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The Terrifying Christian Nationalist Crusade to Conquer America (www.thenation.com)

The worst part isn’t even that they’re trying to do this. Of course they’ve been wanting to do this ever since they started losing power during the Enlightenment. The worst part is that the average American either doesn’t know about this, or has somehow talked themselves into believing it’s not a real threat. We’re...

The New Atheism at 20: How an Intellectual Movement Exploited Rationalism to Promote War (www.counterpunch.org)

As Western bombs rain on Gaza’s starving civilians, the New Atheism turns 20. The philosophical genre, which argues for secularism over organized religion, was kick-started by Sam Harris. His 2004 book, The End of Faith, promoted neuroscience-based spirituality in place of irrational groupthink. The philosopher, Daniel...

The Gospel of Supply Side Jesus (www.beliefnet.com)

Reprinted from Lies: And the Lying Liars Who Tell Them-A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right by Al Franken by permission of Dutton, a member of Penguin Group (USA) Inc. Copyright c Al Franken, Inc., 2003. “Supply Side Jesus” illustrations c Don Simpson. All rights reserved. This excerpt, or any parts thereof, may not be...

Rediscovered book by Cardinal Fernández features graphic erotic passages on ‘spirituality and sensuality’ (www.catholicworldreport.com)

A 1998 book by Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernández featuring provocative, sexually-charged themes has resurfaced, likely adding further scrutiny to the already embattled prefect of the Vatican’s doctrine office....

Many prehistoric handprints show a finger missing. What if this was not accidental? (www.theguardian.com)

scientists led by archaeologist Prof Mark Collard of Simon Fraser University in Vancouver say the truth may be far more gruesome. “There is compelling evidence that these people may have had their fingers amputated deliberately in rituals intended to elicit help from supernatural entities,” said Collard.

Conservative Christian Affection for Fascists Predates Trump (nymag.com)

The agony of Wehner, Gerson, former Southern Baptist leader Russell Moore, and others over the intense loyalty most of their fellow conservative Evangelicals have displayed to Donald Trump, even as his record and rhetoric have grown more heathenish, is understandable. But they shouldn’t be all that surprised. In the mid-20th...

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