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Contextual Criticism
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A blog dedicated to political and religious criticism.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 397 )
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Lap Dancers, the CIA, Pay-offs, and BP's Deepwater Horizon
By Greg Palast | for TruthdigFriday, 18. April 2014 From his investigation for Channel 4 Television in the newly released film, Vultures and Vote Rustlers. Ther... Read more
Posted on 19 April 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Saviors of the World
Easter is nigh. Pagan mythology lives on in millions of Christian churches around the world! The above graph was taken from a wonderful article by the Secular... Read more
Posted on 18 April 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Pathetic, Pompous Politicians and Other Losers
There's something about the south that breeds insanity. I'm not saying that Bob Marshall, a Virginia Republican running for Congress, is insane, but if not, the... Read more
Posted on 13 April 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The New Dark Age
A new "State of the Bible" poll via the American Bible Society reveals that about 19% of the people believe the Bible to be God's word. Read more
Posted on 11 April 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Not One Law Republicans Passed Has Helped America In Over...
Not One Law Republicans Passed Has Helped America In Over Forty Years (via Liberaland)December 2, 1970 was the last time a Republican created something that... Read more
Posted on 10 April 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Republicans and Other Wingnuts
The Republican Party used to contain some folks with a smidgen of intelligence, kindness, common sense and patriotism. Today Republicans so described are far an... Read more
Posted on 04 April 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Idiots R Us - #4
At first I thought the story as to which of our States would survive a "Zombie Apocalypse" was an April Fool's joke. But the dateline of the story was March... Read more
Posted on 03 April 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Idiots R Us - #3
Money still talks. Robert H. Richards IV is an heir to the du Pont fortune. He's not gainfully employed. He raped his 3-year old daughter. He said it was an... Read more
Posted on 01 April 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Boycott the Koch Brothers
[The following is from kathybbb at Daily Kos.] The Koch brothers, dipping into their bottomless well of money, are a serious threat to American democracy. Read more
Posted on 31 March 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Idiots R Us #2
A show titled "Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey" made its debut this month on FOX. It is a scientific documentary which discussed, in part, the theory of... Read more
Posted on 31 March 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Idiots R Us
One of the things you'll discover in the following paragraphs is that many of our so-called leaders or wannabe leaders really believe in the ancient religious... Read more
Posted on 21 March 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Bill Maher's Take on a New Movie About the Biblical Character, Noah
[Note: Photo from the Washington Times]Bill Maher, in a video clip from his show, said this about the new Noah movie:Although the movie has been condemned by... Read more
Posted on 17 March 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
An Open Letter to the People Who Hate Obama More Than They Love America
By Jesse LaGreca I meet you all the time. You hate Obama. You hate gay people. You hate black people, immigrants, Muslims, labor unions, women who want the righ... Read more
Posted on 17 March 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Strange World in Which We Live - Part II
Today a Russian court convicted eight people for participating in an anti-Putin protest in 2012 on the eve of his inauguration for a 3rd term as president. So... Read more
Posted on 23 February 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Strange World in Which We Live
So many things have changed in the past 40-50 years. Some changes have been good, others not so much. In certain instances, we seem to be moving backward to a... Read more
Posted on 22 February 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
On Rights, Freedom and Military Heroes
[According to Snopes, the story told below is essentially true. The email by which it is being disseminated in recent days was taken from a 2007 speech by Mike... Read more
Posted on 11 February 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
President Obama's Proclamation on Religious Freedom Day - January 16, 2014
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM DAY, 2014 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OFAMERICAA PROCLAMATIONIn 1786, the Virginia General Assembly affirmed an ideal that has long... Read more
Posted on 16 January 2014 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Ethnic Cleansing in the Middle East
Every once in awhile you might hear an ignorant person complain that Israel is guilty of "ethnic cleansing" in the Middle East.Not so. Over 1.5 million Arabs... Read more
Posted on 14 December 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
Musings During the Holiday Season
1. Have you ever seen a real estate ad that said a house for sale was in a bad or deteriorating neighborhood?I've seen lots of articles lately about how stress... Read more
Posted on 13 December 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY -
The Republicans and Nelson Mandella - Once Again on the Wrong Side of History
This, from the Huffington Post. 1986. Congress put together a Comprehensive Anti-apartheid Act which was designed to show U.S. disapproval of apartheid in... Read more
Posted on 06 December 2013 DEBATE, POLITICS, SOCIETY