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Religion has so many connections to political and economic beliefs, there needs to be a place to identify linkages, problems, goals, options, action plans and evaluation criteria.

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What is the purpose of life?

An eternal question, what is the purpose of life?, occupied philosophers’ thoughts throughout history. Stone pictographs reveal even primitive peoples reflected on this query. Each one has the capacity to define his or her personal thinking about politics, economics and religion.

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Tamar Gendler: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Politics and Economics

Started by Dallas the Phallus. Last reply by Tom Sarbeck 8 hours ago. 1 Reply 1 Like

Tamar Gendler, Department of Philosophy Chair at Yale University, Cognitive ScientistWho gets what and who says so? These two questions underlie and inform every social arrangement from the resolution of schoolyard squabbles to the meta-structure of…Continue

Tags: wealth, income, social contract, culture, philosophy

US Military can now police civilians

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Military Quietly Grants Itself the Power to Police the Streets Without Local or State…Continue

Tags: civilian protection from military, military takeover, Posse Comitatus Act

Bank credit card collection scam

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The Vicious New Bank Shakedown That Could Seriously Ruin Your LifeJPMorgan Chase and other big banks are accused of running a…Continue

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Does the World Trade Organization make you fat?

Started by Ruth Anthony-Gardner. Last reply by Tom Sarbeck May 12. 1 Reply 0 Likes

Super-Sized Citizens: The Relationship Between a Country's Fast-Food Outlets and Its Obesity RatesWhile this study only claims an association, not cause, it…Continue

Tags: WTO, obesity, restaurant density, transnational food companies

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Comment by booklover on May 27, 2012 at 7:16pm: Thanks for the invite Joan. Your posts are so inspiring and thought-provoking. I love your way with words. You and John D. (and many others) are so smart, I just read, and don't feel I can contribute anything of value. I don't mean to put myself down, I know I'm intelligent, but you people are Awesome! I'm going to have my Journalism Major/History Minor Daughter (who also has a way with words) read some of your posts. Believe me I will contribute if I can, but right now I am loving reading all of the posts.~ Melinda

Comment by Joan Denoo on May 23, 2012 at 11:17am: John, since religion came before psychology, I believe psychology often falls under the influence of religion. It wasn't psychology that freed me from the bindings of thought, it was education, then support from women who faced challenges similar to mine, and then at some point atheism provided a frame where I could state with confidence, "I see no evidence of god!" From there on, it was just the freedom to think critically.

Comment by Joan Denoo on May 23, 2012 at 11:12am: John D I am very glad you joined this group; your input is important to me.

Comment by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on May 18, 2012 at 7:43pm: TED Talk by Nick Hanauer on how misleading it is to call the rich Job Creators (5 min 50 sec)

Comment by Ruth Anthony-Gardner on May 8, 2012 at 12:19am: From Cracked.com"Everyday Life as Misunderstood by Politicians"

Comment by John on April 29, 2012 at 3:18am: Just joined!

Comment by Secular Forces 2013 on April 23, 2012 at 4:16pm: & fkn' Ruissa holy shyte!?

Comment by Secular Forces 2013 on April 22, 2012 at 8:50am: more examples of just plain ignorance of reality imho

Comment by Joan Denoo on March 29, 2012 at 1:58am: Andrew Keen interviews George Dyson, author of Turing's Cathedral.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr4nv6JfdRI

http://www.turing.org.uk/turing/

I'm assuming you know the story of Alan Turing, mathematician, philosopher, developer of the Enigma machine, broke the German U-boat Code during WW II, discovered to be homosexual, he was tried, required to take male hormones, committed suicide in 1954 with cyanide.

One of the finest mathematicians and judged because he was homosexual. Just another proof of human's insanity and stupidity caused by religious beliefs.