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[Reg the Fronkey FarmerModerator]

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom annual report for 2023.

Project Blitz continues to be tired of this separation of church and state junk. Oklahoma ’s public schools may teach kids about a drunken father having sex with his own daughters. After School Satan Clubs will continue to assist help children.

Atheist Street Pirates notice that of all the religions, Christians are the biggest litter louts.

Liars for Jesus, aka the Family Research Council, intend to continue to indoctrinate as many children as possible with their biblical worldview. Senator Tim Scott will help them make the government bow the knee to the church.

God has been talking to Mayor Adams again.

Christians thought they could drive Baphomet from Boston with their prayer assignments. Little do they know that Satan is now at the heart of the European Parliament!!

Republican lawmakers file ethics complaint against Democrat caught hiding Bibles. I have been doing that for years!

How do atheists deal with their religious families?

World of Woo: Ashwagandha, another herbal supplement.

Environment: Synthetic gasoline or E-fuel is not the answer.

Harari and the danger of Artificial Intelligence.

A rare look at dying brains could help explain Near-Death Experiences.

Neanderthals died out 40,000 years ago, but there has never been more of their DNA on Earth.

The Israeli plan to fit a fusion reactor into a container.

Long Reads: A new idea for how to assemble life in the Universe.  Beekeeping for the End of the World. The rise of the respectable Conspiracy Theory. Chess and the endgame for Magnus Carlsen.

Sunday Book Club:  Pick one as an indulgent treat. (2013 is my fav).

Some photographs taken last week.

While you are waiting for the kettle to boil……

Coffee Break Video:  TedTalk: The inside story of ChatGPT’s astonishing potential. 2023 Isaac Asimov Memorial Debate: The Future of Energy.

[Reg the Fronkey FarmerModerator]

Have a great week everybody!

[StregaModerator]

Thanks, Reg!!!

[_Robert_Participant]

Ever notice how photos of the week are primarily focused on some really sorry religious traditions? It’s like every town has some colorful parade of nonsense with costumes, snakes, body paint, effigies, whatever. Photogs capture with such skill as if any of it means anything beyond mass-delusion. I remember getting stuck in traffic the first week I moved to my town while some sweaty, bloody jesus actor was dragging a giant cross down main street, proceeded by fire trucks and motorcycle cops. I skipped out on watching the crowning of Charles because that’s all wrapped-up in all that divine rights of kings nonsense.

[Reg the Fronkey FarmerModerator]

@_Robert_ Yes, almost every week we have a few of them. It is almost cringe inducing to watch some of them happening. So many of our fellow humans are still caught up in this nonsense. Muslims whipping themselves until they spill enough of their own blood to please their imaginary god and Christians nailing themselves to crosses to show the strength of their faith (i.e. the severity of their delusions).

Nobody seemed to notice that the Church of England was without a representative of the Creator of the Universe since the Queen died. But now that Charles is officially the King we can rest easy as he is also the Supreme Governor of the C of E. Now that an Archbishop has anointed him with oil the Holy Spirit dwells in him.

Both he and Camilla looked superb in their well fitting crowns.  It was just magical.

[TheEncogitationerParticipant]

Reg,

Republican lawmakers file ethics complaint against Democrat caught hiding Bibles. I have been doing that for years!

Whole I wouldn’t touch the Bibles. I would leave the Arizona Bible-Thumpers complimentary bookmarks with the Website for The Skeptic’s Annotated Bible/Qur’an/Book of Mormon.

http://www.skepticsannotatedbible.com

Or even more fitting, bookmarks with quotes from Barry Goldwater defending Religion-State Separation and opposing the Religious Right.

Such as:

“I’m frankly sick and tired of the political preachers across this country telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in “A,” “B,” “C” and “D.” Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me? And I am even more angry as a legislator who must endure the threats of every religious group who thinks it has some God-granted right to control my vote on every roll call in the Senate. I am warning them today: I will fight them every step of the way if they try to dictate their moral convictions to all Americans in the name of “conservatism.”

Or:

“Can any of us refute the wisdom of Madison and the other framers? Can anyone look at the carnage in Iran, the bloodshed in Northern Ireland or the bombs bursting in Lebanon and yet question the dangers of injecting religious issues into the affairs of state?”

By the way, in case you haven’t done so already, if that new “Hate Speech” bill passes in Ireland, you may want to consider an offshore server for this site and any other content that could fall afoul of this tyrannical proposal.

For more details, see Free Speech Ireland:

Free Speech Ireland
https://freespeechireland.ie/

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