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K.I.S.S.

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“For although the act condemns the doer, the end may justify him…” — Niccolò Machiavelli, Discourses: I, 9   It’s Easter, a time for God. In the spirit of “K.I.S.S.” (“Keep It Simple Stupid”), let’s agree unbelievers dominate one party, dominate the elite, and dominate our culture. Following Machiavelli, they practice a flexible morality that buries the Supreme Court’s “Equal Justice Under Law” motto (pictured). Humanism’s Morality According to Wikipedia’s entry on “Morality”: religious value systems co-exist with contemporary secular frameworks such as .   .  . humanism ,   .   . Modern monotheistic religions, such as Islam, Judaism, Christianity.   .   . define right and wrong by the laws and rules set forth by their respective scriptures and as interpreted by religious leaders within the respective faith. “The ends justify the means.” What then, prevents a humanist from committing any act if it’s in pursuit of a perceived...

Losing Religion

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I believe that we are living through a deep spiritual crisis; perhaps even a spiritual war. My interest these days is what this means. As we see the consequences of eating the forbidden fruit, of choosing power over ­humility, separation over communion, the stakes become clearer each day. Surrender or rebellion; sacrifice or conquest; death of the self or triumph of the will; the Cross or the machine .    .    . the way is narrow and maybe we will always fail to walk it. [emphasis added] — Paul Kingsnorth, Free Press Maureen Dowd was born in 1952, the middle of the Baby Boomer era. She graduated from Catholic University of America in 1973, the year Roe v. Wade supercharged the Feminist Revolution. The Ranker’s “List of Famous Columnists” has Dowd at #4, behind only a fiction writer (Stephen King), a man who died in 1972 (Walter Winchell), and a famous actress (Joan Collins). Dowd ranks first among active columnists. After all, Dowd, a Pulitzer Prize-winn...