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Some more ‘thinkers’ on religion
Posted by Michael Hamilton, Wednesday, April 4, 201210 Reasons You Should Never Have a Religion
Posted by Michael Hamilton, Wednesday, April 4, 2012We Are All A Part Of It – Responding To Hate
Posted by Michael Hamilton, Wednesday, April 4, 2012Religion; a lethal weapon
Posted by Michael Hamilton, Wednesday, April 4, 2012What Does The Bible Actually Say About Gay Marriage?
Posted by Michael Hamilton, Wednesday, April 4, 2012Easter Before the Bunny
Posted by Michael Hamilton, Wednesday, April 4, 2012Elaine Pagels’ New Book Offers ‘Revelations’ On The Book Of Revelation
Posted by Michael Hamilton, Wednesday, April 4, 2012And Now for something COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!
Posted by Michael Hamilton, Wednesday, April 4, 2012Andrew Sullivan: Christianity in Crisis – Print View – The Daily Beast
Posted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, April 3, 2012Annie Murphy Paul: What we learn before we’re born | Video on TED.com
Who knew? This has major implications for a society. ie if mother watches a soap opera, after birth, the infant recognizes the theme song, or if mom eats licorice in pregnancy, after birth the infant does not find if offensive, or if mom is starving the infant grows up predisposed to adult issues with heart disease and obesity, and finally, if mom has too much stress ie pstd the child manifests this as an adult as well in the form of hyper-awareness and fast emotional responses! Everything from mom's heart beat to what sounds, emotions, and foods, etc she is exposed to, the child will learn and integrate into what it expects to find in the world it is being born into. This makes me wonder many things, ie if mom eats junk/fast food in pregnancy it that what the child learns is safest to eat after birth? It seems whatever mom does to adapt during pregnancy, to anything, the child is going to emulate one way or another. Then what about one generation to another? WOW, the implications go on and on...... As a society we should place a great deal more focus on how we care for all our mothers to assure strong children in the mind & body health growing into disease free, emotionally healthy adults. Unfortunately, this does not appear to be in the immediate future of our world. Still we must do what we can in our own circles, hopefully, growing ever larger over time....bill altmillerPosted by Michael Butler, Tuesday, April 3, 2012
One Nation, Not Under God
Posted by Michael Butler, Saturday, March 31, 2012FOCUS: Right-Wing Hate Groups Exploding in Size and Reach
Frightening, the implications of this growth of hate groups. They are both the under-belly and the obvious side to a most dangerous trend. Politically they are the beginning of the end of democratic society. No one Democrat, Republican or Blue, Red can ignore the peril of these movements. They will either end in Civil War or another type of Slavery. "You have a Republic, if you can keep It". mbPosted by Michael Butler, Sunday, March 25, 2012
NPR – ‘Woodstock For Atheists’: A Moment For Nonbelievers
Posted by Bill Swiggard, Friday, March 23, 2012JPMorgan Chase Closes Vatican Bank Account – Print View – The Daily Beast
Posted by Michael Butler, Thursday, March 22, 2012NYT (5): Foreign Affairs
Muslim Brotherhood debating whether to run presidential candidate; As fighting returns to "secure" areas in Syria, even Russia and China agree to U.N. ceasefire, aid and transition plan; Libya defies ICC re Qaddafi trials; In Zimbabwe, light sentences (but sentences nonetheless) just for watching Arab Spring protest on TV.Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, March 22, 2012
CNN.com (3)
How the situation in Sudan affects your wallet; Egypt's Coptic Pope dies; Nixon continues to surprise.Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, March 20, 2012
NYT Editorial, Op-Eds, Letters (7)
"The anti-incumbent goals of a new super PAC are undermined by its methods and cannot produce a better government" (Editorial); "Despite some imperfections, the Affordable Care Act would do a lot of good and must be defended" (Krugman); "Here are five questions a president should ask before sending in the bombers" (Keller); "Neither Rick Santorum nor the Vatican speaks for most American Catholics" (Bruni); "It’s time for Zionists to boycott nondemocratic Israel — and support the democratic one" (Guest Op-Ed); "Civil rights statutes are being stretched to go after teenagers who acted meanly, but not violently" (Guest Op-Ed); "New Challenges Facing the Constitution" (Letters)Posted by Ian Alterman, Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Rick Santorum has come to take away your freedom
from Reute and BrigitPosted by Michael Butler, Monday, March 19, 2012
How the Fundamentalist Mind Compels Conservative Christians to Force Their Beliefs on You
Posted by Michael Butler, Monday, March 19, 2012KONY 2012: Merchandising and Branding Support for US Military Intervention in Central Africa
Posted by Michael Butler, Sunday, March 18, 2012NYT Editorial & Op-Eds (7)
"The N.Y.P.D. should not interpret its post-9/11 mandate as a license to run roughshod over the Constitution" (Editorial); "A rampage in Afghanistan calls attention to a potentially lethal combination of post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury" (Guest Op-Ed); "Critics and defenders argue about how much of what Anonymous does should be treated as political protest — or strictly as crime" (Guest Op-Ed); "On Act Up’s 25th anniversary, its band of early AIDS warriors deserves thanks" (Bruni); "Mixed-race African-Americans have an ethical obligation to identify as black" (Guest Op-Ed); "We evolved to be tribal, and politics is a competition among coalitions of tribes" (Guest Op-Ed); "Are Elvis, Marilyn, Hitler, Anne Frank and 600,000 Holocaust victims trapped in a 'Spooky Mormon Heaven Dream?'" (Dowd)Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, March 18, 2012
NYT (5): National News
GOP expects convention contention; Cataloguing nature's natural noise before it all disappears; A book on "why American's are losing their inalienable right to self-governance"; A book on "America's pursuit of absolute security at all costs"; Philosopher Alain de Botton's new book, "Religion for Atheists."Posted by Ian Alterman, Sunday, March 18, 2012
NYT (3): Foreign Affairs
Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, UAR join Saudi Arabia and Bahrain in closing embassies in Syria, as Turkey advises its citizens to evacuate; A look at the new, young leader of 200 million Indians; Archibishop of Canterbury to step down.Posted by Ian Alterman, Saturday, March 17, 2012
NYT (11): National News
Dem Senators warn of Patriot Act interpretation; House GOP "hesitates" re birth control fight; Jobless claims down, manufacturing up; New law allows replacement of TSA with private contractors; Rutgers student guilty of hate crimes; George Clooney among those arrested at Sudanese embassy; Ohio man admits $17 million fraud of fellow Amish; In "furious" overnight session, Cuomo "asks for moon," gets mixed bag; NYC Council members grill defiant Kelly; No surprise as NYPD whistleblower sues over outrageous treatment; In rarity, NYPD officer accused of rape admits to most facts.Posted by Ian Alterman, Friday, March 16, 2012
NYT (5): Foreign Affairs
Moderate Islamist is top challenger in Egypt; We support Yemeni opposition (quietly), Iran also supports them (with arms) - is this a good thing?; When Koran-burning is worse than mass killing; Ahmadinejad unfazed by rare, broadcast parliamentary grilling; ICC convicts Congolese warlord of using children in war.Posted by Ian Alterman, Thursday, March 15, 2012
