A lot of very smart, educated, and experienced people have been working very hard to figure out where business and/or government went wrong to cause the current economic crisis. Then there are people like Daniel Henninger who abuse their positions of influence and authority to blame scapegoats who had nothing to do with the current problems but by being smeared with false accusations they can serve to distract from the real issues. People like Daniel Henninger who scapegoat already despised minorities simply can't be treated as decent or moral human beings. Not only are they bigots, but they are hate mongers who are actively working to promote and increase hatred of others. Read more...

Christians have claimed that Christmas, marriage, morality, and more are theirs to define and control. What unites these issues is an effort by conservative Christians to claim ownership over cultural or political institutions which should be open equally to all citizens. They don't want to be mere contributors to a larger whole, they want to be owners with a right to exclude others. This is basically and expression of tribalism and attempt to exercise territoriality, not unlike what dogs do.

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Is Christmas at all contrary to world peace? That seems unlikely, but there are certainly good arguments for the idea that Christianity is a hinderance to world peace. Christians celebrate Christmas as the date of the birth of their savior, the focal point of their religion. In a sense, then, while Christmas is a date for Christians to celebrate the start of their religion, it may also be a date for non-Christians to mourn the loss to peace for the entire world.

 

Read Article: World Peace vs. Christmas: Save us from the Christian Savior by Boycotting Christmas and Christmas Celebrations

Humans like to crow about having God on their side — I don't think any group or nation has tried to promote being on the side against God — but in the real world groups which believe God is on their side are far more likely to be losers. Higher rates of belief in and worship of a single creator god correlate very strongly with higher rates of homicides, STDS, both juvenile and adult mortality, teen pregnancy, abortion, and more. This is especially true of the United States which is a prosperous democracy but also highly dysfunctional, making it far more like struggling third-world nations in far too many respects — and how much of that can be laid at the feet of religion? Read more...