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Thanks for that. For some reason, I must have missed that when I read about this or maybe I assumed he was Black since his partner was and it was a BLM protest. Mixed race relationships are so common where I live, I should not have jumped to such conclusions. Regardless, it was a murder and...

I heard about this yesterday. it's an outrage. Of course the victims was a young Black man who was also exercising his right to bear arms. The 2nd amendment was based on giving slave holders the chance to shoot run away slaves. At least that's what I've read recently and I believe it. It was...

A living will aka Advanced Directive, allows one to say they don't want any aggressive end of life care, but it doesn't allow, at least not yet in the states, to allow someone to end your iife. I may have mentioned this before, but one of my dear patients who died a peaceful death as she was...

And, I want to add a little bit from the atheist Ernestine Rose, who was both an abolitionist, an early feminist and a well known activist for many types of social reform in her day. She was born in the early 1800s in Poland and eventually migrated to the US with her husband.

I thought that everyone knew that almost all slave holders were Christians. I've found several Christians sources earlier this morning that apologized for it or tried to explain why Christians were slave. holders but I got distracted, so I'll post a link from a different source. Damn. All one...

PLus, after reading a very well researched book about Lincoln, it's very possible that he wasn't a Christian, although he usually pretended be one in order to get the support of the people. He was a doubter, at times doubting the existence of god, but from the time he was a child, he knew that...

I tend to think that they believe they need god to be good, but in reality, most of them don't. It's just what they've been indoctrinated into believing. I had a liberal Christian friend visit last night to share dinner with us. I really don't understand why she continues to identify as...

If they think that, they need to read the book, "The Philosophy of Humanism" or look at the website of The American Humanist Association. Good without God is the message and imo, today's Humanists are far kinder and accepting of all kinds of minorities compared to conservative Christians...

I don't think anything in the OP is true. I know poor atheists, Black atheists, atheists who lack any education beyond high school. I know working class atheists, young and old atheists and plenty of female atheists, including a happily married Lesbian couple. None of them are wealthy. Most of...

I honestly don't care what anyone calls me because I have enough self esteem not to let it bother me. My sister and I recently decided that at least on our father's side, we came from poor white trash, a term that came from the 1600s, and was used by the British elite. So, sure I'm proud to come...

Yeah, sure. I'm voting red down the line. /s. Don't take me so seriously Politesse. I have a sense of humor and was teasing you. Still, there are some people these days who tend to over react to anything that's outside their narrow viewpoint. That goes for both sides. Maybe you need to get a...

Sorry you aren't as woke as Politesse, Swarmmadami. I took it that you simply used the term primitive to mean ancient, as in a long time ago, not as a slur. I don't think it was meant as an insult, unless you're ultra woke and take words out of the context in which they were meant. I'm pretty...

I read this article about AOC a few days ago and wanted to share it, especially for Loren. It appears to me as if AOC is becoming a lot more reasonable than she appeared during her first term in office. She's working hard to get things t hat most people agree with done. Good for her. I'm pretty...

That's good to know, as I keep reading articles that claim Europe is tilting to the far right. Hope all of the people who have been fearful of that are wrong.

I meant to start a thread about something similar but this one will work for the article I'm going to share. Putin is going off his rocker even more than before and one does have to wonder if Trump becomes president again, will he join Putin in his plan to destroy Western Democracy. It's a long...

To me, the Christian concept of heaven is more like hell. I always think of the words of the hymn Amazing Grace. "When we've been there ten thousand years bright shining as the sun We've no less days to sing God's praise then when we first begun" I think that sounds very boring. Eternal life...

That's interesting. Perhaps all of Frans de Waal's research was done among the captive bonobos at the Emory Primate Research Center ( I think that's what it's called ). It was started in 1930 to study primates. in the books I've written by de Waal, the only aggression he ever mentioned was when...

Luckily, I don't live in Southern California. :p The price of apples has gone up a bit in some stores. Gee. Could it possibly have anything to do with the fact that apple season is over? The price of fruit and vegetables varies by season and is also impacted by the weather, as well as a...

Yes. We are great apes, sometimes known as the third Chimpanzee. I've always wished we were more like bonobos than chimps, not that I have anything against Chimps. It's just that the matriarchal bonobos are peace loving, who are never violent except when a male tries to get to attack someone...

Actually gas is about 3.40 per gallon, where I live but only an idiot believes a president can control the price of oil, a global commodity that is all about supply and demand. My grocery bill isn't up 60%, although a few specialty items are. The price of veggies, frozen or fresh are the same...