Tag: Catholicism
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Splitters
Some people simply can’t get along with other people – especially people who aren’t like them. Rather than bend in order to accommodate the greater good – democracy is all about compromise – these toads head for the exit. They’re done. They’re splitters and they’re gonna take their damned ball and go find a new…
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America’s Founders Would Find Contemporary American Christianity Shocking
While the majority of America’s founders were Christians, they weren’t Christian the way most Americans – and especially most American Christians – understand Christianity today. “The majority of the Founders were religious rationalists or Unitarians.” Unitarianism is “a liberal Christian theological movement known for its belief in the unitary nature of God, and for its…
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Personally, I Blame Monotheism For This Freakin’ Mess We’re In
A monotheist is someone who thinks his imaginary friend can beat the crap out of your imaginary friend. The problem is, the monotheist’s friend isn’t all that “imaginary”. This atheist absolutely accepts the sincerity of all his monotheistic friends (and he has many!) that they believe a creature far larger than themselves created everything. And…
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From A Branding Point Of View, “Christian” Is Kinda Spent; Followers Of Jesus Need A New Name
I’ll own it — a born atheist has no business telling Christians anything about their brand. Except, Christianity — being a sales-based religion (“Hey, have ya heard the ‘good news’ style proselytizing started with Paul, the actual inventor of Christianity) — relies almost entirely on how it’s perceived by others. After all, isn’t the point…
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If America’s Going To Heal Itself, FIRST, It Needs To Ditch The “Magical Thinking”
Believing in Magic is fun. It’s the deus ex machina side door out of anything hard and overly challenging. Like Life. In the theater, it’s “god from machine” — an ending that doesn’t actually add up or make sense but — it was time. It’s why religion proliferates still — even in the face of…