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Bob Johnson is a paralegal and a freelance writer in Florida. He was raised Roman Catholic, but after reading Thomas Paine's The Age of Reason, he became a Deist. In 1993 he founded the World Union of Deists and in 1996 he launched the first web site devoted to Deism, www.deism.com. He is listed in Who's Who in Hell and is the author of Deism: A Revolution in Religion, A Revolution in You and of An Answer to C.S. Lewis' Mere Christianity. He wrote the introduction to The Age of Reason, The Complete Edition and to Principles of Nature and also writes for Examiner.com and strike-the-root.com.

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Religious right leader and member of Congress Michele Bachmann., From ImagesAttr
(12 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Michele Bachmann Exposes the Deadly Superstitions of the Religious Right The religious right believes in Bible superstitions which are causing wars and killing children. It needs to end.
A US Marine carrying his dead buddy in a body bag in Iraq., From ImagesAttr
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, April 26, 2018
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.
Ronald Reagan: the father of the debtor nation assault on mental health, From ImagesAttr
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, February 4, 2011
Ronald Reagan: The Father of the Debtor Nation As we suffer from financial problems it's very important we remember the true legacy of Ronald Reagan: he's the Father of the Debtor Nation. Under Reagan the United States became a debtor nation for the first time in history!
Westboro Baptists, From ImagesAttr
(13 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, December 12, 2010
Religious Right Attacks Elizabeth Edwards' Deism Elizabeth Edwards was courageous and honest enough to be open about her religious beliefs. The religious right hated her for that honesty.
(13 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, February 9, 2011
Should Religions be Held Accountable for Their Promises? As religion flexes its political muscles it's time to hold religion accountable for all of its teachings and promises. This will help free society and individuals from its fear based superstitions and legislation.
(36 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, September 3, 2010
Was C.S. Lewis, Author of Mere Christianity, an Intellectual? One pillar of Christianity, and thus of the religious right, is C.S. Lewis and his book Mere Christianity. Thankfully, this classic of Christian apologetics is full of holes and an honest and objective examination of it will eventually help to short-circuit the power of the religious right.
Turkey's Directorate of Religious Affairs' (Diyanet) leader Ali ErbaÅŸ, From ImagesAttr
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, April 17, 2018
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.
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(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, February 24, 2023
Southern Baptist Convention Kicks-out Saddleback Megachurch for Having Women Pastors The Southern Baptist Convention took action based on the misogyny that is promoted in the Christian Bible. Removing Saddleback megachurch from the SBC was much more a religious act than a political act. The Bible is the root of the problem.
From flickr.com: President John F. Kennedy delivers his inaugural speech, From Images
(79 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, May 27, 2017
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.
Roseanne Barr interviewed at Jerusalem Post convention, From ImagesAttr
(10 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, May 8, 2018
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.
Holy Newt, From ImagesAttr
(13 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, June 24, 2011
Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann turn their backs on the Bible The holy trinity of the religious right, Newt Gingrich, Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann all claim to be staunch Bible believing Christians. However, all three are in direct violation of their "holy" book the Bible!
Glenn Beck can't handle reality, From ImagesAttr
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, March 17, 2011
Glenn Beck and the 10 Commandments Glenn Beck mixes government and religion. He's a danger to free thought and progress. His ignorance allows him to believe he has something in common with Thomas Paine. It also allows him to think the Bible god of the Torah is speaking to him. Both are false.
The Battle of Trenton, December 26, 1776, From Uploaded
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, December 25, 2019
Something Real to Celebrate December 25th Deists and all freethinkers often feel left out during the Christmas season. We don't buy the Jesus story. Thankfully we have something very real to celebrate that happened on December 25, 1776, the Battle of Trenton. This is the battle that saved the American Revolution from failing, and which allows us today to have, to a large degree, freedom of speech, etc.
Four horsemen of the Apocalypse, From Uploaded
(7 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, June 7, 2022
Russian Official Warns of 'Horsemen of the Apocalypse' - What Does That Demonstrate? The modern-day acceptance of ancient religious promotion of violence causes violence to be much more likely in our world today.
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(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, May 25, 2023
Reason and Deism Can Help Protect Children from Pedophile Clergy The Roman Catholic Church in Illinois got caught lying about the extent of their pedophile priests problem and the number of children the clergymen raped and sexually abused. Reason and Deism can be important tools to help children overcome the leverage of the pedophile clergy.
Christian clergyman/con-man Ken Copeland allegedly healing people of coronavirus., From InText
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, March 30, 2020
Coronavirus Exposes the False Advertising of Christianity Instead of being on the defense hoping Christian churches will refrain from holding large public church meetings, which causes the spread of the deadly coronavirus, we need to help the people currently under their influence to break free of the harmful false advertising of Christian faith healing. False advertising is not allowed in any venue with the exception of religion. This needs to end.
US Representative Betty McCollum, From Uploaded
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, February 14, 2020
US Congresswoman Betty McCollum Blasts the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, Calling AIPAC a Hate Group US Representative Betty McCollum was attacked by the most powerful part of the overly powerful Israel lobby, AIPAC. She is fighting back! She's a true inspiration and a true profile in courage!
Sarah Palin, a fan of C.S. Lewis, From ImagesAttr
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, December 24, 2010
Sarah Palin and C.S. Lewis Sarah Palin says she reads C.S. Lewis book for "divine inspiration." A close look at C.S. Lewis' Mere Christianity shows Palin and Lewis are very compatible. Neither one relies on reason and logic.
Ayn Rand promoter of selfishness, From ImagesAttr
(8 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, April 23, 2011
America's Revolution proves Ayn Rand wrong With the recent release of the movie Atlas Shrugged, the greedy are finding approval for their greed. In spite of Rand and her buddy Alan Greenspan, selfishness is bad and altruism is good and produces real progress and the American Revolution and those who fought it have already proven.
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(7 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, August 3, 2018
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.
Robert Aaron Long, From Uploaded
(68 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, March 18, 2021
Christian Terrorist Murders Eight People in Georgia Corporate media is virtually ignoring the religious, Christian, Bible-based motivation Long had for his deadly crusade against sites of temptation.
Israeli UN Ambassador Danny Danon holding Hebrew Bible/Old Testament at the UN., From InText
(14 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, July 16, 2020
Israel's Ambassador to the United Nations Uses Bible to Justify Land Theft The root cause of the Jewish state of Israel's illegal, cruel and expanding occupation of Palestinian land is the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. Israel's Ambassador to the UN, Danny Danon, recently made this very clear. The only way to combat this religious myth is through reason.
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(27 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, May 30, 2018
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.
The Hidden Faith of the Founding Fathers, From ImagesAttr
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, December 4, 2010
Review: Powerful new DVD to counter the religious right A new professionally produced documentary film, The Hidden Faith of the Founding Fathers, is a great tool for freethinkers to use to educate Christians to the fact that America was never intended to be a Christian nation. The film is produced by a Christian.
Donald Trump being taught about the Hebrew Bible in illegally occupied Jerusalem., From InText
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, September 18, 2020
Does the Abraham Accord Promote Peace or a Plan For War? Contrary to the mainstream media, the Abraham Accord is not as much a step towards peace as it is a step towards a religious war against Iran.
Pope Benedict the evil, From ImagesAttr
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, December 15, 2010
WikiLeaks upsets criminals at Vatican WikiLeaks has upset the Vatican due to making clear the Vatican cares more about its image than about innocent children. A revolution in religion is needed to make things right.
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(12 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, March 26, 2019
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.
Nancy Pelosi, From InText
(16 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, December 5, 2019
Nancy Pelosi Spews Catholic Propaganda Nancy Pelosi, perhaps in an effort to win over Christians who vote for Trump and Republicans, claimed she doesn't hate anyone because she is a Catholic. This is pure nonsense, as anyone familiar with Catholicism and the Bible would know. As the Deist Thomas Paine pointed out in The Age of Reason, The Complete Edition, nonsense needs to be treated as nonsense.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, September 2, 2010
Are Many Christian Teens "Fake" Christians? Christian clergywoman, author and professor Kenda Creasy Dean warns fellow Christians that teens are turning from Christianity to Deism.
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(9 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, May 21, 2023
Putting Religion Over Reason Demands a Very High Price Whenever we turn our backs on our reason, we are opening ourselves and our loved ones up to danger and harm. The "revealed" religions require people to turn their backs on their innate God-given reason. This too often results in irreversible harm, as in the case of Lori Vallow Daybell and her children.
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(10 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, April 8, 2023
What the Last Supper Teaches Us About Jesus It's important for people to know facts about the Bible so they can use their reason to evaluate the true content of the Bible. Why was Jesus celebrating the Passover, which depicts God as a butcher of the firstborn of Egypt?
Naasón Joaquín García, From Uploaded
(18 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, September 14, 2022
Belief in "Revealed" Religion Leads to Rape of Children Christian clergyman Naasón Joaquín García used the belief in divine revelation to not only financially profit from his faith-based Christian followers, but to rape little girls. Now his victims are suing him and his megachurch.
Does Rick Perry really believe in Christianity?, From ImagesAttr
(17 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, January 18, 2013
Texas Governor Rick Perry Says Demons Involved in Sandy Hook Massacre Rick Perry claims demons haunting the shooter at Sandy Hook is what caused the horrific massacre and the only solution is prayer to protect our children. This article shows how wrong Rick is and how we can use his blunder to weaken the religious right and strengthen progress!
Pete Buttigieg is gay and a Christian, in spite of the Bible claiming God commanded gay men be put to death., From InText
(12 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, September 17, 2019
The Jesus the Religious Left Will Not Discuss Imagine the profound progress the world can make if we finally let go of the man-made "revealed" religions and all of their fear-based hate and superstitions. It's definitely something to work towards! God Gave Us Reason, Not Religion! Bob Johnson www.deism.com
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(15 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, October 8, 2022
Jesus For the Left, Jesus For the Right The fact the religious left and the religious right can both use the Bible to back-up their opposing agendas shows us the Bible is meaningless. We need our innate God-given reason, not "revealed" religions in the 21st century.
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(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, February 12, 2023
An Israeli Government Rabbi Said the Earthquake in Turkey and Syria is "Divine Justice" An Israeli government rabbi claims the deadly earthquake in Turkey and Syria is "divine justice" due to the negative way Turkey and Syria interact with the Jewish state of Israel.
Jesus Christus, From FlickrPhotos
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, August 21, 2019
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.
Newt's headgear show where his loyalty lies., From ImagesAttr
(11 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, December 22, 2011
Newt Gingrich Calls For Moving U.S. Embasy in Israel to Jerusalem Newt wants to move the American embassy in Israel to Jerusalem. He says that would be done on his first day as President. This shows the lack of courage in Newt and the power of the Israel lobby over U.S. politicians. John F. Kennedy's plan to take the money out of politics will correct this deadly problem.
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(14 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, March 9, 2023
Hypocrisy of Religious People Regarding Women The misogyny of all of the Abrahamic man-made "revealed" religions needs to end. It won't end if people ignore it and pretend it doesn't exist. Our innate God-given reason is the best tool to use to end it.
Thomas Paine (January 29, 1737 - June 8, 1809), From Uploaded
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, January 28, 2020
The Power of Thomas Paine Thomas Paine is too often overlooked. Without Paine the American Revolution would not have happened. His Common Sense got people off the fence, and The Crisis kept them going when things went from bad to worse. His Deism caused many people to hate him. However, his Deism is the key to countering the theocrats in the religious right.
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(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, June 2, 2023
Piercing the Vail of Fear-based Religions The "revealed" religions all use fear to win and to keep converts. Belief in witches is a good example of this. The best way to counter the fear-based religions is with God-given innate reason.
Mormon Mitt Romney, From ImagesAttr
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, October 13, 2011
Is Mitt Romney's Mormonism a Cult? There is much talk in the news about Mormonism being a cult. An objective look will show that not only is Mormonism a cult, but all of the "revealed" religions are cults, too!
Israeli PM Netanyahu trying to convince the EU not to salvage the nuclear agreement with Iran., From Uploaded
(7 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, July 19, 2019
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.
Donald Trump praying at the Western Wall., From InText
(12 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, June 29, 2019
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.
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(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, November 27, 2019
Deism in the Struggle Between Humanity and Religion Humanity cannot be found in the "revealed" religions due to their portrayal of God as being cruel, jealous and genocidal, as well as because of their ambiguity. Reason-based Deism can correct this problem.
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(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, March 16, 2020
A Christian Church is Attacked for Following the Bible Regarding Coronavirus Why should anyone be surprised or angered by Christians taking action on their Bible-based beliefs and superstitions? That's what happened when a Christian church ignored calls for people not to gather in large groups due to the coronavirus.
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(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, November 22, 2019
Deism Can Put an End to Religious Misogyny Misogyny is morally wrong. It is also promoted by all of the man-made Abrahamic "revealed" religions. Recently a woman in Jordan, an Islamic nation, was beaten and had her eyes gouged out by her husband. The Quran claims God commanded Muslim men to beat/scourge women who they fear may become rebellious towards them. Deism can put an end to these harmful religious teachings, if given the chance.
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(22 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, June 13, 2021
Fear-based Religious Lies Promoted by Hollywood The "revealed" religions thrive on making people fearful. They have an ally in Hollywood, as is seen in the current movie The Conjuring, which is falsely advertised as being based on a true story. Marie Curie gave us great advice when she wrote, "Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less."
Mahsa Amini, victim of Islamic Misogyny, From Uploaded
(10 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, September 24, 2022
Iranian Woman's Death While in Custody of Islamic Morality Police Leads to Widespread Demonstrations Mahsa Amini is a victim of Islamic morality police. The Islamic morality police are motivated by the misogyny and religious violence promoted and commanded in the Quran and Islam. It's time to let go of the "revealed" religions!
Leviticus 20:13, From Uploaded
(7 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Religions Set Us Up For Failure The recent clergy created declaration calling for better treatment of LBGT people ignores the elephant in the room: hate-based homophobic religious scriptures that are claimed to be from God.
The wrath of god?, From FlickrPhotos
(4 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, December 27, 2019
Christians and Molotov Cocktails The Fascist organization Command of Popular National Insurgence claimed reponsibility for firebombing the production offices of the Brazillian comedy troupe Porta dos Fundos. The Fascists were angry about the troupes film "The First Temptation of Christ", and relied on old time religious violence to show their anger.
Thomas Paine, From ImagesAttr
(8 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, April 26, 2012
The World Needs Thomas Paine Now! We need a profound change in thinking and acting in order to improve life and society. The American Revolutionary Deist Thomas Paine has given us the direction to take to improve our lives and our society. It's up to us to take the required action!
Eight-year-old Elizabeth Rose Struhs is a victim of Christian Bible-based faith healing., From Uploaded
(10 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, July 12, 2022
This Little Girl Paid the Price For Religion/Superstition Eight-year-old Elizabeth Rose Struhs paid the price for the biblical superstition of faith healing. When will we stop the killing of innocent and helpless children to satisfy religious/superstitious delusions?
Faith healer Pat Robertson in the doctor's office, From ImagesAttr
(11 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, February 25, 2011
Pat Robertson's Legal Loss Pat Robertson's legal group fails to have a court rule Obamacare unconstitutional. This case brings out the hypocrisy of Christianity and the religious right.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Religious Right attempts to hide the Deism of America's Founders The religious right can be stopped by Deism!
Rick Santorum praying and being prayed over., From ImagesAttr
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, April 9, 2012
Can Rick Santorum's Daughter Help Save Lives? Christian right leader Rick Santorum's daughter is seriously ill. Her illness, however, has potential to help save the lives of many other innocent children.
Abraham about to murder his son on the Bible god's command., From ImagesAttr
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, January 6, 2011
Save the Children From Christianity Children are being killed every month due to the Bible based Christian superstitions of their parents and guardians. It needs to stop.
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(12 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Most Christians Do Not Believe What is in Their Bible A claim that prayer cause a woman's amputated toes to grow back is a lie and can only be believed if you've given up your innate God-given reason for what the clergy call faith. Most Christians don't believe in "miracles" like this due to their lack of knowledge of what is in their own Christian Bible.
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(13 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, January 18, 2019
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.
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(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, July 4, 2023
Deists' Special Connection to the Fourth of July The American Republic was not created by Christians as a Christian nation. The religious right does its best to avoid the Deists and Deism involved in the creation of the American Republic.
Parker Bond, a camper who was terrified by an exorcism at Bible camp., From Uploaded
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, September 4, 2022
A Recent Exorcism Case Reveals Important Information About Christians and Their Bible A recent case of an exorcism at a Bible camp sheds light on the fact that most people who consider themselves to be Christians are ignorant of the content of their Christian Bible. Deists and all freethinkers should help to educate them about the true contents and teachings in their Bible.
(6 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, September 22, 2010
Stopping the Christian right political machine The Christian politicians in the religious right can't defend key parts of their religious beliefs. Freethinkers need to ask them about these ludicrous claims so others can see how empty and unreasonable they are.
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(16 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, April 13, 2022
Most Americans Believe Moral Lessons of Passover and Easter Are Important A new survey by two Christian theocratic organizations shows the majority of Americans believe Passover and Easter have moral values that can help America. This article points out that Passover and Easter are void of moral values and that we need a new religious/spiritual alternative to the "revealed" religions.
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(9 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, April 8, 2020
Will the Coronavirus Start the Beginning of the End of the "Revealed" Religions? People looking at the response of the "revealed" religions to the coronavirus pandemic can't help but have strong doubts as to the claims made by the "revealed" religions regarding answered prayers, faith healing, etc. This is an opportunity for Deists, and for all freethinkers, to empower people to break free of the "revealed" religions by letting them know God gave them reason, not religion.
Israeli PM Netanyahu and his wife hosting Bible study., From Uploaded
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Saturday, November 21, 2020
Belief in the Bible Prevents Peace Between Israel and Palestine After decades of failed peace talks between Israeli Jews and Palestinian Gentiles, nothing has been achieved. In fact, while "peace talks" were going on, Israel continued stealing land from the Palestinians. The reason for this is belief in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament.
Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac - Genesis 22:1-12, From Uploaded
(16 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, October 5, 2021
Bible-believing Man "Sacrifices" Five People in Texas A Bible-believing man in Texas believed God wanted him to sacrifice five innocent people. He did what he felt God wanted him to do: he murdered five people. This is a sad and preventable example of what Thomas Paine wrote in The Age of Reason, The Complete Edition, "Belief in a cruel god makes a cruel man."
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(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, September 8, 2010
Is burning Korans a good idea? Burning Korans will not bring about anything positive. What needs to be done is to examine the contents of the Koran, Bible, Torah and all "holy" books to see if they can stand the test of God-given reason.
Israeli UN Ambassador Danny Danon holding Hebrew Bible/Old Testament at the UN. (Image by UN)   Details   DMCA, From Uploaded
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, March 7, 2023
Judaism: An Insurmountable Obstacle to Peace As Henry David Thoreau made clear, to solve a problem we must strike at its root. The root problem regarding peace between the Jewish state of Israel and Palestine is Judaism and its promotion of religious violence and Jewish superiority.
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(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, January 16, 2020
Attention Nones: You Have a Home in Deism The number of people in the US who are classified as religious "nones" is now at least equal to the number of Catholics and to the number of Christian evangelicals. Contrary to popular assumption, the vast majority of these people are not Atheists, as they are rejecting religion, not belief in God/The Supreme Intelligence. Belief in God plus rejection of religion equals Deism.
Child workers in a coal mine in Pennsylvania, From ImagesAttr
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, April 11, 2011
The religious right is wrong: the Bible god is a Communist! The religious right is currently trying to get their followers to believe God wants to smash unions and the working class. They are wrong. The Bible god is actually a Communist! Of course, history shows us that Communism is horrible for the working class, too.
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(7 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, September 28, 2023
Islamic Theocracy is Growing in Hamtramck, Michigan The "revealed" religions are slowly and gradually taking away our rights. In Michigan the city council and mayor of the town of Hamtramck are changing laws to put them more in line with Islam.
Catholic exorcist battling imaginary texting demons, From Uploaded
(59 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, July 8, 2021
Catholic Exorcist Inadvertently Helps Deists and All Freethinkers! Humor is an important tool in battling harmful religious superstitions. A Catholic exorcist who claims demons are sending text messages is providing Deists and all freethinkers with the tool of humor! .
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(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, June 25, 2023
Religious Violence is Intensifying in Palestinian West Bank "Revealed" religion, in this case Judaism, is the cause of religious violence in the Palestinian West Bank. Judaism, through its alleged Word of God the Hebrew Bible, teaches that all of that land was given to the Jews for a Jewish state.
Performing metzitzah b'peh, From InText
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Protect Children From Deadly Religious Superstitions With Reason and Deism In the last six months at least four eight-day old baby boys in New York City have been infected with herpes because the rabbis/mohels who circumcised them used their mouth to suck blood from the circumcision wound. This religious crime against children, and all harm caused by all the "revealed" religions, can be stopped with innate God-given reason and Deism.
Kosher grocery store attacked in Jersey City, NJ, From InText
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, December 12, 2019
Religious Violence Erupts in Jersey City, New Jersey Killing Six People The religious violence based attack by Black Hebrew Israelites against Jews in a kosher grocery store in New Jersey makes clear the destructive power of man-made "revealed" religions. As the Deist Thomas Paine wrote in The Age of Reason, The Complete Edition, "Belief in a cruel god makes a cruel man."
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(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, January 13, 2023
An Islamic Victory Against Free Speech and Education A college professor lost her job teaching art history because she showed the class an image of a painting of Mohammed. We need to break free of the stranglehold Islam and the other manmade "revealed" religions have on society.
Arely Hernandez - Three-year-old victim of religious/superstitious beliefs and actions., From Uploaded
(14 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, May 13, 2022
The Power of Beliefs For Good or For Evil Our beliefs determine what our actions are. If our beliefs are based on irrational nonsense, our resulting actions will be harmful to ourselves and to people around us. Now is the time to promote reason over "faith" and nonsense.
Israeli official and candidate Naftali Bennett said Israel should be
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, September 12, 2019
Israel Worried Chances of a US War Against Iran are Diminishing Donald Trump's recent actions that appear to show he is moving away from a path of war against Israel's enemy Iran has Israeli officials worried.
(7 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, June 5, 2020
Trump, Pelosi and Biden's Battle of the Bible! One thing Trump, Pelosi and Biden all have in common is the promotion of the religious violence promoting and ungodly Bible. This is something to be concerned about in a nuclear age.
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New UN Report Reveals Disgusting Amounts of Misogyny - Could Religion Be a Cause?? The United Nations report on misogyny fails to mention a primary cause of misogyny - man-made religions! Reason and Deism are a cure for the misogynistic "revealed" religions.
Seven-year-old Joshua
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A Seven-year-old and a Seventeen-year-old Teach Us Why Reason Must Prevail Over "Revelation" Seven-year-old Joshua "JJ" Vallow and 17-year-old Rylee Ryan were murdered based on the belief of the parents in Divine revelation. They would still be alive if their parents had realized that God gave the innate reason and not religion. Reason must prevail over "revelation" and religion/superstition.
A young Palestinian boy surveys the homes in Gaza destroyed by Israeli bombings., From Uploaded
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"Revealed" Religion is the Root Cause of the Ongoing Violence Between Israelis and Palestinians Our beliefs determine what our actions will be. Israel endorses belief in the cruel and ungodly Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. The Hebrew Bible/OT teaches that God gave the Jews all the land between the Euphrates River and the Nile for their Jewish state of Israel. Believing this ancient religious lie causes religious violence in the 21st century.
This person doesn't realize the Bible promotes bigotry, hate and violence., From Uploaded
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The Logical Conclusion of the Religious Right's Religious Freedom of Expression Argument The theocrats in the religious right are enjoying many victories in their work to subvert the US into a Bible-based Christian theocracy. The Bible can be used to stop them.
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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.
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The Religious Right Is Not Dead - But It Can Be Prior to Trump's victory, which was made possible by the religious right, many people believed the religious right was dead. We now know better. One weapon that has never been used on a large scale to defeat the religious right is Deism. It's now time for Deism.
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Israel's Cover-up of its Killing of Palestinian-American Reporter Shireen Abu Akleh is Reminiscent of the USS Liberty The Jewish state of Israel's brutal murder of Palestinian-American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh and its ensuing cover-up is similar to Israel's cover-up and excuses for its deadly sneak attack on the USS Liberty and its cover-up, lies and excuses. US politicians from both parties accept the deaths and the cover-ups.
Rick Santorum pontificating., From ImagesAttr
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Rick Santorum, Christianity and the Heart vs. Mind Question Rick Santorum, the religious right and all of the various "revealed" religions place more importance on what is in their hearts than what is true and real. This problem causes many more problems and desperately needs to be corrected.
Glenn Beck: Sycophant for Israel wearing his numbskull cap, From ImagesAttr
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Glenn Beck Will Hold a Rally In Jerusalem Glenn Beck is promoting a rally in Jerusalem which holds a lot of potential for violence. He's going to hold it near the Islamic Rock of the Dome. Beck, like the rest of the religious right, suffers from the delusion that the Bible is based on facts and not ignorance and superstition with the purpose of promoting the Jewish state of Israel over all.
A Palestinian baby killed by Israeli military forces in the 2008-2009 Israeli invasion of Gaza., From Uploaded
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Why Lasting Peace in the "Holy Land" is Not Religiously Possible The violence going on in the "Holy Land" makes it painfully clear peace cannot come from the "revealed" religions. We need a new way of thinking, as Albert Einstein said.
The Arab Spring reaches Israel's illegal borders, From ImagesAttr
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Sunday Bloody Sunday in Palestine The Arab Spring has reached Israel's illegal borders. The world needs to make Israel follow international law in order to stop and prevent yet more violence and suffering.
Obama embraces Israel and AIPAC, From ImagesAttr
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Obama to cut funding for American poor but increases funding for Israel and other foreign nations Obama wants to cut billions from programs that help needy Americans while increasing American tax dollars sent to Israel and other foreign nations.
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Kanye West, Kyrie Irving, From Hebrews to Negroes, Judaism and Chosenness Kanye West and Kyrie Irving, along with the Black Hebrew Israelite Movement and people in Christian Identity, need to honestly ask themselves why they would want to be considered the "true" ancient Jews/Israelites. Objectively looking at the ungodly and cruel actions the Hebrew Bible claims the ancient Jews committed, no one in their right mind would want that label.
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Iran Has a Special Fear of Women Nasrin Sotoudeh is a human-rights activist and lawyer in Iran. She has been imprisoned and whipped with 148 lashes because she refuses to submit to the Islamic theocracy of Iran. The Iranian government fears her so much, they refuse to temporarily release her from prison during the coronavirus pandemic. She is not alone, as other women who resist have made their way to North America.
Mary and James Mast, From Uploaded
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Another Child Killed by Religion/Superstition Christian parents who believe in the Bible's claim of Satan, devils and demons, allowed their four-year-old daughter to be killed in an exorcism. We need reason, not religion.
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Importance Of Deism Made Crystal Clear By Victim Of Religious Violence Linda is a victim of the Islamic terror attacks in London, England on July 7, 2005. She wrote a heartfelt and reason based email explaining how these acts of religious violence turned her into a Deist. Her important and thought provoking email is the basis of this article.
Rick Perry demonstrates the false biblical promises with his Prayer Proclamation, From ImagesAttr
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Rick Perry Gives Us an Opportunity to Make Christians Think Rick Perry has given Deists and freethinkers an opportunity to weaken the religious right by pointing out to sincere members the Bible's false promises of answered prayers.
Amir Reza Nasr Azadani, From Uploaded
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Iran Executes Demonstrators For "Waging War Against God" The Islamic Republic of Iran is killing people for "waging war against God." This should help people realize God and religion are two very different things, as well as the dangers of mixing religion and government.
Matthew Colemen and his family., From Uploaded
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Irrational QAnon Beliefs Lead to Father Murdering His Two Children Abandoning your reason in order to believe in Christianity or any other irrational "revealed" religion, sets a precedent to ignore your reason in order to believe in irrational and harmful conspiracy theories.
The bloody Knights Templar. This is what Breivik want to retur Europe to., From ImagesAttr
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Norway's Mass Killer is a Christian Conservative Norway's mass killer, Anders Behring Breivik, is a Christian conservative who wants to take Europe back to the Middle Ages. Violence, which is promoted by all three Abrahamic "revealed" religions, Judaism,Christianity and Islam, is Breivik's road to accomplishing this anti-progress goal.
Donald Trump puts Israel over all., From InText
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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.
The first nuclear explosion in recorded history, July 16, 1945., From Uploaded
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There IS Something New Under the Sun That Can Destroy Us Today, July 16, 2021, is the 76th anniversary of the first atomic-bomb detonation in recorded history. This event marked a change in our environment that we must all adapt to by changing our thinking if we want to survive in the nuclear age. .
Obama saved?, From ImagesAttr
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Barrack Obama and Christian Apologist C.S. Lewis Like politicians on the right, Obama attempts to win Christian votes. However, the threat of theocracy is a danger no matter who brings it. What C.S. Lewis envisioned as a Christian society, and what the Bible teaches us about Christian society are both things to be protected against!
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Ancient Torah in 21st Century Palestine The Torah is key to the Israeli expanding and brutal occupation of the Palestinian West Bank. We need to break free of the ancient "revealed" religions and their violence promoting teachings.
US ambassador and Jewish priest David Friedman giving Passover blessing., From InText
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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.
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Ben & Jerry's Principled Decision to Stop Doing Business in the Occupied Palestinian Territories An important fact is brought out by Ben & Jerry's idealistic decision to stop doing business in the illegally and cruelly occupied Palestinian West Bank and Palestinian East Jerusalem That fact is, as Albert Einstein has shown, you can be opposed to the Jewish state without being opposed to Jewish people.
The First Temptation of Christ, From Uploaded
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Netflix and Blasphemy Christians have pressured Netflix to end its streaming of the comedy The First Temptation of Christ. If they don't like it, no one should be able to watch it? .
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Hero of Free Speech, Salman Rushdie, Stabbed by Islamic Terrorist Salman Rushdie was attacked and stabbed by a young man who was under the influence of Islam. Islam, and all of the man-made "revealed" Abrahamic religions have blasphemy laws and rules which are intended to prevent people from applying their innate God-given reason to the nonsense being taught by the "revealed" religions.
Oliver Stone when he was an Army grunt in Viet Nam, From InText
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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.
5 EXPENSIVE THINGS OWNED BY JOEL OSTEEN, From YouTubeVideos
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Tax-exempt Religions Raked in BILLIONS of US Tax Dollars Even though the tax-exempt religions do not pay taxes, they received BILLIONS of US tax-dollars through the Paycheck Protection Program. This needs to stop, and the Deist Thomas Paine told us how to stop it!
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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.
Trump's impeachment lawyer David Schoen performing a Jewish ritual in the US Senate., From Uploaded
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Trump's Lawyer and The Nonsense and Danger of Religious Rituals Trump's lawyer, David Schoen, has brought us the opportunity to investigate religious rituals and the very real danger they are.
Obama winning favor with the powerful Israel lobby., From ImagesAttr
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Democrats Pander to Israel Lobby The Democratic Party is kowtowing to the Israel lobby by calling for Jerusalem to be Israel's capital in violation of international law. America's blind support for Israel leads to much religious violence and war.
Israel-first Donald Trump with Sheldon and Miriam Adelson, From ImagesAttr
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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.
Fearful sheriff Jody Greene on left., From Uploaded
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County Sheriff Mixes Religion With Government Due to Fear The Sheriff of Columbus County, North Carolina refuses to take down a quote from the Christian Bible that is on the wall of the sheriff's office because he is afraid he will burn in Hell.
Rick Santorum pontificating., From ImagesAttr
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Would Rick Santorum Bring About More Abortions? Rick Santorum and the religious right are opposed to birth control and to abortion. However, their unthinking stand against contraception will lead to many more abortions.
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Alex Trebek and Hell The recent death of Alex Trebek, the host of Jeopardy, has inspired a Christian author to write an article using fear tied to Trebek's afterlife, to win new converts to Christianity. It's time to replace fear with unconditional love.
Joshua DuBois, Pentecostal minister and Obama's director of faith-based program, From ImagesAttr
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Obama mixes religion and government Obama makes the religious right happy with a new executive order promoting the unconstitutional mixing of religion and government via the White House Office of Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships.
Cayetano Ripoll, the last victim of the Spanish Inquisition, killed for promoting Deism., From ImagesAttr
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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.
Cayetano Ripoll - Martyr for Deism and reason, From Uploaded
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Deism/Freethinker Remembrance Day - July 26th Freedom of and from religion came at a very high cost. The Deist Cayetano Ripoll, the last person murdered by the Spanish Inquisition, paid for it with his life. .
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Why "Revealed" Religions Are Hypocritical When They Oppose Hate and Fear It's amazing to see the hypocrisy of religions that have hate, fear and violence as the bedrock of the "holy" books oppose hate, fear and violence. It's time for truth in advertising for the "revealed" religions!
Obama and menorah on Hanukkah at White House, From ImagesAttr
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Hanukkah: A triumph of ignorance over reason The celebration of Hanukkah is actually the celebration of ignorance and fear over reason and progress. This practice is key to the success of the neoconservatives and their war machine. However, we can reverse this negative predicament with action through reason and Deism.
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Women and the "Holy" Books For too long the misogynistic teachings in all of the "holy" books of the "revealed" religions have gone unchallenged. It's time for a change!
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Is blind support of Israel worth the cost in blood and money? Osama bin Laden's message states the blind support the U.S. politicians give to Israel which enables Israel to slaughter Palestinians is a key reason for attacks on the U.S. U.S. media virtually ignores this important information!
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The Futility of the Religious Left This article makes the point that there is no reason to cling on to the ancient "revealed" religions. It's time to evolve away from them.
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Denial is a Dangerous Attack on Truth No one ever solved a problem by denying its source and cause. Today politicians attempt to stop religious violence by denying that the "revealed" religions promote religious violence. Deism is the solution to this deadly and real problem.
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Christian Couple Uses 'Religious Freedom Restoration Act' as Defense in Beating Their Children The belief that the Bible is the word of God causes much pain, harm and even death to innocent and helpless children. This needs to be addressed and corrected.
Faith-Healing Laws, From FlickrPhotos
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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.
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Are the Taliban Really Islamic Extremists? The Taliban Islamic terrorists are not Islamic extremists relative to the teachings of Islam found in the Quran.
Plaque of religious and historic lies., From Uploaded
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US Government Gives Plaque of Lies to City of David Foundation in Palestine Trump's bankruptcy lawyer and Ambassador to Israel, David Friedman, dedicated a plaque full of lies about America's Founders and the US being founded on Judeo-Christian values to the City of David Foundation in the Israeli occupied Palestinian West Bank and Palestinian East Jerusalem.
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Honest Questions For People of Faith It's time for an objective look at what it really means to be a person of faith. This article includes 21 thought provoking questions that need to be asked and answered.
The Deist George Washington, From ImagesAttr
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Happy Battle of Trenton Victory Day! It's refreshing to know of the example given to us by America's revolutionaries at the Battle of Trenton. They taught us that no matter how dark things appear, never give up fighting and working for what is right!
Four-year-old Jessica Mast, a victim of biblical superstitions., From Uploaded
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Saving the Lives of Children Through Reason The mistaken belief that the Bible, or any man-made book, is the Word of God causes very real problems. This article is about how the mistaken belief that the Bible is the Word of God causes innocent and helpless children to suffer and die. It also offers a solution to this horrific problem.
Relying on Bible based faith-healing kills children., From ImagesAttr
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Prayer Killed the Baby A Christian couple were found guilty of second degree manslaughter for letting their newborn premature son to die. He died because his Christian parents believed the false Bible promise of healing through prayer and anointing with oil. We all need to do what we can to bring unnecessary and unreasonable religious crimes against children to an end.
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Deism Can Unite People, But Can't Unite Religions Most people are aware that the vast majority of violence harming the world today is religious violence. This article explains how Deism can stop religious violence. .
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Stopping the Christian right political machine - Part II The Christian politicians in the religious right can't defend key parts of their religious beliefs. Freethinkers need to ask them about these ludicrous claims, such as blind support of Israel, so others can see how empty and unreasonable they are.
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European Court of Human Rights Shows Religion Not Required for Morality The European Court of Human Rights last week ruled that the religious practice of slaughtering animals while they're fully conscious, as is required by Islam and Judaism, is a violation of morality. This helps to make the important point that religion is not necessary for people to be moral.
Five-year-old victim of superstition-based exorcism, Cairo Jordan., From Uploaded
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Another Child Killed Due to Religious/Superstitious Belief in Demons Our beliefs are important because they determine what our actions are. Five-year-old Cairo Jordan had a religious/superstitious mother who believed Cairo was possessed by a demon. Her action based on this irrational belief was to perform an exorcism on him, which killed him.
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What the Bible Donald Trump is Selling Can Teach Us The Bible Donald Trump is promoting, the God Bless the USA Bible, can teach people the fact that contrary to Trump and the theocrats of the religious right, America's Founders did not create America as a Christian nation.
Israeli government Chief Rabbi David Lau, From Uploaded
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Israeli Government Chief Rabbi Exposes Religious Divisiveness Extends to the Hereafter Israel's chief government rabbi David Lau wants the body of a gentile woman exhumed from a cemetery in Jerusalem because she was not Jewish; she only pretended to be a Jew before dying of cancer. Lau is showing that the divisiveness of religion extends to the grave. .
The real death star, From ImagesAttr
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Is Peace Possible When Dealing With Israel? Before you can reach an agreement with someone you need to know that they are reasonable and that they base their decisions on reason. Israel, as a religious/Jewish state, is based on superstition and not reason. They value the ancient and bloody Hebrew/Jewish Bible more than God-given reason. If they don't evolve, reaching a lasting peace with them is impossible.
Obama embraces Israel and AIPAC, From ImagesAttr
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Obama to reward Israel for its bad behavior By rewarding Israel for its bad behavior Obama is only encouraging Israel to commit more bad behavior. The true solution for the problem will not be found in politicians who owe their careers to the Israel lobby. It will only be found in reason and action through Deism.
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Satan Occupies the Vatican! Catholic exorcist says Satan is in the Vatican. He also reveals the dangers of the religious right.
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Israel's 2022 Wish List to the US Congress The powerful and wealthy Israel lobby has a 2022 wish list for the US Congress and White House. Its contents can mean another Iraq-type of war, only this time against Israel's enemy Iran.
Israeli PM Netanyahu and wife hosting a Bible study., From Uploaded
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Israeli PM Netanyahu Uses the Bible to Threaten Iran On Tuesday Israeli PM Netanyahu threatened Iran by using the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament story of Esther, who, as the story goes, was responsible for the deaths of over 75,000 Persians. This is what Purim celebrates. This antiquated mindset is very dangerous in the nuclear age we are now in.
Alabama's Christian Governor Dr. Bentley, From ImagesAttr
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Alabama's Governor Bentley: Does he really BELIEVE? Alabama Governor Bentley says that people who are not Christians are not his brothers and sisters. However, he says he wants them to be his brothers and sisters and made it clear they can do that by becoming Christians. To have an elected public official say such a thing violates the First Amendment. We can make take the wind out of his sails and the sales of religious right by making them prove their Bible promises are true.
Samuel Paty, victim of Islamic terrorism., From Uploaded
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"Radical Islam" Is Islam The heartless and ungodly murder by beheading teacher Samuel Paty in France by a Muslim terrorist did not have to happen. The best way to stop religious violence is through honesty and reason.
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Pat Robertson's Governor McDonnell, Ralph Reed and Jack Abramoff Pat Robertson enjoys political influence through the likes of Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell, former Jack Abramoff associate Ralph Reed and others. The march towards turning America into a theocracy must be stopped.
25/365: A post-truth world, full of alternative facts?, From FlickrPhotos
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Truth is Priceless, So We Should Act Accordingly As the John Lennon song says, "Gimme some truth". The first step in discovering what is true is to detect what is false, so you can eliminate the falsehoods. Reason is the tool we use to do this. Deism sees innate reason as God-given. Yet, the religions, which claim to represent God, reject God-given reason. This causes very real suffering in the world.
Eight-year-old Hindu boy slapped with blasphemy law in Pakistan, From YouTubeVideos
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What Blasphemy Laws Say About Religions A 26-year-old woman in Pakistan was recently sentenced to death by hanging for committing blasphemy against Islam. This article points out the reasons for blasphemy laws and how we can end them.
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Aurora Massacre: Helping the Victims Cope It's important for the victims of the Aurora shootings to be aware of a profound, but too often overlooked, way to heal which is through reason. This article draws from the writings of a survivor of the al-Qaeda 7/7 bombings in London who was crippled and whose husband was killed. She explains how she used reason and Deism to help her heal. There is no need for "revealed" religious nonsense which only complicates things.
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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.
Ronald Reagan: the father of the debtor nation assault on mental health, From ImagesAttr
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Ronald Reagan and the Arizona shootings The deadly tragedy in Tucson, AZ could have been avoided if Ronald Reagan did not cut funding for mental health programs.
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The Root Cause of Israel's Slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza Henry David Thoreau wrote, "There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root." Striking the root cause of the evil of the Jewish state of Israel's ongoing slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza is the only way to stop it and to prevent future inflictions of it.
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Cruel and Deadly Religious Violence Unleashed at Kabul Airport In the religious war going on in Afghanistan, the suicide bombing at Kabul airport took the lives of over 70 people. It's all based on religion. .
Religious right leader and member of Congress Michele Bachmann., From ImagesAttr
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Michele Bachmann Needs to Put Up or Shut Up The religious right and its "revealed" religion political zealots like Michele Bachmann need to be stopped. Thankfully, the Deist and American revolutionary has taught us just how to stop them!
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Religious Right Con-man Ralph Reed is Resurrected! Christian con-man and former associate of convicted felon Jack Abramoff, Ralph Reed is back organizing Christians to subvert America into a Judeo-Christian theocracy. Thankfully, they can be stopped!
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The Catholic Church will "learn lessons" from sexual abuse of children and infants The Catholic Church is trying to "learn" that sexually molesting children and infants is wrong. Doesn't this make it very clear they are in no position to teach others how to live or to give any moral guidance whatsoever to anyone?
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Christian clergy hypocritically oppose the IRS Christian clergy attempt to resist the IRS rule which prohibits them from promoting politicians from the pulpit. If they were sincere, they would give up their tax exempt status in order to say what they want. However, by resisting the government they are in violation of their own Bible.
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Australia v. Israel Australia has taken a move that can help to promote peace between Israel and the Palestinians when it reversed its decision to recognize Israeli-occupied Jerusalem as the capital of the Jewish state.
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Slaughter in Gaza Shows Modern Israel is Grounded in Ancient Religious Cruelty The root cause of the October 7th attack on Israel and the ongoing slaughter of Palestinians in Gaza is "revealed" religion. We can eliminate "revealed" religion through reason-based Deism.
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Two American Dreams: Which One Is Your Priority? The current understanding of the American dream needs to be replaced by the original understanding of the American dream.
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Is it Bigotry to Tell the Truth? Free speech needs to take precedence over emotions. Without free speech progress is impossible and freedom is destroyed.
Loujain al-Hathloul, From Uploaded
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Saudi Women's Rights Activist Persecuted by Misogynistic Sunni Muslim Government Loujain al-Hathloul is a women's rights activist in Saudi Arabia. She was arrested in 2018 for using her human rights of free speech. She went through a two-week hunger strike to protest Saudi officials torturing her and not allowing her to see her parents. Her case was transferred to a new and more brutal court. A change of thinking is required for an end to religious misogyny and brutality.
AIPAC thugs attack anti-violence activist Rachel Abileah., From ImagesAttr
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Jewish Woman Sues American Israel Public Affairs Committee Supporters For Assault A Jewish American woman who was assaulted by four American Israel Public Affairs Committee supporters is suing them.
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Israel: "on high above all nations of the earth" The probable new House majority leader and neoconservative warmonger, Eric Cantor, wants to remove Israel's source of American tax dollars from the foreign aid coffers and place Israel's handouts directly in the defense budget.
Osama bin Laden, From ImagesAttr
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Osama bin Laden and C.S. Lewis Muslims and Christians who want to have society and government based on "the word of God" all make the mistake of not admitting there are many different books which many people irrationally claim are "the word of God." Hence the violence and attacks on true progress.
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, October 29, 2010
Is Jon Stewart missing the point? Jon Stewart says his rally to restore sanity is for people who're not involved in politics because they "have things to do." Progress is brought about by people who put their personal "things to do" behind their desire to make a better world.
Ted Cruz praying in front of the White House., From ImagesAttr
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Friday, October 4, 2013
How Male Christians Can End the Goverment Shutdown With Republicans and Democrats blaming each other for the current government shutdown it's interesting to know Christians from both parties, and in particular male Christians, have the power to end the shutdown immediately.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, October 21, 2010
Yanking the teeth from the religious right The most powerful teeth of the religious right is the Bible. By objectively showing the ungodly origins and teachings of the Bible we are yanking the teeth from the religious right. Deism is a great way to accomplish this vital goal.
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, August 15, 2010
"Religious Moderate": is it even possible? "Revealed" religions have cause violence and division among humanity for thousands of years. Now it's time for a natural and reasonable religious philosophy to replace the "revealed" religions: Deism.
Hillary Clinton, From ImagesAttr
(3 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, July 8, 2015
Hillary Clinton Opposes Israel BDS Movement Hillary Clinton wants the White House and knows this means she must please the powerful Israel lobby. One of the ways she is doing this is to attack the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions Movement which is attempting to bring pressure on Israel in order to end its illegal occupation of Palestinian lands and for more democracy for Palestinian within the Jewish state.
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(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, July 12, 2011
Religious Right's Marriage Vow Nullifies Itself The religious right's Marriage Vow, which Michele Bachmann and Rick Santorum both signed, contains self-destructive and self-canceling language. If they weren't so used to accepting without reason the contradictions in the Bible they may have known better than to sign the Marriage Vow.
Are Israeli citizens allowing Jewish clergy to burn the freedoms of the people?, From ImagesAttr
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Will people's revolution spread to Israel? Will the spirit of the people's revolution which was victorious in Egypt extend to Israel? Will it push Israel to adopt a constitution which puts democratic rights above religious dogma?
(2 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, November 11, 2010
Israel spits in the face of America Obama says no more Israeli homes should be built on Palestinian lands. Israel announces the building of over 1,800 new homes for Jews on Palestinian lands. Obama and the U.S. do nothing meaningful to stop the Israeli aggression. Here are some things the U.S. needs to do to correct the problem in the Middle East.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, July 22, 2010
Faith-healers should be held to a standard Christian faith-healing kills children every months in the U.S. alone. In South Africa some action is being taken against faith-healers to protect the innocent.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, April 18, 2010
Deist Antony Flew died at age 87 Antony Flew has died at age 87. He was a man of charcter and courage which made it possible for him to admit he was incorrect in believing in Atheism and allowed him to evolve into a Deist.
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Pat Robertson receives award for promoting Israel Religious leader Pat Robertson receives an award for promoting the Jewish state of Israel. This superstition based status quo of Israel over all can only bring more war and misery.
Women suffer from the Abrahamic
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, March 9, 2011
International Women's Day and the "Holy" Books International Women's Day is to celebrate and assist women. One obstacle holding women back are the Big Three Abrahamic "Revealed" Religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam. All three must be overcome if women are to be truly liberated and freed.
House speaker Mike Johnson as Moses, From Uploaded
(1 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Monday, December 11, 2023
House Speaker Mike Johnson's Moses Delusion a Problem on Two Levels Mike Johnson's delusion that God has chosen him to be the modern-day Moses is concerning due to the second-in-line for US presidential succession holds such irrational beliefs as well as how society in general sees the genocidal maniac Moses in a positive light.
(5 comments) SHARE More Sharing        Wednesday, June 16, 2010
What Israel and al Qaeda have in common Israel and al Qaeda have much in common. Thankfully, America's Founders rejected "revealed" religion!
SHARE More Sharing        Monday, January 18, 2010
Appeals Court allows 10 Commandments in Courthouse Appeals court allows 10 Commandments to be posted in a county courthouse in Kentucky. This is mixing religion with government.
SHARE More Sharing        Thursday, October 21, 2010
Yanking the teeth from the religious right The most powerful teeth of the religious right is the Bible. By objectively showing the ungodly origins and teachings of the Bible we are yanking the teeth from the religious right. Deism is a great way to accomplish this vital goal.
SHARE More Sharing        Sunday, March 28, 2010
Religious Right: Why Don't They Heal? The religious right promotes mixing government and religion. They claim the Bible as God's word. Therefore, they should use their Bible promised healing powers to heal the sick so we don't need government or private health care.

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