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"There must be an enitity outside of space and time that created it all." Sorry, Dr Ross. This isn't science. You can't just make things up from belief. http://video.foxnews.com/v/5819662243001/ More on creationist Hugh Ross: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Ross_(astrophysicist) Humanity must learn to find meaning without relying on gods or extraterrestrials: https://
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A feel good story that will make you cry :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1X0QTTtPmc
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2018/08/08/a-10-month-old-died-after-her-parents-refused-to-get-help-for-religious-reasons-police-say/ "In video sermons, the man railed against vaccines, “bad medicine” and doctors whom he deemed to be “priesthoods of the medical cult.” And he explained why he refused to vaccinate his children, saying: “It didn’t seem
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Kevin Swanson saying the Bible mandates the execution of gay people, willing to go to jail for his beliefs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WOGoDroQgZw I thought this was the gospel of Jesus Christ: "King Of Kings" Sermon On The Mount https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKduH8ptX-g
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I can't remember the name of the book but it was written back during the cold war from an east bloc country -- Hungary I think. The author's main point was in a totalitarian system few people actually believed in the doctrine. They all had to learn it but it was just "the system." They professed belief in public but knew it wasn't true. Most people just tried to get by and make life
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOV8mBjHHYg
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https://www.exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,1186181 Source http://www.i4m.com/think/recovery Here's an interesting primer on cults that you can find in a book on advertising. The author of "Coercion: Why We Listen to What 'They' Say" describes religious cults as powerful pyramid schemes. Author Douglas Rushkoff lists 20 common steps of indoctrination in destructive cults. His s
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Indiana Senate candidate Richard Mourdock says"pregnancies resulting from rape were "something that God intended to happen." https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/10/republican-senate-candidate-says-rape-pregnancies-are-gift-god/322172/ This is from the Catholic Working Mother: http://www.patheos.com/blogs/thecatholicworkingmother/2018/07/pro-abortion-agenda-
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https://www.bustle.com/articles/76483-keeping-your-name-after-marriage-27-women-talk-about-why-they-didnt-take-their-husbands-surnames https://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/news/a43154/name-changing-after-marriage-on-the-internet/ "Scroll through Facebook as a person of a certain age — that is, over 25 or so — and you'll do a lot of asking, "Who did this used to be?" It
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Here we go again... https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/08/04/pastor-god-california-wildfires-because-gay-people/ "A pastor with ties to Republican Senator Ted Cruz has claimed that God created the deadly wildfires in California to punish the state for accepting gay people. Kevin Swanson has a history of making anti-LGBT statements. Last year, he claimed that Hurricane Harvey was a �
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http://www.outsmartmagazine.com/2018/08/texas-authorities-shut-down-boys-camp-run-by-man-accused-of-ex-gay-torture/ "Authorities in Burnet County, Texas, have raided a religious camp for troubled boys that was run by a man who’s previously been accused of “ex-gay” torture. Last week, officials removed eight boys, ages 10 to 17, from the Joshua Home in Bertram, northwest of Austin
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https://www.vogue.com/article/thongs-hip-bones-trend-spring-2018
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Heads down, be meek, and keep sweet...ugh https://thetransformedwife.com/men-prefer-debt-free-virgins-without-tattoos/ http://deadstate.org/christian-minister-debt-ridden-tattooed-college-educated-women-are-destined-to-die-alone/ As an unmarried woman, I am an incomplete person in the eyes of Jesus Christ. I am well into my child-bearing years, and yet marriage remains very much out of
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https://deadline.com/2018/07/cosmos-possible-worlds-trailer-comic-con-panel-neil-degrasse-tyson-video-1202430745/ Fox and National Geographic have released a Comic-Con first look at the return of the Emmy Award-winning Cosmos series. This season, the show is titled Cosmos: Possible Worlds, and is described as a venture to uncharted territories.
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And now for something completely different... https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-45030075 "Transgender women should be allowed to remain Freemasons if they joined as men, the largest UK lodge has said. Expelling masons for transitioning was "unlawful discrimination", the United Grand Lodge of England (UGLE) warned. Women who transition to become men should also be allowed to j
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https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%E2%80%93West_Schism#Recent_efforts_at_reconciliation https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/29/reformation-luther-pope-francis-catholics
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/world/wp/2018/08/02/pope-changes-catholic-church-teaching-to-say-death-penalty-inadmissible/ Pope Francis has changed the catechism of the Catholic Church to take a definitive stance against the death penalty, the Vatican announced, saying it would continue to work to abolish the punishment worldwide. Previous church teaching left room for capital punis
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https://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/753251/a_look_inside_the_crazy_cult_of_ayn_rand
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https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2017/09/02/joel-osteen-right-close-lakewood-church-but-he-lost-chance-teach-christianity-kirkland-an-column/622215001/
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To non members of the tribe that is. Things that make you go hmmm....
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I'd not be surprised :P Mormonism is wacky but I've never heard of "mormon satanism" https://www.wiki-global.org/teal-swan/#Early_Life_Childhood
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