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For many decades in the U.S. it has been a common practice for corporations, corporate conglomerates, and wealthy individuals to pool their considerable resources and use that wealth to bribe state and federal legislators, and anyone else in government of whom they desire special consideration...

I can't help but notice that most of the folks that visit this site are of a common type. That is the type of religious Christian that is usually male, usually quite aggressive and antagonistic toward others, and very 'legalistic'. The kind of persons for whom God, religion, life, people...

Many of the original European settlers coming to North America were either expelled from their homelands because they were considered religious zealots, or they were expelled by religious zealots that would no longer tolerate their different religious views at home. Such that the founders of...

As far as I am concerned, anyone who actually casts a vote for Donald Trump will have forfeited any moral and political credibility they might otherwise have had. Trump is a known serial liar, cheater, womanizer, and thief. He has no knowledge of nor realistic solutions for the complex problems...

So what do all of you Trump supporters think of his recent disgusting comments about groping women? How are you all going to spin this in your minds so that you can continue to support this disgusting loser? How far into the realm of absurdity and lies will you go to blame this on Hillary...

And so far, every one of them is a republican. I wonder why that is?

Here is a very interested essay posing a very interesting question … LINK HERE

An interesting thought has come to my attention, through a conversation on another thread, with Town, regarding personal moral responsibility. And that is … that I don't believe that we have full control over our own moral choices in life, and so should perhaps not be held fully accountable for...

A friend posted an essay on Facebook today, that I wanted to share because it's very illuminating of a lot of attitudes and beliefs expressed here on TOL. The essay can be found in full, HERE. It's quite long and in depth, so I can't post it all, here, but it basically explains the rise in...

AMR posted an interesting link on one of the closed theology threads, and I found myself agreeing with many of the changes that are happening in the views that modern American Christians are expressing about Christian religious dogma. First, here is the link: The State of Theology And here...

… And that our current generations have completely lost sight of. Listen to this speech by Charlie Chaplin from the film "The Great Dictator", it expresses what Americans once understood, and believed, after having experienced the Great Depression and the rise of global fascism, a rise that...

All Talk NRA Refuses Chance To Debate Obama Over Gun Control On Live TV Apparently the only thing the National Rifle Association and the White House can agree on is that President Obama would smoke them in a debate on gun control. CNN extended an invitation to the NRA, the nation’s most...

There has been some discussion as of late about the idea of 'deservedness'. Apart from the nonsensical debate about women deserving to be raped because they behaved too enticingly, or whatever, I'm more interested in the question of deservedness, generally: theologically, and philosophically...

from Phychology Today Do Racism, Conservatism, and Low I.Q. Go Hand in Hand? by Goal Auzeen Saedi Ph.D. This morning as I logged onto Facebook, I came upon this image. Having followed the Boston marathon and MIT shooting coverage initially, I lost some interest when it came down to the...

If the adults are more judgmental and punitive oriented, why wouldn't their children be? This doesn't surprise me in the least.

There is nothing this woman could have said or done to warrant this kind of violent attack. And I am seeing these kinds of videos almost every day, now, on Facebook, Youtube, and elsewhere. Clearly, this sort of thing has been going on for a long time, but is now being captured by the recent...

It seemed like it should at least be mentioned today … so here's this. vrJiKbK0tVM

If you're looking at this photo and feeling anger or hate toward these people, or revulsion, or resentment, THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH YOU! And you need to do some serious self-analysis, and soul-searching, to find out what it is. Because the truth is you don't know these people at all. You...

I happened upon this comment on Facebook, today, from someone I don't know, but thought it both insightful and true … and apropos to some members of TOL. I think this fellow makes a significant observation. And I have seen examples of this obsession with religion often here on TOL: it is...