Unseen wrote:
That was two years ago.

Yaeh, about 2-1/2 years ago was Pepsi Center, which was iconic. But you made me think, and I think my perspective’s different because about 95% of my TW experience is in watching reactors, especially first-time reactors. So I’m getting extra mileage on re-hearing their older stuff and seeing how amazed…[Read more]

Strega wrote:
@regthefronkeyfarmer Apparently I’m no longer a moderator (!) so you’re on your own if anything gets rowdy

Bring it on if you have a god on your side!! 🙂

Seriously Strega, that is not good enough. You will always be more that a participant to us all !!! I am making protest signs. We need more god mods!!

Each tribe has its own “marae” which is their sacred community building where they attain a sense of ‘belonging’. It is prohibited for non-tribe members.  I was adopted as sister, and embraced into the shared flow of…[Read more]

Being secular in Trump’s America (subscribe for free…it’s worth it). When Trump plays favorites with faith, we all pay the price.

Pastor who wrote book on biblical marriage arrested for alleg…[Read more]

Stories about all of them, that changed my perceptions of almost…[Read more]

Short:

”We Homo Sapiens just surround our wars with ideology and religion” is quite a profound statement.

This fits in with the behaviours of some of the far flung tribal groups I’ve lived with. For them, religion is a comfort, not a cause. They still have aggression, but the dividers between ‘them’ and ‘us’ are more commonly tribal root orientat…[Read more]

I was deplatformed as a child… now everyone’s an expert. 

– Reg.

Can Millennials or Gen Z save the American Church? The data says No.

Yes, The Right Has an Omnicause.

Tucker Qatarson needs a vigorous spanking.

Huzzah for the Atheist Street Pirates!

The courts push religion into classrooms and FFRF pushes back.

World of Woo: Facilitated…[Read more]

1) Call me naive, I only learned about mogging today. Here’s a 1 minute intro:

2) Here it is in a Hegsethian context, within the Trumpian context. I like the whole episode but jump into it where it serves comedic effect wrt mogging, leaving 9 minutes to…[Read more]

A religion is by definition a faith based construct, for which belief  is required, not reason.

A Venn diagram of Religion and Rationality would barely touch at their potential meeting point.
I suppose Religion could be…[Read more]

For me the issue is never “belief vs belie…[Read more]

People tend to think in terms of community, family, and shared identity. There’s more value placed on cooperating and supporting each other. I would say that social norms often lean toward “we” over “me”.

But it is also a liberal society. We do have a small but vocal…[Read more]

Federal workers are having to endure Christian indoctrination in the workplace.

What happens to children who tear down or deface the Ten Commandments?

This argument is a hallmark of Christian nationalist practice.

J.D. Vance successfully…[Read more]

TheEncogitationer wrote:
And since no one knows where these dildos have been, protesters could be spreading a biohazard, and could be prosecuted for such.

Good point. But I’ll bet ICE dicks are worse.

TheEncogitationer wrote:
Trump may have accidentally done something right!

That would be nice. Hopefully he won’t set her up for fall when he needs another diversion.

“Oh no—you can’t know that at all!

No mortal mind can stand so tall.

You can’t just say ‘there are no gods,’

That’s arrogance in thinking clods.”

I sip my tea. “I never claimed

A truth so final, neatly framed.

I said I’m not convinced—so far—

No deity has raised the bar.”

“But wai…[Read more]

Reg the Fronkey Farmer wrote:
benefits of getting the Shingles vaccine

Ditto for higher dose flu vaccine.

A podcast about that from Microbe.TV, This Week In Virology (TWIV) Episode #1313: Audio; Video.

I’ve listened to most TWIV audio episodes since Covid hit in 2020. Most of it goes deep and is over my head, so I listen to help me fall asleep…[Read more]

I’ll take as a win, the fact that we agree about Musk.

AI says a setting for normally limits the list to 50 entries. Two of its suggested mods:

In Settings
Go…

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And here’s a realible source of data, recent research on human diseases and their prevention, which CDC was better known for relia…[Read more]

“Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly, as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom.”  Colossians 3:16

Yes, the MAGA magic cross is only a vein attempt to stop Trump bleeding them dry 🙂 Knowles can choke on his Cheerios too.

Of course for…[Read more]