religioustolerance.org - 10/20/2008
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Almost all Christians recognize the Trinity -- a single God composed of three persons -- while denying the existence of the other thousands of deities. Religious Jews generally worship Yahweh and believe that the thousands of other Gods and Goddesses are figments of people's imagination. ...
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Observations from a Ersatz(?) American
The Republic of T. —
... without actually calling them that, Bush had inadvertenty revealed something about how he thinks in terms of race. When George Bush thinks “American” some part of his brain—perhaps by default— automatically thinks “white.”
“Us” or “we” in terms of “American” means people with “white” skin. A racist assumption in and of itself. Even George Will recognized as much.
What do we know about the “real America” It’s a Christian nation, or at least a nation of believers.
The average American will not vote for an otherwise ...
Terrance Heath: Observations From an Ersatz American
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... racist without actually calling them that, Bush had inadvertenty revealed something about how he thinks in terms of race. When George Bush thinks "American" some part of his brain--perhaps by default-- automatically thinks "white."
"Us" or "we" in terms of "American" means people with "white" skin. A racist assumption in and of itself. Even George Will recognized as much.
What do we know about the "real America" It's a Christian nation, or at least a nation of believers.
The average American will not vote for an ...
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