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Germany Has the Right Idea

Outside of Scientology headquarters in Berlin, officials have posted a warning sign expressing opposition to activities of the sect and asking people to keep a critical eye out (read Der Speigel article here).The German government has never recognized Scientology as a religion, refuses to exempt it from taxes, and keeps a constant eye out for "anti-constitutional activity" because of aggressive

You're a Mean One

Group's new Christmas message: Be good, not godlyAds proclaiming, "Why believe in a god? Just be good for goodness' sake," will appear on Washington buses starting next week and running through December....The American Humanist Association unveiled the provocative $40,000 holiday ad campaign Tuesday...."It's the ultimate grinch to say there is no God at a time when millions of people around the

Posthumous Baptisms

I suppose I would be irritated if the Mormon church was trying to posthumously baptize my family members. But only slightly, since it's entirely nonsense and has no effect on reality.Holocaust survivors said Monday they are through trying to negotiate with the Mormon church over posthumous baptisms of Jews killed in Nazi concentration camps, saying the church has repeatedly violated a 13-year-old

Flawed

Around the country early voters are having to wait in long lines to cast their ballots. These waits have been as long as 8 to 10 hours.It is unconscionable that we still do not have an organized national voting system instead of a disorganized mess that lends to so much unfairness and error. This is unfair to voters who cannot afford to stand in line for that long because of their jobs, children,

Private

The other day I set my blog as private. I was thinking about discontinuing it, but did not want to do anything hasty like deleting it. I was surprised that some of you noticed, as I have been a bad blogger lately and have not written anything in ages, so I suspected that I had lost most readers. I realize that doing that without saying anything was in bad form and I apologize.I promise you there