Trump and Dignity
Like many lifelong Republicans, my mom is a reluctant Trump supporter. She disapproves of a great deal of the former president’s behavior, but, like many in her position, couldn’t bring herself to vote for a Democrat under any circumstances.
I asked her why it seems that Trump’s slipping in the poles, and now looks poised to lose in November. She explained that, for some reason, he was fairly quiet immediately following the assassination attempt, and that this, temporarily, made him appear dignified. Recently, however, he’s gone back to the name-calling and bullying for which he’s best known, which is anything but dignified.
Senior energy analyst Glenn Doty sent me the meme here; clearly he makes a good point.
I seriously doubt that hypocritical Christians are driving people away from the religion as a whole. Yes, the evangelicals may be slightly more fanatical and hateful than they’ve ever been in the past, but this whole phenomenon has been around for 1500+ years, and it really hasn’t changed too much over that period of time.
I heard a captivating radio interview today with journalist 
As suggested here, the rest of the world thinks that the United States’ demand that it proliferate guns throughout its society qualifies us as completely insane. Hard to deny that.
Did God give you your love of other animals, or was it part of your basic nature?
18th Century Scottish philosopher David Hume spoke to us on how our minds interact with the world around us to form our base of knowledge, saying, “We always disbelieve the greater miracle.” In other words, when two of our perceptions appear to contradict one another, we automatically accept whichever seems to be more likely.
It’s said that when one joins a cult, the first thing one learns is that everyone else is lying, and the only source of truth is the cult leader himself.
Actually, many people don’t even defend what benefits them.
The author of the meme here makes a fabulous point, but one sure doesn’t hear this from many people.
