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  1. TheProgressivePatriot

    Five Founding Fathers Who Would Be Rejected by the Religious Right Today

    Here is a good read that I came upon that I want to share with all, but especially those who insist that the United States was founded as a Christian Nation. I am hard pressed to imagine how that view can be reconciled with the information in this piece. All opinions are welcome Here are 5...
  2. Brian Blackwell

    Question for believers: Are we within God's jurisdiction?

    The etymology of the word "jurisdiction" is as follows: Middle English: from Old French jurediction, from Latin jurisdictio(n-), from jus, jur- ‘law’ + dictio ‘saying’ (from dicere ‘say’). Jurisdiction means to speak the law. So who has the ultimate right to speak the law? Is it God, or is it...
  3. TheProgressivePatriot

    Scientists have established a link between brain damage and religious fundamentalism

    https://www.rawstory.com/2018/03/scientists-established-link-brain-damage-religious-fundamentalism/ Let me be clear. I am in no way saying that religious people are neurologically impaired and, this is in no way intended to disparage religion or the religious. However, what is being said here...
  4. Jack of Blades

    The #Joker Intelligence Agency

    A Joker is a term I did not create for people who use ciphers, codes and communication systems to communicate a message that is intentionally unclear to most people because it is not meant to be understood by a majority of people who hear it. Jokers normally consist of street criminals...
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    • conspiracy government joker psy-op psych op psychological manipulation religion religion as the common factor the joker
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    • Forum: Conspiracy Theories
  5. TheProgressivePatriot

    Why Do Those Who Are Not Wealthy Support Trump ?

    Many of Trumps supports who voted for him and are sticking by him are not well off. While it is true that the further up the income ladder you go, the great support the support for Trump was in 2016, amazingly 41 % of those earning under $30K and 42% of those earning between $30 and $50K voted...
  6. TheProgressivePatriot

    The Coming Trumpocalypse: End Times in America and How to Stop It

    Ladies and Gentlemen, it is my supreme honor to award the Deranged Crackpot of the Week award to Paul McGuire and Troy Anderson.. Who are Paul and Troy?? First a little background: ‘End Times’ prophets beg Trump to give Americans a last chance to repent before unleashing ‘Trumpocalypse’...
  7. midcan5

    America was not founded on....

    So many myths dominate American discourse today and religion is one of the big sticks. “the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion.” "Speaking at a rally on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on May 16, 1920, Baptist theologian George Washington Truett...
  8. godsandmen

    What do you think would happen if fundagelicals called the shots?

    It is amazing to me the degree to which the religious right has infiltrated our government. It is unprecedented. I can just picture a future where the bible, or at least their interpretation of it, is made to dictate all of our behavior. And make no mistake about it – that IS what they are going...
  9. wjmacguffin

    Honest Questions For Religious Conservatives About LBGT

    I'm liberal more than anything else, but I like to reach out and try to understand the POV of conservatives so I don't think y'all are one big lump. In light of the White House's directive reversing anti-discrimination employment rules for gay folks, I was hoping some religious conservatives...
  10. W

    Atheism in the Republic of Turkey

    Due to current political situations you may be hear so much things about Turkey in these days. Unfortunately, politacally that country is worsening because Islamic ideas are dominating in that area. But recent studies show that atheism is rising in the Turkey. That website is belonged the one...
  11. Markle

    Objective Test: Who Are You Prejudiced Against? Or, are you afraid? https://implicit.harvard.edu/

    The meek need not apply. As you'll see below there is a warning that you may not like the results. I've had participants stomp out angry. Do NOT share your results. Unlike some sites, this one is easy to edit the results. There are no questions for which you can fudge the answer. The...
  12. P@triot

    The evidence continues to pile up - how will atheists continue to deny it?

    It's getting harder and harder for atheists to keep their primitive views as archeology, science, and technology converge to prove the Bible was accurate... Whoa, Bethsaida! Archaeologists May Have Found Peter’s Home Town | The Stream
  13. Vmedvil

    The God Conspiracy by Scientists

    Yep, Christianity is no different half the bible stories are about slaughter Gays, Lesbians, Other Tribes and other God's believers in the name of God. The Final book of the bible is about mass genocide and killing of anyone that does not believe in their God once he arrives that cause an...
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    • biological weapons god plagues religion science terrorism theory
    • Replies: 12
    • Forum: Conspiracy Theories
  14. TheProgressivePatriot

    The Satanic Temple and the LGBT Community

    Here is somthing that I just happened upon that is quite interesting. Now I know that there are those of you on the board who will just read the headline and go toally bonkers and claim that this proves how evil and sick LGBT people are. Chill!! This is not about Devil worship. This is about...
  15. Ancient lion

    Prophet Muhammad on Christians

    1- “The Christians… respected my alliance. They recognized my rights. They fulfilled the promises that they had made during our meeting. They assisted the lieutenants that I had sent to the frontiers. They earned my concern and my affection by fulfilling the obligations that I had contracted...
  16. Ika1953

    4 (different) Horsemen

    Four (different) horsemen by Iliya Pavlovich, PhD Comparative Sociology I admit, I am terribly late with this documentary posted on youtube on Sept. 13, 2013. The Awards garnished are absolutely impressive (Cannes, Galway, IDFA, OxDox, Santiago (de Chile), Durban Film Festival South Africa...
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    • appocalypse banking consumerism mind control religion sex the bible toxic media
    • Replies: 15
    • Forum: General Discussion
  17. TheProgressivePatriot

    Anti Muslim Hysteria in the School. Parents Prefer Ignorance to Learning

    Hysteria strikes deep in the heart of New Jersey. Supposedly this is a liberal and enlightened state, but even here, the Anti-Muslim bigotry and propaganda has taken hold, largely due to the frenzy that has been wiped up by ( I refuse to say President) Trump and the complicacy of Fox News...
  18. Y

    Attended a funeral today

    I attended a funeral today for an 83 year old man who was/is a Freemason and a member of our fraternal lodge. He died last week. His wife and daughter and son asked our Masonic lodge to participate. He was a north German immigrant from after WW2 so he was Lutheran and so the memorial in the...
  19. P@triot

    The Founders on Religion

    Correction yet another left-wing false narrative. This time it is the lie that the founders wanted to build a "secular nation" in which the government was "free from religion". "And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be...
    • P@triot
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    • george washington religion religious freedom
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    • Forum: Politics
  20. ding

    Is virtue the greatest organizing principle known to man?

    Is virtue the greatest organizing principle known to man? The short answer is yes. Virtue is the foundation of a harmonious and orderly society. Virtue is the glue that holds communities and societies together. Our Founding Fathers believed that virtue and morality were indispensable pillars...
    • ding
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    • god harmony morality orderly religion society virtue
    • Replies: 37
    • Forum: Religion and Ethics
  21. W

    Islam on Track to Overtake Christianity

    Granny says she ain't bowin' Mecca... Islam on Track to Overtake Christianity, Become the World’s Biggest Religion March 3, 2017 – By the middle of this century, the number of Muslims worldwide will roughly equal those of Christians and by the century’s end will exceed them, making Islam the...
  22. midcan5

    For PoliticalChic and Homeschoolers and....

    Everyone live in a bubble. Some bubbles are broad and encompassing others narrow and limited. PC and I have talked past each other often, each assuming the other is listening. We've been on usmb for years now. So this OP is for PC and her constant arguments about education and its effects. An...
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    • american conservative benedict option evangelicals evolution home schooling public education religion rob dreher
    • Replies: 5
    • Forum: Education
  23. Divine Wind

    The Human Spirit

    Religious people obviously believe in the human spirit, but as the quote below from Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson, an admitted "skeptic", notes, even non-religious people recognize the difference too. Tyson has a show on the Nat'l Geo channel titled StarTalk where he has interviews and panel...
  24. MindWars

    25 black church leaders are concerned about Hillary C.positions on abortions, religious freedom

    25 Black Church Leaders Concerned About Hillary Clinton's Positions on Abortion, Religious Freedom A group of 25 African-American religious leaders and activists, made up largely of Democrats, has sent a letter to Hillary Clinton expressing frustration and concern over her staunch support of the...
  25. ding

    Do Atheists Act as though Atheism is a Religion

    1. Their religion is socialism which worships big government and social policy 2. It is based on atheism and deification of man. 3. It proceeds in almost all its manifestations from the assumption that the basic principles guiding the life of an individual and of mankind in general do not go...
    • ding
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    • atheism christianity marxism moral relativity religion rival socialism
    • Replies: 46
    • Forum: Religion and Ethics
  26. Ancient lion

    Original Sin

    In the Name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful. This is a short introduction to the "original sin" concept in christian theology. What is original sin? Although Christianity emphasizes the inherited original/Adam's sin, this principle cannot be traced back to any prophet. No...
  27. PCisoutofhand

    Is complaining about racism making it worse?

    In the military there is a problem with commonwealth members who worked as stewards, complaining that working for the officers depicted slavery as they were mainly black. These guys complained about it a lot, saying things like we get told to become stewards because of our race. This doesn’t go...
  28. Y

    Unborn Child

    Back in 1974 the singing duo of Seals & Crofts released an album of songs including "Unborn Child" of which the title song was written by Jim Seals and Lana Bogan was a powerfully emotional appeal against abortion. These are the lyrics: "Oh little baby, you'll never cry, nor will you hear a...
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    • abortion abortion debate philosophy religion science
    • Replies: 26
    • Forum: Philosophy
  29. midcan5

    CDZ Christian Hate Groups

    If Fox media and presidential candidate Donald Trump among others insist we add to an act of terrorism and hate, a religious qualifier, then is it not fair that we call out Christian hate organizations. There are many of them and just like any other religion they claim to be the followers of God...
  30. CelloX

    Democrats (and maybe republicans) - What religion are you?

    I am curious, as I wonder how many Christians support the democratic party. I don't vote for the democrats, but I only hesitatingly vote for the republicans. If you are republican, feel free to post your religion and party too, but please don't vote.

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