Jack

Jack

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1 month ago @ Atheist Revolution - Vote Like Your Life De... · 0 replies · +1 points

Absolutely! Congress will be important too. The election denial nonsense has got to go.

1 month ago @ Atheist Revolution - Vote Like Your Life De... · 0 replies · +1 points

Yeah, I saw some interesting links from far-right sources coming in. I suppose they must monitor sites from their perceived enemies as a way of keeping their base inflamed.

1 month ago @ Atheist Revolution - Vote Like Your Life De... · 0 replies · +1 points

In some states, mail-in voting is the norm. In others (like where I live), it has been made almost impossible. I find it interesting how some states seem to want to make it as difficult as possible to vote.

3 months ago @ Atheist Revolution - Why Should Their Relig... · 0 replies · +1 points

The loss of humanism does appear to be a real threat, and there are many different ways this could happen. We tend to focus on it happening by the authoritarians taking over and imposing their will on others. I suppose another route would be for us to willingly abandon it to achieve some sort of "greater good." Both are scary to think about.

3 months ago @ Atheist Revolution - More Americans Say The... · 0 replies · +1 points

It seems like too many people get hung up on the word. "Spirituality" doesn't have to mean "belief in spirits."

4 months ago @ Atheist Revolution - To Preserve Democracy,... · 0 replies · +1 points

Lots of us have made similar arguments, including me. I wish the Dems better reflected my political views. I'd like them to be closer to the Greens or Socialists, and that's where I was coming from. I was sad to see that 3rd party candidates couldn't get any traction in 2016 even when we had two of the least appealing candidates we've had in my lifetime. I remember thinking at the time that this was all the evidence I needed to see that 3rd parties weren't close to being viable.

Still, when I compare most of the policies Dems implement and how they govern with what I see from the Republicans, they don't look very similar. Trump didn't govern like Biden or Obama. I could pick some areas where their policies overlapped if I were incredibly selective and ignored the fact that both had obstacles in Congress that limited what they could do. But I see more differences than similarities. We are going to be dealing with what Trump did to the courts for generations. I don't believe Biden has done anything comparable there.

I'd have to agree with you that we are much closer to an oligarchy than a democracy or a republic. I'm not thrilled with that either. But I fear that an oligarchy isn't going to be enough for Trump. He seems to want something closer to a dictatorship.

4 months ago @ Atheist Revolution - To Preserve Democracy,... · 0 replies · +1 points

Cleaning up the House has to be a priority. That Freedom Caucus seems determined to make sure government doesn't work. I guess that's a good tactic for getting elected but not for governing.

4 months ago @ Atheist Revolution - Are Christians Dislike... · 0 replies · +1 points

Yes, as well as the many Christians most of us interact with every day in a hate-free way. It seems like a belief with lots of disconfirming counterexamples.

4 months ago @ Atheist Revolution - Are Christians Dislike... · 0 replies · +1 points

I prefer to leave the "should" out of it and say that every individual atheist needs to decide for themselves whether an SE approach or something similar is for them. I don't know of anyone who'd use it in every interaction and at every opportunity, but I wouldn't want to be around such a person. If I were in the situation you describe, I'd steer clear of it. I would see very little upside and a large downside. It would be nice if we could all be as open with others as we'd like, but this still leads to isolation in many scenarios. That may be a trade-off some are willing to make, but I wouldn't recommend it.

5 months ago @ Atheist Revolution - Are Christians Dislike... · 0 replies · +1 points

Absolutely! That's it exactly. The problem isn't what they believe or their cherished Christian identity; it is how some of them act.