Comments for Beyond Church and State https://the-orbit.net/beyondchurchandstate/ This blog is not about secular politics as usual Thu, 03 Jan 2019 14:21:34 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.6 Comment on Mike Pence: Lying for Jesus? by Pax Ahimsa Gethen https://the-orbit.net/beyondchurchandstate/2018/05/16/mike-pence-lying-for-jesus/#comment-8 Wed, 16 May 2018 16:15:09 +0000 https://the-orbit.net/beyondchurchandstate/?p=119#comment-8 And of course Pence’s definition of religion in his tweet – “praying, going to church, and reading and believing in the Bible” – is clearly and narrowly limited to Christianity. “Religious freedom” for his ilk means the freedom to discriminate against anyone who is not (what they think of as) a devout Christian.

]]> Comment on A Major Crack in the Wall of Separation by Juhem Navarro-Rivera https://the-orbit.net/beyondchurchandstate/2018/05/09/a-major-crack-in-the-wall-of-separation/#comment-7 Tue, 15 May 2018 13:00:50 +0000 https://the-orbit.net/beyondchurchandstate/?p=94#comment-7 In reply to Steve Caldwell.

Partly, but early in the admin they had majorities, and later Harry Reid and Barack Obama continued to be deferential of McConnel and Republicans even when they held control of the Senate.

]]> Comment on A Major Crack in the Wall of Separation by Steve Caldwell https://the-orbit.net/beyondchurchandstate/2018/05/09/a-major-crack-in-the-wall-of-separation/#comment-6 Tue, 15 May 2018 01:29:51 +0000 https://the-orbit.net/beyondchurchandstate/?p=94#comment-6 The court vacancies issue wasn’t the work of President Obama. It was the work of obstructionist Republicans in the Senate led by Mitch McConnell.

]]> Comment on Don’t Forget the Conservative Media Ecosystem by Great American Satan https://the-orbit.net/beyondchurchandstate/2018/05/01/dont-forget-the-conservative-media-ecosystem/#comment-5 Tue, 01 May 2018 22:06:51 +0000 https://the-orbit.net/beyondchurchandstate/?p=74#comment-5 True facts. I often say that the real reason the news media is afraid to be honest – to call a nazi a nazi, call cheeto a liar, call pizzagate baseless horrid lies – is because they are commercial. Anything that makes their ad revenue go down is sin, and alienating the kind of hyper-partisan conspiracy creeps that spend all day with faux news in the background is off the table – even for mainstream shitheads like CNN.

]]> Comment on The Nones are Causing the White Evangelical Aging Crisis by Divalent https://the-orbit.net/beyondchurchandstate/2018/04/19/the-nones-are-causing-the-white-evangelical-aging-crisis/#comment-4 Fri, 20 Apr 2018 21:52:55 +0000 https://the-orbit.net/beyondchurchandstate/?p=53#comment-4 An interesting analysis, thanks. It shows another significant pathway to a more secularized society beside just the “actuarial” one (by that I mean, other than older, less secularized people just dying off). It might be interesting to see any data on the attitudes of those that join evangelical religions from other religions too, to see if there is any balancing influx.

]]> Comment on I joined The Orbit! by Juhem Navarro-Rivera https://the-orbit.net/beyondchurchandstate/2018/04/03/i-joined-the-orbit/#comment-3 Mon, 09 Apr 2018 02:00:49 +0000 https://the-orbit.net/beyondchurchandstate/?p=32#comment-3 In reply to William Brinkman.

Thank you

]]> Comment on I joined The Orbit! by William Brinkman https://the-orbit.net/beyondchurchandstate/2018/04/03/i-joined-the-orbit/#comment-2 Sun, 08 Apr 2018 19:14:46 +0000 https://the-orbit.net/beyondchurchandstate/?p=32#comment-2 Welcome.

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