Category Archives: Religion

L&Cs: About Religious History, Defined by Europeans

Posted on Saturday 11 December 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Until the late 19th century, there were only four religions, according to Europeans.

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Ls&Cs: New Conspiracy Theories and Worldviews Available Here!

Posted on Friday 10 December 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Are birds real? Are the leftists the ones denying reality? A perfect gift for the conspiracy theorist in your life who has absorbed all the others, from 9/11 to QAnon to 5G to the stolen election and the Covid hoax, … Continue reading →

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Links and Comments: More from April 2021

Posted on Monday 6 December 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Once more reaching into the well for links saved back in April, just before my world almost ended, and before I was effectively zoned out for two months. Nonexistent problems; the next phase of human civilization; a new unchurched majority; … Continue reading →

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Ls&Cs: Some Things Never Change; Some That Do Go Unremembered

Posted on Wednesday 17 November 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

How racism persists while changing its expression; how cherry-picking the Bible has been done for centuries; and how the seven-day week has only recently become the worldwide standard.

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Ls&Qs&Cs: Recent Headlines; The Collapse of America?

Posted on Saturday 13 November 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Clearing out saved links from the past few weeks, posted here mostly just as links with only a few quotes and comments, and ending with a provocative site linked to the Medium blog collective.

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Ls&Cs: Religion vs Science; Freedom; Feudalism

Posted on Tuesday 9 November 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Plain speaking about the obvious conflict between science and religion; about the idea of freedom without responsibility; about the odd attraction of feudalism in fantasy and science fiction.

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Lc&Cs: The Sad State of Education in America

Posted on Sunday 31 October 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

“Civilization is in a race between education and catastrophe.” —H.G. Wells

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Ls&Cs: Prayer Breakfasts, Social Bubbles, and Talking Too Much

Posted on Friday 22 October 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Why is there a National Prayer Breakfast? Why do some Christians think death is such a good thing? Is COVID to blame on Maine lobsters? Is the answer to misinformation tighter social bubbles, or simply to stop talking so much?

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Ls&Cs: Two from Free Inquiry

Posted on Monday 18 October 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

From the October/November 2021 issue, articles about Christian Morality and about how understanding COVID does not depend on a Kuhnian paradigm shift.

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Ls&Cs: The Fading of Religion, and Human Progress Despite It

Posted on Thursday 7 October 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Here are several links about religion I’ve captured in recent weeks mostly to the Patheos.com website, which is a collection of blogs from all points of view along the religious spectrum. The ones I tend to read, of course, are … Continue reading →

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