Congress Shall Make No Law . . . Why We Are Not A Christian Nation

Posted on 08.24.2011 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority

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The separation of church and state must be upheld at all costs, because it keeps the majority from pressuring the minority. We already have horrific examples of the logical conclusion of a Theocracy, and I am not just referring to the Islamic nations, but the countless incidents of homosexuals being beaten and killed, legally licensed physicians being murdered and many other discriminatory and criminal offenses against those who do not hold the “right beliefs . . . ” America is not one nation under God, but one nation under a Constitution . . . Neutrality offends no one, and protects everyone. Read more . . .

FFRF ends football prayers in Mississippi, Kentucky schools

Posted on 08.23.2011 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority

“We can indeed take prayer out of public schools,” commented Dan Barker, FFRF co-president. “Religion in our schools is divisive, usurps parental authority and interferes in students’ rights of conscience. It is also unlawful according to decades of consistent Supreme Court rulings. Read more . . .

Fringe Festival: Why We Must Take ‘Dominionists’ Seriously

Posted on 08.23.2011 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority

The Religious Right has a worldview anchored in the 13th century when church and state were one. Activists in this movement continue to be at war with religious diversity, secular government, church-state separation, religious freedom, intellectual thought and much of modern life. Read more . . .

Hitler Learns Christians Claim He Is An Atheist

Posted on 08.23.2011 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority

Arguably: Essays by Christopher Hitchens

Posted on 08.23.2011 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority

The book forms a bridge between the two parallel enterprises of culture and politics. It reveals how politics justifies itself by culture, and how the latter prompts the former. Read more . . .

Why do Americans still dislike atheists?

Posted on 08.23.2011 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority

On basic questions of morality and human decency — issues such as governmental use of torture, the death penalty, punitive hitting of children, racism, sexism, homophobia, anti-Semitism, environmental degradation or human rights — the irreligious tend to be more ethical than their religious peers, particularly compared with those who describe themselves as very religious . . . They tend to raise their children to solve problems rationally, to make up their own minds when it comes to existential questions and to obey the golden rule. They are more likely to practice safe sex than the strongly religious are, and are less likely to be nationalistic or ethnocentric. They value freedom of thought. Read more . . .

Catholics Pin Hopes on Dead Pope’s Blood to Stem Gang Crime in Mexico

Posted on 08.23.2011 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority

CATHOLICS have some pretty cock-eyed ideas, especially in regard to the bits and pieces of departed “holy” characters. These, they believe, possess “miraculous” properties . . . a vial containing the late pope John Paul II’s blood will soon be winging its way to Mexico in a bid to help bring down crimes rates in the largely Catholic country.

Rick Perry: Economic Crisis Is God’s Way Of Bringing Us Back To Biblical Principles

Posted on 08.23.2011 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority

Rampant Denial About the Threat Posed By Christian Dominionists, Perry and Bachmann

Posted on 08.23.2011 by AlwaysQuestionAuthority

Dominionism, an academic term for a strain of evangelical Christianity that mandates believers to take over the institutions of society in order to implement God’s law on earth, flows from the theology of Christian Reconstructionism, whose proponents see as their ultimate goal the reconstitution of biblical law as the law of the land.