribner Apr 10. 5 Replies 3 Likes

So, this morning, I was at my local coffee shop as I am most weekdays between bus runs. I do the editing on my husband's books so I had my laptop with me. My wallpaper is a picture I found online sometime back of a double helix with the word atheist…Continue

The Fake Christian Busybody Show (Andrew Bradley)

Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Plinius Apr 9. 1 Reply 3 Likes

It seems as though there was a Gay Pride parade in some town somewhere and a Christian commentator, herein known as The Activist Mommy, apparently got her panties so in a bunch about it that she had to fire up her video camera and record a…Continue

Tags: gay, pride, The Activist Mommy, Andrew Bradley, America's Best Christian

America Held Hostage: Day 436 (MisterDeity)

Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Ruth Anthony-Gardner Apr 9. 1 Reply 3 Likes

Now that Sinclair Broadcasting has stated their position regarding fake news and its threat to our democracy, Mister Deity's Brian Dalton has decided to throw his $0.02 worth in as well ... though I don't quite think his presentation was really what…Continue

Tags: fake news, Deity, Mister, Broadcasting, Sinclair

Guns: Both Sides Now (Betty Bowers)

Started by Loren Miller. Last reply by Christina Scribner Apr 3. 3 Replies 4 Likes

Oh, NO! The gun debate has gotten so heated that it has Betty Bowers, America's Best Christian, TALKING TO HERSELF! Apparently, one of her has had a stroke or a serious breakdown in cognitive skills, as she does little more than parrot the NRA's…Continue

Tags: NRA, guns, America's Best Christian, Betty Bowers

how dogma pollutes discourse (qualiasoup & theramintrees)

Started by Loren Miller Apr 3. 0 Replies 2 Likes

"The Lord is our God; the Lord is One." "I am the Way, the Truth, and the Life; no one comes to the Father, but by Me." "There is no god but Allah, and Mohamed is his prophet." Assertions, taught as fact, but without any form of corroborative…Continue

Tags: dogma, QualiaSoup, TheraminTrees

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Comment by kathy: ky on August 14, 2015 at 2:19pm: I found it oddly funny that Ian didn't get the T word.
No offense Ian. It just one of the peculiarities of american politics.
Each party is expected to fix the problems of the world Without raising taxes. It's a damned fine trick. And one that cannot be pulled off. But for a repub to mention a tax increase is political suicide.

Comment by Loren Miller on August 14, 2015 at 12:50pm: Ba-da-bing, Carl. At times I think Grover Norquist doesn't EVER want to meet me ... mostly because I'm so pissed at his BS that I doubt he'd be able to walk away from that meeting.

Comment by The Flying Atheist on August 14, 2015 at 11:03am: Ian, I'll take the liberty of answering for Loren about the 'T' entity: raising taxes.

Comment by Ian Mason on August 14, 2015 at 10:48am: Sorry, Loren but I don't understand that. What's the "T" entity?.

Oddly, Denmark didn't modernise/electrify its rail system when the rest of Europe did in the 80s and 90s. We're paying for that error now. The new high-speed, inter-city trains that were due to come into service 4-5 years ago are still waiting and rotting in the sidings. They're custom.made diesels with computer systems that don't work, brakes that fail and axles that crack. New electric trains can be bought almost 'off the shelf' with all teething troubles ironed out a long time ago.

Chris, I like that expression. I think you're right that the car is America's Holy Cow that musn't be slaughtered.

Comment by Loren Miller on August 14, 2015 at 9:01am: Some of 'em may see it, Chris. The problem is that paying for it would require mention of the "T" entity, which is verboten in the Republican party and has been for too freaking long.

Comment by Plinius on August 14, 2015 at 8:56am: Can't they see that they need lots of public transport now because in a few years all those cars are no longer sustainable? Or is that cursing in church? (translated Dutch expression)

Comment by The Flying Atheist on August 14, 2015 at 8:40am: For Congress to act appropriately regarding our rail and road infrastructure would indeed take, dare I say, a miracle.

Comment by Loren Miller on August 14, 2015 at 8:26am: One thing to keep in mind about the trains in the US. Unlike almost everyone else, we did NOT get the crap bombed out of our rail system during World War II! As a result, we didn't get the chance to update it from a standard which I suspect was a product of the mid-to-late 19th century!

Ordinarily I'd say it'd take an act of Congress to pull our rail system into the 21st century, but considering Congress' performance lately ... it'll take a lot more than that!

Comment by Randall Smith on August 14, 2015 at 8:04am: I hardly finished reading a book about our (USA) lagging transportation system when my sister's 3 hour Amtrak trip from Chicago to Lafayette IN took 7 hours. Not very convenient for the person picking her up, either. That would be me. She got in at 2 AM last night. Pres. Obama hasn't been able to "fix" our infrastructure. Bernie says he can!

Comment by Plinius on August 14, 2015 at 6:50am: Perhaps her sister won't miss her very much and go on with her life. But I wonder if she is able to take care of herself and the cats - I've seen horrible neglect of self and cat with Asperger brother-in-law.