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Posted by on Jan 26, 2022 in Blog | 3 comments

The Prayer Line Has Been Disconnected

 

 

We’re often told terrible events on earth are part of “God’s plan.” That’s to say, the murdering of infants and torturing of innocents is somehow “excusable” in this sick intergalactic passion play, so long as it’s directed by the wise old man slumbering on a white cloud as part of some grand design. Sorry, but no.  I want no part of this twisted sick fantasy, nor do I want to be cast as an extra in some maniacal epic of pain and destruction.

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Posted by on Jul 6, 2021 in Blog, What's Left | 0 comments

Gore Vidal on Religion

 

 

“I regard monotheism as the greatest disaster ever to befall the human race. I see no good in Judaism, Christianity, or Islam — good people, yes, but any religion based on a single, well, frenzied and virulent god, is not as useful to the human race as, say, Confucianism, which is not a religion but an ethical and educational system.”
— Gore Vidal
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Posted by on May 24, 2021 in Blog, Politics | 1 comment

The Fundamental Difference Between Billy Graham and His Preacher-Son Franklin

 

 

I wasn’t prepared to come away with inflated respect and a genuine appreciation for Billy Graham, the famous fundamentalist gospel preacher who dominated such a big part of America’s religious and political landscape for more than half a century.

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