Political Posts

My Dear Friends (and other assorted ruffians, scoundrels, and shitheads), I am sure that you have noticed how many posts I put up about Libertarians and other politics. Many of you are probably sick and tired of it. I ask, what else are you sick and tired of? Why would a seemingly intelligent, rational person care about what happens on the Hill? My answer is this: As much as I absolutely detest politics, I love my country more. The only way for America to reclaim its status as the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave is to strip away the career politicians and bureaucrats who continue to chip away at our liberties at breakneck speed. We must do this at the polls before it is taken to the streets. The conservatives and the democrats are two sides of the same coin with neither offering us honest, experienced, viable candidates. The harder we work, the faster the government spends and the higher it taxes. The American Dream is but a faded memory. In the 1950’s one parent could support an average family by working forty hours a week. Now two rarely can and the cost of living continues to skyrocket. If you are tired of having the government in your bedrooms, wallets, medicine cabinets, gun safes, refrigerators, businesses, schools, gardens, and churches, and want to take control of and PERSONAL responsibility for you and your families choices, to get to know your neighbors, and form true communities, I desperately urge you to check out the Libertarian Party and it's candidates. The establishment wins and we lose if they convince you it is a wasted vote. Don’t vote for the lesser of two evils, vote your conscience. America deserves a better choice and our best efforts. www.theadvocates.org/quiz www.LP.org www.GaryJohnson2016.com www.AustinPetersen2016.com www.McAfee2016.com

Why Won't God Heal Amputees?

Not having been raised in a religious home and indoctrinated from an early age, I've often wondered how "otherwise seemingly intelligent people" could be religious? Statistically, very few adults are converted without some major trauma in their life. I spent five years as a fundamentalist Christian. I had to shelve a lot of my doubts and questions to have any comfort level with my new "belief system". The more I studied, read apologetics, and asked questions, the less convinced I became. I have been an Ignostic Agnostic Atheist for seven years or so now.

I still miss the fellowship and promises of a better afterlife on rare occasion, but most of the time, I am glad to not be suffering delusions.

There never seem to be truly open debates on Christianity (or other religions) and I have gotten where I generally just shy away from them as long as people stay out of my face.

One of the best skeptic web sites I found was http://whywontgodhealamputees.com. If you value reason, logic, and reality, it is well worth a good look.

At http://whywontgodhealamputees.com/video10.htm you'll find a video; 10 questions that every intelligent Christian must answer. I have not seen one Xian answer a single one of the questions in an intelligent or convincing manner following the rules of logic (http://www.simplyquality.org/Logic.htm). I'd love to see one or more do so. Most will never even try.


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