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]

”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]

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]

“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]

“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]

And thank you very much, Jake!!

Me: It’s to let people know they are Christians because if we judged them on their words and deeds we would never know they are. They simply ignore James 2:14-26.

Meet the Top 24 leaders of the New Apostolic Reformation in the U.S.

Why the Founding Fathers wanted to ensure the separation of church and state.

World of Woo: Netflix and The Plastic Detox.

Environment: The emotional contradictions of climate…[Read more]

We are referring to the site owner, @Rebel when we need to consult.  He doesn’t moderate.

so right now, we are all moderated purely by our own sense of decorum…

Jake, got a rap for that?

(it’s always good to be invited back, even if I need to grow up a bit more)