Politics: All liberal Democrat all the time. 6/28/2022 #1 of 3

Christians - better know your Bible.

I say that (title of this post) every so often, but as I read the news about shootings, racism and hatred, I begin to think that perhaps the violence and hatred taught in the Bible is the very reason some people are drawn to it. Funny how I was taught as a child that God was about love and compassion. It's a hard adjustment for me to learn otherwise.

Religion is just a crutch

Inventing religion

When mankind first created religion, they incorporated a lot of the common sense morality that all ready made sense - things like "don't kill other people" and "don't steal." You don't need to be religious to be moral and, in fact, atheists sometimes seem more moral that the religious.

Who has morality?

Our faux moral outrage is costing us.

Source...Boing-Boing

WTO gives Antigua the right to sell pirated American copyrighted goods
from Boing Boing by Cory Doctorow

The WTO agreement is supposed to guarantee level playing fields for its member states, allowing each to sell into the others' markets. But US law bans online gambling, which is the major export from Antigua. Antigua has been going back and forth with the USA in trade court since 2003, and now the WTO has agreed that the US has violated its treaty obligations. By way of reparations, the WTO has given Antigua permission to set up a kind of legal pirate market, where American copyrighted works can be sold without permission or royalties. The initial ruling came in 2007, and was affirmed on Monday. Antigua has announced plans for a site for downloading US software, music and movies.

    Antigua's Finance Minister Harold Lovell said in a comment that the U.S. left his Government no other option than to respond in this manner. Antigua's gambling industry was devastated by the unfair practices of the U.S. and years of negotiations have offered no compromise.

    "These aggressive efforts to shut down the remote gaming industry in Antigua has resulted in the loss of thousands of good paying jobs and seizure by the Americans of billions of dollars belonging to gaming operators and their customers in financial institutions across the world," Lowell says.

    "If the same type of actions, by another nation, caused the people and the economy of the United States to be so significantly impacted, Antigua would without hesitation support their pursuit of justice," the Finance minister adds.

Whence cometh morality?

U.S. Catholics have an issue - fetuses or money?

Source: Daily Kos

-----------Catholic bishops to 'review' position that fetuses aren't people after all
from Daily Kos by rss@dailykos.com (Kaili Joy Gray)

Well, this certainly didn't take long:

Three Colorado bishops said on Thursday they will review a Catholic Church hospital's defense of a lawsuit that argues fetuses do not have legal status - apparently contradicting the Church's teaching on life issues.

The case stems from a malpractice and wrongful death lawsuit filed by Jeremy Stodghill in the 2006 death of his seven-month pregnant wife Lori at a Catholic hospital in Canon City, Colorado. Her twin fetuses also died.

Who are the keepers of the nation's morality?

Christians, know your Bible...

Morality

Believing in a religion does NOT make you a better person, nor does serving as a leader within the religious cult.

Morality

Ever wonder how the Christians got it so TOTALLY wrong?

Pascal on religion

Speaking of religion and morality...

I'd like to see the evidence that supports Christopher Hitchens in the following statement, but even superficially, given my limited knowledge of the history of the world and modern America, it feels about right.

The Religious Want To Lead Us

Our religious brethren wish to lead us - to take greater control of our nation. They claim moral superiority and a righteousness that those of us with less inclination to trust that God will guide us intelligently do not possess.

Here's a taste of the religious who claim to guide us down the moral path...

The founder of an influential Catholic religious order, who was disciplined in 2006 for sexual abuse of boys and men, also fathered at least one child with a mistress, his order acknowledged on Wednesday.

The latest scandal to rock the Roman Catholic Church concerns Father Marcial Maciel, founder of Legionaries of Christ, who died last year at the age of 87.