“Mayor Pete” Buttigieg dropped out of the Democratic nomination race Sunday afternoon, after meeting with former President Jimmy Carter, and Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar quickly followed suit on Monday, a day before her state votes in Super Tuesday primaries. Michael Bloomberg dropped ou[...]
Archive for March 1st, 2020
GOP NEWSPEAK: SOCIALISM VERSUS “DEMOCRACY!”
Back last June, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell tweeted that House Democrats “would turn us into a country we’ve never been.” He used the S word to describe the Democrats’ wish of granting congressional seats to the people of Washington, D.C., and Puerto Rico: They plan to make the [...]
March 1st, 2020 - 8:05 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Freedom from religion
Although Jefferson attended the nominally Anglican churches of Virginia, his writings and excision of miracles from the Christian bible led to his opponents to label our third President an atheist. Jefferson’s support for separation of church and state involved real experiences in the colonies[...]
March 1st, 2020 - 1:43 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: RECONCILING RELIGION AND SCIENCE
My friend Tim Hunkapiller, a scientist and an atheist, demeans all religions. He gets angry with me when I try to say that he is unfair and biased because he is culturally Christian and defines all religions in Christian terms. I see this as especially unfair because it takes the horrors done [...]
March 1st, 2020 - 1:41 am § in Misc.
SUNDAY REVELATIONS
HA Bible Study: Matthew 5:5 by Goldy — Sunday, 7/12/15, 6:00 am Matthew 5:5 Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. Luke 12:49 I came to cast fire upon the earth. How I wish that it was already ablaze! Discuss.[...]