In a return to the basics – Basic Intimidation and Coercion – the LDS Church has dropped the hammer on a couple of known troublemakers recently. Dissidents – bent on the task of enlightening their fellow believers – and possible bring about what they had hoped could be, positive changes. Of course, once ecclesiastical…
Just a reminder, that life comes with that Full Guarantee. If you break in half – you usually get to keep both halves. Then most of us suck it up, and carry on – counting our blessings. I raise a toast, this Halloween – to everyone less fortunate than I. – Donnie
Now that Kate Kelly and the Ordain Women’s movement have, for the most part, concluded their high-profile run at the LDS religious oligarchy – having managed to momentarily make direct and predictably mortal contact with the corporation’s particularly low-hanging, power-ceiling fan – we’ve all had a chance to reflect on what any of it…
(from Sept 30, 2010) . Following the Harriman Machine Gun Fire, the largely Mormon population of those affected by the fire were counseled by their church leaders against filing excessively inflated, or otherwise bogus claims, against the National Guard. Apparently sparked by reports of claimant opportunists, unconflicted by any apparent moral dilemma in going after…
The idolatrous transformation, of the relative into the absolute and the all-too-human into the divine, makes it possible for man to indulge his ugliest passion — in the firm belief that he is working for the highest good. — Aldous Huxley, The Devils of Loudon Draw Mohammed Day, on Facebook, is no-doubt off and running today.…
But far more numerous was the herd of such, Who think too little, and who talk too much. — John Dryden Listen, as Freedom From Religion Foundation’s Dan Barker, corrects the historical inaccuracies, and goes on to parry the insipid arguments made by one of Fox News’ lamest lemmings, over his support for the legal injunction that halted…
The terrible thing about the quest for truth, is that you find it. — Remy de Gourmont Evolution – It’s a Fact Of Life
Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem, which he has to solve. — Erich Fromm We Are All Connected
. . . So Are Racial Stereotypes, shows study of children with Williams Syndrome.” I would think this could be extrapolated to include Religious, as well as Non-Religious, stereotypes. Of course, I’m no scientist or psychologist. But is it possible that all we really need is a pharmacological “Chill-Pill” (for those who don’t drink enough beer), in order…
Nothing is so galling to a people not broken in from birth, as a paternal, or in other words a meddling, government — a government which tells them what to read, and say, what to eat, and drink and wear. — Thomas Babington Do to some apparent confusion, regarding the primary purpose and objectives of this website,…
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