"I especially consider the religious-right candidates to be clustered into a sort of clown car. Every one of them is a frickin joke, is 100% non-vote-worthy, and all spout off the same bullshit talking points with absolutely no differentiation…"
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Political Scorecard: Separation of Church and State, Freedom of Religion
Started this discussion. Last reply by Andrew Jun 16, 2015. 6 Replies 2 Likes
Here is a scorecard published by BillStamp.com which rates U.S. politicians according to how well they support the Separation of…Continue
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Let's have a brainstorm about ways ThinkAtheist could be improved!Big or small, any thoughts are welcome! TA is a great site/community and I'd love to help it strive to maximize its potential. Who…Continue
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Andrew replied to Andrew's discussion 'Political Scorecard: Separation of Church and State, Freedom of Religion'
Andrew replied to Unseen's discussion 'For the Americans here: If not Hillary, who?'"Your thoughts on income tax are completely naive, and you underestimate the value of government spending. It would be ill-advised to completely flip the structure of taxation from income to sales. "
Andrew replied to Unseen's discussion 'For the Americans here: If not Hillary, who?'"Insofar as we are talking about politicians' stances on religious issues, this list is extremely relevant.
Currently my support goes out to Bernie Sanders, Rand Paul, Elizabeth Warren (even though she's not running), and Gary Johnson. Wish…"
Davis Goodman replied to Andrew's discussion 'Political Scorecard: Separation of Church and State, Freedom of Religion'"It's great to see that the entire list isn't democrats totally on the top and republicans totally on the bottom. However, seeing almost all of the republican nominees at the bottom...is alarming. I've heard the phrase "clown…"
Andrew replied to Andrew's discussion 'Political Scorecard: Separation of Church and State, Freedom of Religion'"Fair enough, that's your opinion. Anyway what do you think of the scorecard (the link I posted)?"
Ed replied to Andrew's discussion 'Political Scorecard: Separation of Church and State, Freedom of Religion'"I don't consider my denial of the existence of supernatural phenomena a religious belief."
Andrew replied to Andrew's discussion 'Political Scorecard: Separation of Church and State, Freedom of Religion'"They are beliefs regarding answers to religious questions, e.g. "Are there things outside of the universe?", "What is the meaning of life?""
Ed replied to Andrew's discussion 'Political Scorecard: Separation of Church and State, Freedom of Religion'"BillStamp.com -
Is this site atheistic?
Secularism is separate from Atheism. Atheism, Agnosticism, Humanism, etc are religions*, whereas Secularism is merely the political idea that certain things (e.g. government funding, hiring practices, etc.)…"
Andrew posted a discussionPolitical Scorecard: Separation of Church and State, Freedom of Religion
Here is a scorecard published by BillStamp.com which rates U.S. politicians according to how well they support the Separation of Church and State. There's also a smaller scorecard containing only the 2016 presidential candidates.Just leaving it here in case any of you are interested. Let me know if you have any questions about what the scores mean.See More
Andrew replied to Stephen Gunn's discussion 'Are all religions superstitions?'"Superstition is when you make unjustified assumptions (usually based on anecdotal/hearsay evidence) about how things work, and then you act on those unjustified assumptions.
Examples:
Baseball player wins a game with his socks inside-out. Therefore…"
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Only One Is Illegal...
"Anthony: in general, I'm with you. But I think there is another reason why people believe that the bible is true. They learn it during childhood, and because of natural human development, it becomes ingrained in such a way that most…"
Jhayes commented on Andrew's photoOnly One Is Illegal...
"'"[today], when religious wars and mindless murders are rampant" I don't mean to be a contrarian, but this is a pet peeve of mine: today's society is actually no different from past societies in this regard. Religious war…"
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