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How corporations used conservative religion to gain wealth and power and undo the New Deal

Posted on January 9, 2017 by

Source: Republican Jesus [ This is a book review of One Nation Under God: How Corporate America Invented Christian America by Kevin Kruse (2016), followed by excerpts from the book.  Much of this introduction is my take on what this … Continue reading →

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The phony in American politics: how voters turn into suckers

Posted on October 18, 2016 by

[ This article skewers many politicians, but my favorite part is what I’ve excerpted below, about one of the first political candidates in the 1930s who ran as a Christian to snag those voters for the big money interests, Texas’s richest oilmen … Continue reading →

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E. O. Wilson to save humanity from extinction, get rid of religion

Posted on March 27, 2016 by

[ Below is an excerpt, out of order, from New Scientist’s 21 Jan 2015 interview with E.O. Wilson “Religious faith is dragging us down“. The extinctions we cause will kill us too, says the sociobiology pioneer – the best thing … Continue reading →

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The shocking truth about life in Saudi Arabia, oppression, conformity, poverty, but internet may change things

Posted on April 7, 2015 by

Karen House. 2013. On Saudi Arabia: Its People, Past, Religion, Fault Lines – and Future. Vintage. 320 pages. [Saudi Arabia produces 1 in 4 barrels of oil. Their fate will affect all of us. The way women are treated is … Continue reading →

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Birth Control Impossible due to Religion, they prefer you die of starvation, disease, and war

Posted on December 19, 2012 by

What a horror: so-called “Pro-Life” religions force their nasty beliefs on a woman’s right to control her own destiny and a civilizations ability to decently house and feed citizens, dooming societies of the future crazed from hunger and disease brought … Continue reading →

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