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This is from The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson aired on May 20th, 1977. Carl Sagan says something very important, a strong message that didn't lose any validity since then.

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I'd post a picture of @maklelan.bsky.social's book, The Bible Says So, but it's on Kindle, so I don't have a picture of it. I am into the second chapter and it's excellent.

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What better place to stand? It makes it easier to stab him in the back.

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I feel like this is a good time to share this again... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cadaver...

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Happy Easter to all who celebrate.

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2 Samuel Chapter 4 In which I make reference to Murder, She Wrote This chapter is quite short and it could be even shorter since it has details that seem unnecessary. At least that's what I would say had I not been using an annotated Bible. There is an aside in this chapter that talks about…

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The hate is the point. The cruelty is the point. The subjugation is the point. The dehumanization is the point. The white supremacy is the point.

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2 Samuel Chapter 3 It's like Days Of Our Lives Unlike the previous chapter, we learn a lot in this one. First, David has five wives (so far) and has at least one son with each. We know how highly this book thinks of daughters, so if had any, we wouldn't know about them. I just wonder when David…

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2 Samuel Chapter 2 War. What is it good for? David is told by God to go to Hebron, so he loaded up the truck and he moved to…oh, sorry, wrong story. David, his two wives and all of his men along with their households settled in Hebron. The people of Judah came to greet him and, as a housewarming…

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14 minutes of pure heaven. Click the link and just. Listen. --acg youtu.be/IrW9wtyhbe4...

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I'm writing about 2 Samuel 2 while listening to "Maggot Brain" by Funkadelic. That is all.

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2 Samuel Chapter 1 Is it good to be the king? I'm back to begin the most ill-titled book in Bible. Samuel died before the end of book one and only made an Obi-Wan- style appearance one more time. I prefer, though, to think of it more like a Zaphod Beeblebrox IV style appearance. If you've read…

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Jacob and Esau: The Reboot I've been a bit serious for good reason, so here's more the writing project I did back in 2018 to add a bit of levity to waves hands wildly around. Isaac (who wasn't killed by his father because Bob was "just joking") and Rebekah, his wife, conceived twins…sort of…

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We should know by now that it's not about the price of eggs. It's about the grotesque transfer of all wealth upwards away from regular people like you and me to the oligarchs. But they succeed in distracting us with things they think we care about.

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Hey @davidtchafin.bsky.social and @heavydishongry.bsky.social, you'll both appreciate this.

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When you’ve even lost Le Pen …

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Be kind.

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If empathy is a sin, I'd rather go to hell than live a "virtuous" life.

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I mean, where's the lie?

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You are welcome, but I'm not welcoming you. wp.me/pd9uS5-sz

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Something About Leopards and Faces This is an open letter in response to people who voted for the current administration and have since lost their jobs and are now upset about it and looking for pity from those who warned them. Greetings voters, I have been laid off three times in my life, so I…

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“Oh, uh, there won’t be any money, but when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness.” Bill Murray, Caddyshack

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I don't hate people. I hate hateful ideologies. alienbs.blog/2025/02/22/t...

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The Poison of Hate Apologies for not getting back to the Bible Study portion of this blog, I've been lamenting the culture of hate that seems to be infiltrating the world around me. It's ugly and if I had to say that I hate anything, that is what I hate. I am not a hateful person. There's a quote…

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Which Ten Commandments? Exodus 20? Exodus 34? Deuteronomy 5? Which version? Protestant? Catholic? Jewish? From which Bible? KJV? NIV? ESV? NRSV?

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White Christian nationalism is the greatest threat to our democracy and the well being of our neighbors. Full stop.

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As I've told my girlfriend, "I don't want to control shit. That's too much work."

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Globally, women are becoming more liberal while men grow more conservative. They are trying to maintain control over women. But this resistance further fuels women’s drive for liberation. The cycle continues, but women will win.

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Dear Asteroid, Whenever you're ready. We, the undersigned.

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My gods, this thread.

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Watch it, and then...

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If Ross wants to know why young people are leaving religion, maybe he should actually talk to some young people. Their answers, overwhelmingly: hypocrisy, bigotry, abuse, and politicization

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There are times when your spirituality must express itself in defiance. I think now is such a time. You? I have this image on stickers, mugs, prints, etc.

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That “HE GETS US” ad is funded by an extreme right wing org. Using Johnny Cash’s cover of Depeche Mode’s “Personal Jesus” - a scathing critique of right-wing televangelists preying on the unwary - is a spectacular self-own.

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Who is my neighbor? The veep doesn't seem to know. alienbs.blog/2025/02/08/a...

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A Hierarchy Of Neighbor-ness? Apologies for my absence these past couple weeks, but in the light of waves hands around at everything I needed a break and I figured since I finished up 1 Samuel, that would be a good break point. So I took some time away and focused on me. Now I'm back and I would…

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Still one of my favorite Robot Chicken clips. youtu.be/52_YATRdS2o?...

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