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Only religion is rubbish for the New Atheism Cult evangelists?

China's plan to boost birth rates with condom tax and cheaper childcare

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Who is deluded?

Fwd: Do people get tired of living or at least existing, and if so, at what age?


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U.S. Strikes Against Venezuela: Trump "Wants the Oil" as Grassroots Resi... [ Any war against little Venezuela will have a Saigon 1975 ending ! ]

What THEY do not notice is something really BIG : Most CHRISTIAN Americans are not CHRISTIAN Zionists . They cannot collectively be brainwashed by the mainstream news media into supporting Trump 's " Greater Israel " agenda, supporting APOCALYPSE NOW and nuclear World War III . Wisdom from the " Tumultuous Sixties " : " What if THEY start a war and nobody shows up ? " The FASCIST-ZIONIST New Regime of Donald Trump and Stephen Miller will never " MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN " ! Any war against little Venezuela will have a Saigon 1975 ending !

"The Blue Road to Trump Hell": Norm Solomon on "How Corporate Democrats ...

Dominated by their secular ZIONIST Jew wing , the WOKE WARRIOR Democratic Party will try to recover national power by doubling down on WOKE and WAR . They left the American working class behind decades ago !

How Religion Fears Science More Than Skeptics Do [ What public comments will get the scientists in our times a ticket to Palookaville ? ]

Science and scientists in our times have been corrupted by subservience to Corporate America, to the military industrial complex, to American imperialism and Israeli Zionism . Any EMPLOYED scientist bold enough to speak LOGIC and REASON to this collective social evil risks being job free in vulnerable middle age. It is so much safer to fulminate against the popular belief in God and organized religion . Professing militant atheism and open hostility to Christianity , that alone will identify you as a " REALLY SMART PERSON " ? But professing intellectual hostility to capitalism , American imperialism , and Israel Zionism ? THAT will get YOU, the scientist, a ticket to Palookaville !

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Gaza, Impunity & the collapse of Law | Norman Finkelstein

Some years ago sexual degenerate Hollywood movie producer Harvey Weinstein told an adoring pro-Israel audience that: headline " Israel must learn from the Mafia " . These ... https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/harvey-weinstein-urges-jews-take-784210 [Mar 24, 2015 - "We're gonna have to get as organized as the mafia," the mogul told the audience at the Simon Wiesenthal Center's national tribute dinner, where he was introduced by friend and competitor Jeffrey Katzenberg as "a really nice Jewish boy."]

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"Israel Is a Very Inbred Society" - Norman Finkelstein on Israel, Gaza, ... [ Belligerent ZIONIST Jews are trying to deflect attention and anger toward very marginal " Christian nationalism " ]

Belligerent ZIONIST Jews are trying to deflect attention and anger to very marginal " Christian nationalism " . This so called CHRISTIAN nationalism is completely subservient to the JEWISH nationalism of ZIONIST APARTHEID Israel . . The inner circles of the FASCIST -ZIONIST New Regime of the Donald Trump and Stephen Miller and of the WOKE WARRIOR Democratic Party see CHRISTIAN Zionists as the proverbial useful idiots. Bully, buffoon, bluffer American president Donald Trump is the WASP front-man for belligerent ZIONIST Jews in Washington , D.C ; in New York City ; in Greater Israel , Middle East ; in Greater Israel Ukraine . Most CHRISTIAN Americans are not CHRISTIAN Zionists . They are not foaming at the mouth for APOCALYPSE NOW and nuclear World War III . Wisdom from the " Tumultuous Sixties " : " What if THEY start a war and nobody shows up ? " [The ultimate CHUTZPAH would be the ZIONIST Jew censorship of American public opinion even removing comments here favoring the views of anti-Zionist Jew Norman Finkelstein !]

Why Richard Dawkins Calls Christianity Dangerous [ Does Richard Dawkins see anything dangerous about capitalism , American imperialism , and Israeli Zionism ? ]

Does the New Atheist, New Hate group guiding light Richard Dawkins see anything dangerous about capitalism , American imperialism , and Israeli Zionism ? Where is the organized religion plotting nuclear World War III ? @vontisaidit 1 day ago The part that describes sacrificing your instincts, personality and personality growth by having this chain of Christian ethics - really hit home. When you aren’t held at gunpoint by an all powerful cosmic being, the world opens up. @Flying-None 2 days ago Richard Dawkins teaches the scientifically verifiable truth. His background as an elite evolutionary biologist shows with his lectures, debates and publications. He is an outstanding resource to learn about the factual personal and professional life of Charles Darwin. Dawkins represents the corruption of SCIENCE in our times : CORRUPTION in the service of the military industrial complex, in the service of global capitalism , American imperialism , and Israeli Zionism . SCIENCE corrupted in the service of the BIG LIE !

Is there Any Good Reason to Believe in God? [ For good reasons I suspect the New Atheism Cult groupies are tied to the WOKE WARRIOR Democratic Party ]

Is there any good reason to believe in the gods of capitalism , American imperialism , and Israeli Zionism ? If there is even ONE democratic socialist - atheist or theist - among the New Atheists , he or she would not hesitate to answer this question . For good reasons I suspect that the New Atheism Cult groupies are tied to the WOKE WARRIOR Democratic Party in which secular ZIONIST Jews prevail. They tend to hide their political agenda .

The real reasons Americans are walking away from organized religion [ How many petty bourgeois " New Atheist " Americans are walking away from capitalism, American imperialism , and Israeli Zionism ?]

How many petty bourgeois " New Atheist " Americans are walking away from capitalism , American imperialism , and Israeli Zionism ? Reply

The Cult Mentality Behind Organized Religion [ Not a hint of narcissism in your belief in capitalism , American imperialism , and Israeli Zionism ? ]

Do the New Atheists ever question the " religion " of patriotism , nationalism , militarism , capitalism , American imperialism , and Israel Zionism ? Where in the New Testament of Christianity does all this social evil get blessed by Jesus Christ ? @juliebarks3195 1 day ago Narcissists are attracted to religion, and they seek to dominate the sheep around them. 🐺🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑🐑 Not a hint of narcissism in your belief in capitalism , American imperialism , and Israeli Zionism ? The Cult classic is a book titled " The Virtue of Selfishness " by the militant atheist , belligerent ZIONIST Jew , right wing crackpot philosopher Ayn Rand .

The Cult Mentality Behind Organized Religion [ Where in New Testament Christianity does all this social evil get blessed by Jesus Christ ? ]

Do the New Atheists ever question the " religion " of patriotism , nationalism , militarism , capitalism , American imperialism , and Israel Zionism ? Where in the New Testament of Christianity does all this social evil get blessed by Jesus Chris

Watch Christopher Hitchens Dismantle Faith With Pure Logic

Yes , the New Atheism Cult does need the protection of the CHUTZPAH censorship !

Watch Christopher Hitchens Dismantle Faith With Pure Logic [ His CULT needs the protection of the ZIONIST Jew censorship of American public opinion ]

With his pure LOGIC did New Atheist Cult , New Hate group guiding light Christopher Hitchens ever- later in his erratic career- " WITH PURE LOGIC " dismantle belief in capitalism , American imperialism , and Israeli ZIONISM ? And it does seem that his CULT needs the protection of the ZIONIST Jew censorship of public opinion. REMOVED comments can be read on my blog and Facebook page.

The Dark Logic Behind Religious Genocide [ An open email to congress- woman Ilhan Omar on ZIONIST Jew censorship of American public opinion ]

I have sent a copy of this CENSORED comment to Congress- woman Omar . Earlier I sent her an email suggesting that the much smeared and maligned " SQUAD " open an investigation in the Congress of the United States into ZIONIST Jew control of the mainstream news media in " OUR democracy " and ZIONIST Jew daily censorship of American public opinion in " OUR democracy " : Ron Ruggieri 11:21 (1 minute ago) to ilhan.omar The Israeli genocide in Gaza , Palestinian is carried out by secular, mostly anti-CHRISTIAN, Zionist Jews in a very cozy alliance with the FASCIST-ZIONIST New Regime of Donald Trump and Stephen Miller and with the winking of the secular ZIONIST Jew controlled mainstream news media in " OUR democracy " . Most CHRISTIAN Americans are not CHRISTIAN Zionists. . The New Atheism Cult, New Hate group is coy about revealing its right wing political agenda ; also its ties to the neo-con ,secular ZIONIST Jew wing of the WOKE WARRIOR Democratic Party.

The Dark Logic Behind Religious Genocide

The Israeli genocide in Gaza , Palestinian is carried out by secular, mostly anti-CHRISTIAN, Zionist Jews in a very cozy alliance with the FASCIST-ZIONIST New Regime of Donald Trump and Stephen Miller and with the winking of the secular ZIONIST Jew controlled mainstream news media. Most CHRISTIAN Americans are not CHRISTIAN Zionists. . The New Atheism Cult New Hate group is coy about revealing its right wing political agenda ; also its ties to the neo-con secular ZIONIST Jew wing of the WOKE WARRIOR Democratic Party.

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Who is making a fool of himself?

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Logic and reason does not apply here?

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The sick identity politics of the WOKE WARRIOR Democratic Party.

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Let the New Atheism Cult New Hate group vilify HIM!

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The artist as revolutionary.

William Gropper - Wikipedia

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Tuesday, December 30, 2025

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The solution to the homeless crisis 

The Story of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini | The Patron Saint of Immigrants

Catholic saint " Mother Cabrini " declared the " Patron Saint of Immigrants "

[Mother Cabrini, an Italian immigrant, became the first American citizen canonized as a Catholic saint, founding 67 institutions (schools, hospitals, orphanages) for poor immigrants worldwide, notably serving Italians in NYC slums, and became the Patron Saint of Immigrants for her tireless advocacy for the marginalized. Her life exemplified deep spirituality, perseverance against opposition, and a commitment to education, healthcare, and dignity for the forgotten, establishing a legacy in the US, Europe, and Latin America. Born in Italy, Mother Cabrini arrived in New York City in 1889 with a missionary vision from the Pope to serve the many poor Italian immigrants, establishing schools and orphanages for them. Despite her lifelong poor health and fear of water, she crossed the Atlantic 24 times, building 67 institutions, including hospitals like Columbus Hospital in Chicago, across three continents. She championed the rights and dignity of immigrants, fighting for better conditions and care from church and state, becoming a powerful advocate for the poor and marginalized. In 1909, she became a naturalized U.S. citizen, further solidifying her connection to the country she served so devotedly, and died in Chicago in 1917. Canonized in 1946, she was declared the Patron Saint of Immigrants, recognized for her unwavering faith and monumental charitable works that created sanctuaries for the needy. ]

This is why Christian homeschooling hurts children

v Highlighted reply @christraven 5 minutes ago [Part of the reason public schools are in such poor shape is because of politicians cutting budgets to those schools, then using that as the claim as to why those schools fail.] @christraven The politicians are cutting school budgets under direction from the capitalist ruling class. The same with many other cuts affecting working class and lower middle class Americans.

Why Is the U.S. Government Posting Christian Propaganda? [ The FASCIST-ZIONIST New Regime of Donald Trump and Stephen Miller has ZERO in common with the spirit of New Testament Christianity ]

The FASCIST-ZIONIST New Regime of Donald Trump and Stephen Miller has ZERO in common with the spirit of New Testament Christianity. This perceived promoting of " Christianity " ( as " Christian nationalism " ) is a cynical cover up for its essentially anti- Christian, ZIONIST Jew " Greater Israel " political agenda . Most CHRISTIAN Americans are not CHRISTIAN Zionists foaming at the mouth for APOCALYPSE NOW and nuclear World War III. And applauding Israeli genocide in Gaza , Palestine .

This is why Christian homeschooling hurts children [ Nowadays home schooling is not nearly as horrible as the American public school system ]

Based on my own interactions with Christian parents, I understand that home schooling is not as horrible nowadays as the American public school system . You can find a shelf full of books in any public library testifying to how dysfunctional and morally chaotic are American public schools . The authors are invariably burnt out ,disillusioned and depressed, public school teachers. Question : Why are American public schools a mess ? This is all part of the BIG PICTURE of decaying capitalism in the late 20th century and now the 21st century .

The Absurdity of the 10 Commandments [ Christopher Hitchens cult classic " God Is Not Great -how religion poisons everything " alone puts the New Atheism agenda on display ]

Highlighted reply @rickarmstrong9660 4 minutes ago [Please define "New Atheism Cult." I have followed a lot of the so-called "new atheists," and they are no more caustic or cynical of organized religion than any of the many famous atheists of the past. The people who call today's more outspoken atheists "militant" or a "cult" do so simply because they engage in open debates with Christian public figures. But video and social media and mainstream media provide a platform for making such debates possible, in a way that was not possible in earlier times. What's more the Christian leaders these "militant" atheists debate are just as willing and eager to engage in debate as the atheists are.] @rickarmstrong9660 I call the New Atheists a CULT because they have recognized leaders and a neo-con , pro-ZIONIST political agenda . Read the books of the " Four Horsemen " of the New Atheism . They reek of Islamophobia , pro-capitalism , pro American imperialism , and pro-Israeli Zionism. Christopher Hitchens cult classic " God Is Not Great - how religion poisons everything " alone puts the New Atheism agenda on display.

Why Is Religion The Only Product With No Refund Policy? Voila the " ultimate business " ! ]

The " ultimate business " is Corporate America, global capitalism , American imperialism , and Israel Zionism . Voila the " ultimate business " !

Why Do People LEAVE Their Faith Behind [ The Militant , secular ZIONIST Jews would just love to see YOU throwing verbal stones at devout CHRISTIANS .Instead of at THEM !] ]

The daily barrage of New Atheism Cult , New Hate group videos on You Tube will not succeed in creating a mass movement of godless, petty bourgeois zombies . But the frenzied promotion now of effete militant atheism ( when science is losing faith in science ! ) serves a political agenda : to deflect attention from the neo-con , secular , anti-Christian ZIONIST Jews who are promoting World War III in the shadowy spaces of " Deep State " . And the New Atheism Cult - for all their LOGIC and REASON - needs the protection of the ZIONIST Jew censorship of American public opinion . These militant ,secular ZIONIST Jews would just love to see YOU throwing verbal stones at devout CHRISTIANS ! Instead of at THEM !

2025 in Review: Is Trump trying to start a war with Venezuela? | The Take [ Missiles and drones alone will not WIN wars ]

The FASCIST-ZIONIST New Regime of Donald Trump and Stephen is trying to start wars on all fronts . It is an " irony of history " sign that the sun is setting on American imperialism and Israeli Zionism. It takes BOOTS ON THE GROUND to take over countries and the the American military will never recruit them from the mostly CHRISTIAN- and increasingly cynical- working class . Most CHRISTIAN Americans are not CHRISTIAN Zionists foaming at the mouth for APOCALYPSE NOW and nuclear World War III . Wisdom from the " Tumultuous Sixties " : " What if THEY start a war and nobody shows up ? ". NOTE : The modern high tech military can send missiles and drones deep into enemy territory for 100 years without getting any recognized " victory " .

(Audio Corrected) The Shocking Moment a Christian Scholar Realized Jesus...[Would " Good Bye Christianity " also imply " Good Bye Capitalism , American imperialism , and Israeli Zionism ? ]

Would " Good Bye Christianity " also imply " Good Bye Capitalism , American imperialism , and Israeli Zionism ?

Inside the NAR: The Christian Zealots Behind the Trump Administration | ...[ Behind the " Christian Zealots Behind the Trump Administration "] ]

Behind the " Christian Zealots Behind the Trump Administration " ? Behind the FASCIST -ZIONIST New Regime of Donald Trump and Stephen Miller ? Arrogant , belligerent , anti-Christian , secular ZIONIST Jews! The New Regime in Washington , D.C. hardly exudes the spirit of the New Testament . Indeed, bully ,buffoon bluffer Donald Trump is the WASP front-man for " Greater Israel " USA . Most CHRISTIAN Americans are not CHRISTIAN Zionists foaming at the mouth for APOCALYPSE NOW and nuclear World War III . Wisdom from the " Tumultuous Sixties " : " What if THEY start a war and nobody shows up ? "

The Absurdity of the 10 Commandments

As a longtime independent democratic socialist and a pre-Vatican II Catholic I can easily see how the venerable Ten Commandments would not measure up to the LOGIC and REASON standards of the New Atheism Cult, New Hate group . But also the Ten Commandments most be constantly annoying to global capitalists , American imperialists , and Israeli Zionists . Working class wage slaves must pay attention to and obey their plutocrat boss down here not THE BIG BOSS above !

The Absurdity of the 10 Commandments

[The more you unpack these things, the more intellectually inexcusable they become. The abrahamic religions are indeed a complete anathema to a free and optimized humanity. Christianity should be considered a mental illness on par with narcissism and sociopathy, since it essentially promotes those concepts.] " Free and organized humanity " will never be free or organized under capitalism , American imperialism , and Israeli Zionism. No " narcissism " and " sociopathy " here ?

This Morning’s Top Headlines – Dec. 29 | Morning News NOW [ Is it not obvious by now ? Trump the WASP front-man for " Greater Israel " USA ? ]

How can any decent, sane CHRISTIAN in " OUR democracy " look at bully , buffoon, bluffer American president Donald Trump cozying up in the White House with either the world proclaimed ZIONIST Jew war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu , leader of APARTHEID Israel , or with the ZIONIST Jew warmonger embezzler V. Zelensky, leader of " Greater Israel " Ukraine ... and not puke ? Is it not by now obvious that Donald Trump is the WASP front-man for " Greater Israel " USA ? Not true ? If it were not for the ZIONIST Jew censorship of American public opinion, we might get something resembling TRUTH from our mainstream news media. This comment, which will be quickly REMOVED, can be read on my blog and Facebook page.

Son of Neo-Nazi Leader Exposes the Truth About Hate Movements [ There is nothing dumber and more vicious than WOKE Democrat " critical race theory " ]

Highlighted reply @cloudmaster182 19 minutes ago (edited) Thats like trying to "end white supremacy" without focusing on racism.. Reply @ronruggieri9817 1 minute ago @cloudmaster182 " White supremacy " is not a social reality in our times, in " OUR democracy ". The reality is the CLASS structure of capitalist society . If ALL whites were enjoying the benefits of " white supremacy ", with no disturbed social conscience ,then there would be no hope for ever ending " white supremacy " in a country where white people were still the majority. The myth of fighting " white supremacy " instead of capitalist CLASS oppression of all races , genders, and ethnic groups , is perpetrated by the WOKE WARRIOR Democratic Party dominated by secular ZIONIST Jews who have no quarrel with the institutionalized racism of APARTHEID Israel. To be besotted with RACE is to get nowhere in fighting for a more just society today. There is nothing dumber and more vicious than WOKE Democrat " critical race theory ".

Watch "5 most famous symphonies of all time. Beautiful melodies: Mozart, Beethoven, Haydn" on YouTube

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You Tube commercials poison the pleasure of listening to classical music.

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The New York Times rarely acknowledges any letter to the editor I send their way. This particular letter began:" The world is getting quite sick of affluent, arrogant, belligerent ZIONIST Jews". Well they are!  As usual the Chicago Tribune courteously acknowledges all my letters.They are not SPAM!

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From the World Socialist Website.

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The world is getting quite sick of belligerent, arrogant, affluent ZIONIST Jews!

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The logic of Science has its limits.

Monday, December 29, 2025

Why Atheism Is Rising Globally [ Do Donald Trump , Benjamin Netanyahu , V. Zelensky pass the " sound reasoning " test ? ]

If " atheism is rising globally " does its deified LOGIC & REASON also excoriate global capitalism , American imperialism , and Israeli Zionism ? Donald Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu , V. Zelensky pass the " sound reasoning " test ? COMMENT 2 [ Why? First of all the bible is a difficult book to read. It is written in non sequitur chapters. Second - Thanks to the internet Learned scholars of the bible can not only point out inconsistencies, errors and lies; these biblical scholars can point out and show what book, chapter and verse where these errors are located at and show exactly what these errors are.]

Why the World No Longer Believes Israel’s Story | Prof. John Mearsheimer [ Yes , but the ZIONIST Jew censorship of American public opinion is heedless of this ]

Although the " World No Longer Believes Israel's Story ," the ZIONIST Jew censorship of American public opinion is heedless of this . NOTE how many anti-ZIONIST comments are quickly REMOVED ! Not reported by the mainstream news media but real AMERICAN PUBLIC OPINION is no longer interested in making the world safe for prosperous , arrogant , belligerent , mostly anti-CHRISTIAN , ZIONIST Jews. Bully , buffoon , bluffer American president Donald Trump has slyly made himself the WASP front-man for the " Greater Israel " agenda. Most CHRISTIAN American are definitely not CHRISTIAN Zionists .

Who Created God? [ Atomic scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer got it right after Hiroshima : " Now WE know sin , the destroyer of worlds " . ]

The New Atheism Cult- New Hate group persists in bludgeoning the CHRISTIAN conscience with the deified LOGIC & REASON of Science that breaks down dealing with ultimate metaphysical questions. Science, insisting the Universe created itself from NOTHING, is hardly more logical than the Holy Ghost guided reasoning of the Catholic theologians Augustine and Aquinas. FAITH creates its own parallel universe . SCIENCE and scientists in the 20th century were corrupted by global capitalism , American imperialism , and Israeli Zionism. The " official atheism " of Stalin's Russia did nothing to secure the integrity of Science. How many bought and sold scientists are applying LOGIC and REASON to their bondage to the military industrial complex ? J. Robert Oppenheimer got it right after Hiroshima when he is said to have muttered : " Now WE know SIN , the destroyer of worlds ".

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For profit produced capitalist goods and services are becoming more and more reckless of public health and safety.