I haven't seen anyone quote this:
“The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one. The happiness of credulity is a cheap and dangerous quality of happiness, and by no means a necessity of life.”
― George...
Apparently those that practice True Religion (tm) are exceedingly rare. People are people. The average religious person is no more moral than the average atheist.
Yes. His rank indicated that he was the head of a local chapter only.
Here's wiki info: Robert Byrd - Wikipedia
Byrd later called joining the KKK "the greatest mistake I ever made."[7] In 1997, he told an interviewer he would encourage young people to become involved in politics but also...
Speaking of lies: Fact check: Robert Byrd, eulogized by Joe Biden at funeral, was not KKK Grand Wizard
Social media users have been sharing content online that claims Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden eulogized Robert Byrd, asserting he was the grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK)...
It depends on how you're interpreting the biblical account and what you expect of a god.
If your god is omnipotent, then it could flood the entire earth and erase all traces and restore the civilizations that existed as if the flood never happened.
But is there evidence of a global flood? No...
My favorite is Matthew claiming that Jesus' return from Egypt fulfills a prophecy. Most scholars (and Bible footnotes) say this is a reference to Hosea 11:1
Here's Hosea 10:15 to Hosea 11:2
So will it happen to you, Bethel, because your wickedness is great.
When that day dawns, the king of...
They are attributed to David. What makes you think these are prophecies?
For something to be a prophecy, it seems to me that someone should read it before the prophesied events and be able to say "Hey, that guy's prophesying X and Y."
Why would David's contemporaries read those psalms and...