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Christians have burned witches, imprisoned, tortured and murdered homosexuals, committed religious genocide, and more. It doesn't seem to matter what religion we're talking about, they all have their zealots, and their crimes committed in the name of God's righteousness. This has never...

And being willing to lie, cheat, and steal seats on the judiciary to do so. And to support those who do. Somehow, in the name of their God, morality flies out the window.

But almost none them are actively trying to force the world they live in, and the people they live in it with, to comply. We're all ideologically selfish, and think we know best how the world should be. But very few of us are actually willing to try and force that result. The religious zealots...

But almost no one actually plans to improve society or the world. Even the most devoutly religious among us now better then to presume such a thing. And those who do have such grandiose desires are often the most dangerous among us, even when they have the best of intentions. In this sense, I...

Big Greed plays for every team in the arena. He coaches and umpires, too. Which is why he always wins the game.

If all you can muster are insults, we're done here.

Oh, I think you're just fooling yourself, now.

Hmmm, ... I think I disagree with this. I think the word, "ideology" refers to the set of concepts and ideals one uses to negotiate life in the world. And that this could be specifically non-political, or non-economic, or non-religious, if one so chose. I know artists, for example, that place...

Finneas (O'Connell) bought one of those thinking it was his "dream car" when he finally had made some real money. And then got rid of it a few months later. He said it was a dangerous piece of crap. :)

I think it's both sad and horribly unfair that you lump government employees and people receiving welfare and disability in with the wealthy criminals involved in phony charities and doling our public funds to their rich cronies in return for bribes and kickbacks. Because they are anything but that.

Hmmm, ... is there anyone that you have recently said this to? Someone that you feel was using their religion to actively loath and/or punish others for their "unrighteousness"? I'm just curious. Of course I understand if you feel it's inappropriate to answer ths.

Then why is the right the ones whining about it and trying to sweep it all under the rug by firing any teacher that dares to teach our kids about it?

Well, that's just silly. Why do you think doctors wear masks and gloves when operating on patients? I work in a large, busy dental facility, and everyone that engages with the patients there have always worn masks and gloves to help prevent the spread of infection to both the patients and the staff.

I think you may have hit on the key difference as being 'internal' or 'external' in expression. I had not thought of it in those terms but perhaps that is the delineation I was looking for. The zealot is seeking to make the world comport with his ideology, whereas the fervent believer is...

That sequence of events, however, only happen in one direction. And that is the existential reality of 'time'. It's what makes it real, and what makes it matter. No "do-overs".

It becomes very apparent in the practice of law when lawyers don't want to defend people that don't have a lot of money to pay them. And when courts demand fines in leu of jail time. And when white jurists can't distinguish one black man from another. And when they assume an accused black man...

Except that I have not had a cold or flu in almost three years, now, when I used to get one per year. And the difference is that for the last several years I have limited close contact with other people, washed my hands more often, and worn a mask around clustered groups of people. So my own...

Law is PRACTICED. And it's in the practice of it that the racism becomes apparent. Also, classism is very often also racist. So laws that unfairly punish the poor are often also laws that unfairly punish being black, even when they also effect poor white people.

It doesn't work that way. I am 65 years old. My immune system is as built up against colds and flu as much as it will ever be, and yet I can still catch them from other people, especially sitting in an enclosed space like a plane. I know this from experience. So in the future, I will wear a mask...

I'll be happy not to catch anyone else's cold or flu on the plane. Avoiding wearing a mask on a crowded plane doesn't make me "free", it just makes me stupid.