Category: Foundations
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Christian Zionism Explains Everything
Reading Time: 4 minutesIf you’ve wondered during the last twenty years at the overheated rhetoric of both Israel and the Western powers, Dr. Stephan Sizer will connect the dots in a video entitled The Historical Roots of Christian Zionism, It’s Theological Basis and Political Agenda. According to Sizer, Christian Zionism is the culprit behind the…
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In Gaza Death Comes for Everyone
Reading Time: 2 minutesIn Gaza death comes for everyone. On October 7, we were horrified. Hamas attacked Jewish people on the border of Israel and committed carnage. Then, we were alarmed about Benjamin Netanyahu’s threats against Gaza. We beg him not to act out his own rage and the rage of the people of Israel.…
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Why Worry About Same-Sex Marriage and Trans-ideologies?
Reading Time: 4 minutesWhy worry about same-sex marriage and trans-ideologies? This article is not a rejection of same-sex partners and trans people. It’s a request for the missing narrative about hetrosexual relations and how they affect social organization. Currently it is being drowned out by a particular version of a patriarchal narrative. It is more…
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Bourgeoisie Manipulation
Reading Time: 3 minutesThis article proposes that we live under the influence of bourgeois (middle class) manipulation, examining how the bourgeoisie might manipulate society to serve their interests. In a previous article I questioned whether we, the voters, owe anything to the Enlightenment or to the Enlightenment’s champions, the Freemasons. Since Enlightenment ideals helped pave…
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Question the Far-Right’s Claim to God’s Favor
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe right wing’s narrative describes a world in which evangelical Christians and their allies have God on their side. Normally I wouldn’t disagree–according to Christian doctrine, God is on the side of the human race. But they are actually saying God approves of their politics. They apparently assume this will convince believers…
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Amy Coney Barrett, Supreme Enabler
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe Republicans have spent decades trying to repeal Roe v Wade. They were out of step with reality when they started. Now that their cherished conservative dream has finally come true, they are even more out of step with reality. Although Republican madness is obvious to millions of people, five conservative justices,…
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Lords of Chaos on the Supreme Court
Reading Time: 2 minutesIt seems the Supreme Court Justices are lords of chaos. Leaking the Supreme Court decision on Roe v Wade was like waving a red cape in front of a bull, or a MAGA cap in front of a progressive. It has brought out the worst in progressives and put anything good we…
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Republicans Don’t Want to Reverse Roe v Wade
Reading Time: < 1 minuteRoe v Wade has been a gift to the Republican Party. A candidate can be a war monger, a corporate puppet, and eat puppies and kittens for breakfast, but if he or she is pro-life none of that will matter to conservative voters. Another candidate can have a great plan…
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The Seducer State and the Free Labor of Mothers
Reading Time: < 1 minutePaul Ryan told American women in a televised speech that they must bear more children. Because this speech closely followed the passage of the scandalous tax bill that reduces taxes for the rich and therefore endangers funding for social programs that help mothers, Ryan’s proposal demonstrates the connection between the seducer…
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Will a Higher Birthrate Lead to a Better Society?
Reading Time: 2 minutesThe very government that nags us to increase the birthrate squeezes the unfortunate among us and gives benefits to the rich. So, will a higher birthrate lead to a better society, as a certain bishop has claimed? I doubt it. The question should be, will it lead to love and compassion in…