I agree 100%

Unfortunately religion seems to be symptomatic of a deeper flaw that is faith

i think religion is a symptom of humans natural tribal desire for heirarchy combined with the best explanation of the universe a bunch of stone age people could create, thats been perpetuated throughout history by the mutually beneficial relationship between religion and state

I guess I mean mostly in its current embodiment

there literally wasn't anything close to a better explanation available, there are probably more atheists alive now than in the rest of human history

Once the statist and scientific aspects have been replaced

its an empty hull of blind faith and god of the gaps arguments

There are still foundations of wishful thinking, i.e. afterlife

creationist arguments after you boil off the long dead bullshit you're just left with "look how pretty the sunrise is" etc and misuse of the words "chance" and "theory"

Masturbating to their own awe

i had an interesting chat with an ex-atheist catholic traditionalist on poldare and basically all his arguments were based on a fundamental denial of objective truth in favor of his feels

much along the same ideological lines of early fascism, unironic feels before reals

A tenuous comparison imo, but devaluing logic and reason is contrary to any productive system of thought

his justification was decidedly vague shit like "experiences i couldnt explain" etc

Typical

God loves those gaps

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-11-02/facebook-russian-ads-that-influenced-the-us-election/9106214

They had some pretty good prop

some gr8 b8 m8

hehe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erwDnJbURvw

https://images-ext-2.discordapp.net/external/8vzPm4R8HsI8zwd6e-yn6oSgEmG60y0EnAPX1IYdij8/https/pbs.twimg.com/media/DNocT3YW0AEWSEE.jpg%3Alarge?width=712&height=920

tax policy highlights its a good start but the need is to take a swing at the corperate tax rate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPpPnGA8rkQ&feature=push-u-sub&attr_tag=HQCBFFU1VFXnjZHB-6

There's a certain irony behind Trump being ridiculed for being so egotistical when so many Dems are willing to throw their own party under the bus for a few extra minutes of fame

Hillary's entire book (and refusal to *go away and let the Dems regroup*), Donna's "it wasn't *my* fault!" expose` and so on and so on

Let them the sooner they go away the better

they won't.

Hillary will carry on doing her thing whilst the rest of the party will maneuver to position themselves behind the next frontrunner

In which case Donna's article makes sense if she's trying to get back in the good graces of the Berniebros

Because he'd get some serious traction if he showed up for the 2020 primaries

If they have sense they sould run Tulsi Gabbard

If she stfu about $15 per hour, she could even win

That is for the general election

You got to throw people a bone in the primary

that is a fair accessment

Need to see what happens next year first. Kid Rock for Senate!

Tulsi's religion might be an issue for some but she probs wouldn't get those votes anyway

Thinking is hard

.....

virtue signaling is easier