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It also calls for genocide in at least 3 passages too (Deuteronomy 7, Deuteronomy 20, 1 Samuel 15) Hence my issue with it being the...

We are, but what you are describing is not really faith. It is falsifiable (it can be proven to be true/false). Religion is...

No, but that is evidence based faith. You have the means and abilities to do those things so it makes sense to have faith that you will...

If your partisan politics will not let your Christian compassion be influenced by tragic events, I would argue you have no Christian...

"Judeo-Christian values" is a term coined by Fredrich Nietzsche as a perjorative, a slur. I have always found it fascinating that both...

No, but is what you are describing faith? It does not sound like Christian faith IMO.

I could not disagree more. There are a lot of good thoughts in religion. Religion is probably what allowed us to expand beyond small...

This is disgusting.

ICE is responsible for 2 of the 3 homicides in Minneapolis. so far this year.

What is faith? And what makes it good?

Not to continue my anti-religion soapbox, but the other thing it does is it turns epistemology on its head. It says you cannot believe...

I typically find the Babylon Bee funny about 15-25% of the time. Was hit up a 3-4 times over five years to do short form sketch for them...

Religion is about power, specifically power over others and power over death. This is the common strain throughout all religions...