Category Archives: Religion

Beliefs and Reality

Posted on Tuesday 31 October 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

On this Halloween there are Christian forces out there warning against demons, since they apparently believe demons are real. For their definitions of “believe” and “real.” Which are not the same definitions that reality-based people use. My understanding of this … Continue reading →

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Disconnects from Reality

Posted on Friday 27 October 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

The economy is doing great and yet conservatives deny it; Heather Cox Richardson contrasts worldviews, one leading to our economy, the other to mass shootings; More about House Speaker Mike Johnson: hate for LGBTQ+ people; allegiance with “debunked faux-historian” David … Continue reading →

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The New Speaker of the House and Delusional Reality

Posted on Thursday 26 October 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Items about newly elected Speaker of the House Mike Johnson from the NYT editorial board, Paul Krugman, and the LAT editorial board; Specific items about Johnson’s claims that fossil fuels don’t cause climate change, that the US is not a … Continue reading →

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Misapprehensions of Reality

Posted on Wednesday 25 October 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

The new House Speaker is an election denier who would criminalize homosexuality; How Christian conservatives are flatly wrong about homosexuality being “unnatural” or that “creed” is part of “what you are”; and the evolutionary reason why they resist homosexuality, cross-dressing, … Continue reading →

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The Twilight Zone of Religion and Conservative Politics

Posted on Tuesday 24 October 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Adam Lee counters Christian claims that “new atheism” has collapsed; it hasn’t Greta Christina patiently explains the vacuousness of “Pascal’s Wager” Religious presumption and “our religion” Republicans look to Jesus Republicans can break promises if God tells them to Short … Continue reading →

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Current Events and Religion

Posted on Thursday 12 October 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Adam Lee on Israel vs. Hamas, with a series of “yes, but”s, and how religion makes peace impossible; Phil Zuckerman calls for the end of Zionism; With my careful comments about the reasons Americans support Israel; Hemant Mehta on how … Continue reading →

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More Items from Recent Weeks…

Posted on Tuesday 10 October 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Hemant Mehta’s summary of the “Project 2025” plan by conservatives to turn the nation into a Christian theocracy; The trend in the US of the nonreligious; How drug use doesn’t cause homeless; it’s usually the other way around; and conservative … Continue reading →

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Numerous Items From Recent Weeks

Posted on Monday 9 October 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

How the worldwide migration crisis is about civil wars and climate change, but also about the internet and smartphones; How the Luddites were not what we think, and why it might be appropriate to be one now; About the new … Continue reading →

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The Shifting Sands of Religious Dogma

Posted on Sunday 8 October 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Ross Douthat on the swings of dogma within the Catholic Church; Politicians who “textjack” the Bible; Valerie Tarico on 10 thought processes that trip up Christians. The pieces today echo other recent items: the Veritasium piece (posted on the 5th) … Continue reading →

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Deep Questions and Tribal Answers

Posted on Friday 6 October 2023 by Mark R. Kelly

Science fiction and philosophy; The next frontier of book bans; Ken Ham rues the difficulty of indoctrinating children; Paul Krugman on voters, and why conservatives still think the economy is bad. Big Think, Jonny Thomson, 3 Oct 2023: Apocalypse philosophy: … Continue reading →

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