Category Archives: Religion

Patrick Stewart and Two Notes About Narrative

Posted on Saturday 31 October 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Noting the passing of Patrick Stewart, and how the noble passages spoken by Picard (and written by unmentioned writers) are credited to the actor; Mike Johnson supports Christian Nationalists (while Republicans rant and rave about Muslims and Sharia Law); and … Continue reading →

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A Muddled Take on Religion v Atheism

Posted on Friday 30 October 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Jack Symes on a third path between religion and atheism, which turns out to be about why the former is taken for granted, and why God is good and not bad; Another essay on what horror films have to say … Continue reading →

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Religion and Aliens

Posted on Thursday 29 October 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Scientific American on how religions might react to the existence of aliens (while ignoring the insights of decades of science fiction writers); Oakland is one of the US’s best cities…; David Wallace-Wells spells out 12 reasons why the Trump era … Continue reading →

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More Evenly Distributed

Posted on Wednesday 28 October 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

More of those videos about evolution and homosexuality; Paul Krugman invokes William Gibson in his concerns about AI; Brief items about Orwellian tactics, short-term selfish thinking, and the arrogance of the religious. – – – That video I posted yesterday … Continue reading →

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There Is Nothing Wrong with You

Posted on Tuesday 27 October 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Malcolm Gladwell on misunderstandings about gun violence; Kevin Kelly’s proposal for a universal national service; A video that explains why homosexuality has evolutionary advantages; Jim Palmer on religion’s biggest lie: sin; Brief links about Hegseth’s faith advisor, RFK Jr., how … Continue reading →

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The Disclosure Cult

Posted on Monday 26 October 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

David Brin on the UFO cult, which he now calls the Disclosure cult; A forthcoming book about the nature of human intelligence; Brief items about the term DARVO, Tina Peters’ defense as a “person of faith”, Trump and Republican priorities, … Continue reading →

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Posted on Sunday 18 October 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

This post from Oct 18 was a placeholder containing content originally compiled from Oct 4 to Oct 6. To represent them fairly, I’ve created separate posts for those three days, and set the publish dates accordingly.  

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Lying About the Economy, and Everything Else

Posted on Wednesday 14 October 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

The GOP has never been the better party on the economy, and Trump lies about everything else, too; Paul Krugman fears what Trump and MAGA will do if they lose in the upcoming elections; A church wants to instruct the … Continue reading →

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Up Is Down

Posted on Thursday 8 October 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

Items about non-intuitive definitions of socialism, religious oppression, and religious law. (Posting 19 Oct 2026, items compiled 8 Oct.) JMG, today 8 Oct: Vance: Trans Athletes Are The Definition Of Socialism He’s even more an idiot that the MAGA fans. … Continue reading →

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Perhaps Zealots *Should* Be Driven Out of Public Life

Posted on Tuesday 6 October 2026 by Mark R. Kelly

About the drops in crime and conservative fears, two items; A Christian influencer says he met Jesus, who’s a hunk; The weird thinking of Samuel Alito about what he thinks is “religious liberty”. – – – In spite of conservative … Continue reading →

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