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Ed Smart, Father of Elizabeth Smart, Announces He Is Gay and Reveals Truths About Religion and Gay People When Ed Smart, the father of Elizabeth Smart, recently came out and announced he is gay, he also revealed some important information about religion and its impact on gay people.
Clear Examples of Religion Pushing Religious War in the 21st Century The ancient superstitions Judaism, Christianity and Islam are all based on are driving nations in the 21st century to go to religious wars. If we want to survive in a nuclear age, this must stop.
Zionist Billionaire Wants the Bible to Have a Book of Trump Zionist billionaire Miriam Adelson, wrote a glowing article about Donald Trump. In it she said she prays that the Bible will have a "Book of Trump" in its contents.
Violence Is Not The Answer - Reason and Deism Are! We need to realize that violence is not the answer, reason is. This will take a lot of work, but it must be done. We can win over people currently under the influence of the "revealed" religions by letting them know that God gave us reason, not religion. Deism is the best way to accomplish this.
Michigan Supreme Court Rules In Favor of Religion and Against Children The Michigan Supreme Court ruled that religion is more important than the lives of children.
US Ambassador to Israel States that "God's Is On Israel's Side" US ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, believes Israel is on God's side and God is on Israel's side. As an Orthodox Jew and member of the Jewish priestly caste, the Kohanim, it's not surprising that Friedman suffers from these delusions. However, for a US ambassador, these religious delusions are harmful and dangerous.
Oliver Stone's Apparent Fear of Israel Israel, the Israel lobby, the neocons and the Trump administration are busy working to get Americans into a war against Iran for the benefit of Israel. We need people with the ability and means to warn American about this rapidly approaching danger. Oliver Stone neglected to mention the Israel connection to the Iraq War in his film W. He, and others like him, should take a stand and try to avert the coming war.
Why Religious Coexistence is Impossible We often hear that the "revealed" religions and those people in them need to coexist. If we become objectively familiar with the teachings of those man-made "revealed" religions, we quickly see coexistence is impossible. Instead, we need to do away with them through peaceful means based on our innate God-given reason.
Bible Study in Public Schools Should Include All of the Bible There is an increased push by theocrats in the religious right to bring the Bible into public schools. Freethinkers need to make themselves familiar with the evil Bible verses and teachings that are too often overlooked and ignored. This knowledge can be used to help reach sincere people currently under the influence of the Bible.
Trump: "We Have To Protect Israel" As he maneuvers the US into a war against Iran, Donald Trump openly states that the US must protect the Jewish state of Israel.
Why a Deistic Revolution in Religion is Important A key tool the theocrats in the religious right use to win support from millions of people is the lie that America was founded as a Christian nation. American founder and Deist Thomas Paine called for a revolution in religion based on our innate God-given reason and Deism. Mass knowledge of this can help people free themselves from religious influence and stop the US from becoming a theocracy.
Donald Trump's United Nations Speech and Hypocrisy Donald Trump's wins much of his support by convincing people he believes in putting America first. However, his actions put Israel first. His fake promotion of American sovereignty in his recent UN speech is made evident by Trump not taking a public stand against Israel recent statement that it can violate any nation's sovereignty.
The Biblical Basis For Israel's Jewish Nation-State Law Israel's recently passed Jewish Nation-State Law surprised many people who were under the delusion that Israel is a democracy. This new law helps us to see that it is completely impossible to have a religion-based democracy.
The Anniversary of the Last Killing by the Spanish Inquisition When religion and government are mixed together, we get dangerous and ungodly monstrosities like the Spanish Inquisition. The last person murdered by the Spanish Inquisition was the Deist Cayetano Ripoll. Too few people are aware of Cayetano Ripoll, Deism and the fact that the Spanish Inquisition was still killing "heretics" into the 19th century.
Does Loving Truth Make You Hostile to Religion? US Supreme Court Justice Kennedy is opposed to "religious hostility". He doesn't realize that you cannot love and value truth while pandering to religions that attack the truth.
Is It Possible to be Progressive and Christian? The religious left "Reclaiming Jesus" movement is missing the point that we need reason and not religion. Especially in a nuclear age, if we want to survive, we need to change our thinking, as Albert Einstein pointed out.
Roseanne Barr's Hatred of People in the BDS Movement Roseanne Barr's interview at the Jerusalem Post conference showed how her religious hatred of people in the BDS movement is based on ancient man-made "holy" books. It's great to know that young people are turning away from the man-made "revealed" religions.
Join the US Military and Die For Israel US Air Force General Richard Clark said US troops are prepared to die for the Jewish state of Israel. Americans in the military need to know who they are really fighting for, while young Americans need to know prior to joining the US military.
Young Turks Are Leaving Islam For Deism Turkish students in state-sponsored Islamic schools are leaving Islam for Deism. This has Turkish government and religious officials upset. It would be wonderful to see the same thing happen in the US as it would greatly weaken the religious right.
President John Kennedy's Idea to Protect Elections From the 1% Can Work President John F. Kennedy is famous for a lot of things. However, one idea of his that most people are not aware of, if implemented, would make voting meaningful again.