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Neither true religion nor good education is dependent upon the devotional use of the Bible in the public school program.
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Politics and Societyreligion-2859Submitted by Syscrusher on Tue, 2010/02/02 - 11:46.
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.
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politics-2858Submitted by Syscrusher on Tue, 2009/06/23 - 07:51.
For I was hungry, and you fed me. I was thirsty, and you gave me a drink.
--Jesus (Matthew 25:35) Bigger governmental programs take away our connectedness to the human family, our brotherhood and our need for one another. [...] Hunger can be a positive motivator. What is wrong with the idea of getting a job so you can get better meals? Tip: If you work for McDonald’s, they will feed you for free during your break. [...] It really is all about increasing government spending, which means an increase in taxes for us to buy more free lunches and breakfasts. ( categories: Politics and Society )
religion-2507Submitted by Syscrusher on Mon, 2008/11/03 - 16:10.
Secular schools can never be tolerated because such a school has no religious instruction and a general moral instruction without a religious foundation is built on air; consequently, all character training and religion must be derived from faith… We need believing people.
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What if the Presidential candidates were AD&D players?Submitted by Syscrusher on Wed, 2008/10/22 - 15:39.
In a moment of fancy, a post on our local gaming club's email list got me wondering, "What if Obama, Biden, McCain, and Palin were players in an AD&D™ game?" Admittedly, I'm biased toward the Democratic ticket, but hopefully my humorous answer is sufficiently non-partisan to annoy everyone instead of just the Republicans. ( categories: Politics and Society | Humor )
politics-1551Submitted by Syscrusher on Mon, 2008/04/07 - 08:50.
Our government has kept us in a perpetual state of fear, kept us in a continuous stampede of patriotic fervor, with the cry of grave national emergency. Always there has been some terrible evil at home or some monstrous foreign power that was going to gobble us up if we did not rally behind it.
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politics-1453Submitted by Syscrusher on Wed, 2007/09/12 - 10:39.
What is the greatest threat facing us now? People will say it's terrorism. But are there any terrorists in the world who can change the American way of life or our political system? No. Can they knock down a building? Yes. Can they kill somebody? Yes. But can they change us? No. Only we can change ourselves. So what is the great threat we are facing?
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Damn Right, We're AngrySubmitted by Syscrusher on Tue, 2007/03/20 - 10:45.
For conservatives wondering why we progressives are so furious at current events, Paul Waldman explains it as lucidly as any writer I've seen. I wish I had written this essay. ( categories: Politics and Society | Opinion )
Beginning of the end of AmericaSubmitted by Syscrusher on Fri, 2006/10/20 - 11:04.
Keith Olbermann from MSNBC reacts to the dangers of the Military Commissions Act signed into law by G.W. Bush on October 18, which among other things removes the Constitutional right of habeas corpus from both American citizens and foreign nationals, if the President says they are an "unlawful enemy combatant." Now anyone can be arrested and held indefinitely without trial if the government wants to do so. ( categories: Politics and Society | Opinion )
Fearful of Islamic fanaticism? Perhaps it's time for Americans to look closer to homeSubmitted by Syscrusher on Thu, 2006/10/19 - 14:56.
A family member forwarded an article to me recently about the twisted thinking of Islamic extremists, along with a comment about the perceived stupidity of trying to justify Islamic faith as a legitimate belief system. This was my response (edited for venue). ( categories: Politics and Society | Opinion )
religion-1309Submitted by Syscrusher on Tue, 2006/09/12 - 10:27.
How ridiculous to make evolution the enemy of God. What could be more elegant, more simple, more brilliant, more economical, more creative, indeed more divine than a planet with millions of life forms, distinct and yet interactive, all ultimately derived from accumulated variations in a single double-stranded molecule, pliable and fecund enough to give us mollusks and mice, Newton and Einstein? Even if it did give us the Kansas State Board of Education, too.
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