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6 days ago6d

Posted by Captain_Feelgood

Okay... this shit was funny... and yes I'm going to post it on some progressive page here.. 😁

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COVID-19

1 week ago1w

Posted by BDair

My position on the COVID 'vaccines' is not just my opinion. Many doctors, medical experts, and researchers around the planet support my position. Look at things from more than one side.

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Silly, Random & Fun

2 weeks ago2w

Posted by Momen

Is it useful to teach children that Santa Claus exists?

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Posts

3 weeks ago3w

Posted by Killtheskyfairy

To all my sisters who make their own way, I see you!

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Religion of Science & Higher Consciousness

3 weeks ago3w

Posted by Earthling50

Have you heard of Robert Lawrence Kuhn's 'Closer to Truth? He covers topics from philosophy to cosmology; science, theology and religion. Recently he's partnered with “New Scientist. According to Robert Lawrence Kuhn, "it's among my favorite ...

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Posts

3 weeks ago3w

Posted by glennlab

Another food related question

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Academic (e.g., Science)

1 month ago1m

Posted by Larimar

radioactive man cremated.....

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Out Of The Illusion

1 month ago1m

Posted by William_Mary

The Untold Story of Sheikh Jarrah Colonialism in Israel was, and remains, a state-run project, which ultimately aims at achieving the same objective that is being carried out in Sheikh Jarrah—the ethnic cleansing of Palestinians to ensure ...

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Politics

May 6May 6

Posted by snytiger6

LINKPreacher: Conservatives Must Learn to “Terrify National Democrat Leaders” | Beth Stoneburner | Friendly Atheist | Patheos

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Religion & Spirituality

May 1May 1

Posted by Momen

Has your interest in religion increased or decreased after leaving your religion? Why?

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Just for Laughs

Apr 30Apr 30

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

RichieO posted this in Critical Thinking group but I thought it funny enough for this group too! :-D

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Memes R Us

Apr 29Apr 29

Posted by jeshuey

I don't mind if you do mind...

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Quotes

Apr 27Apr 27

Posted by JackPedigo

also News and links “Education… is not the learning of facts, but the training of minds to think.” –Albert Einstein An item in the Seattle Times caught my eye. This is an area especially important for us ‘free thinkers.’ ...

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Critical thinking

Apr 20Apr 20

Posted by Austin-Cambridge

Just how important is critical thinking? This is not the best example really but it does serve to illustrate just how easily your brain can be fooled, we all know that trash cans can't levitate but that's the impression you could have seeing this ...

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Just for Laughs

Apr 16Apr 16

Posted by bobwjr

Pretty accurate he is that

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Just for Laughs

Apr 15Apr 15

Posted by OldMetalHead

“Whatcha gonna do, when Teresamania runs wild on you!”

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Memes R Us

Apr 14Apr 14

Posted by jeshuey

Well what did you think they were for?

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Music Fans

Apr 14Apr 14

Posted by phxbillcee

The Kinks - Do It Again The Kinks - A Well Respected Man

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Just for Laughs

Apr 7Apr 7

Posted by bobwjr

When you have not cleaned in a while

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News & Links

Mar 29Mar 29

Posted by barjoe

LINKTrump Holdovers Are Sabotaging Social Security & The US Postal Service. McConnell Joins - YouTube

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Memes R Us

Mar 28Mar 28

Posted by MichelleGar1

I live in Texas......

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Out Of The Illusion

Mar 27Mar 27

Posted by William_Mary

On my home page today ---- What's your overall view of the news media? 13%Favorable 56%Unfavorable 30%It depends 1%I don't know I imagine most here know where my vote went. 13% favorable speaks loudly. Until you weigh in the amount of support...

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Politics

Mar 21Mar 21

Posted by WilliamCharles

R'amen, Mah.Thur.Fah.Curse. R'amen.

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Posts

Mar 6Mar 6

Posted by NostraDumbass

If I had to pick only one podcast of the half dozen or so I subscribe to as my favourite it would be Skeptoid created by Brian Dunning. Short 15-20 minute episodes that investigate urban legends, pseudoscience, the paranormal, cryptids, alternative ...

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Skepticism

Feb 27Feb 27

Posted by MattHardy

Setting up a group for skeptical discussion topics that lend themselves to investigation through the process of scientific skepticism and critical thinking. For example: spiritualism, the paranormal, ufos, and alternative medicine.

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Critical thinking

Feb 27Feb 27

Posted by RichieO

I was wondering how many folk make partitions or compartments in the mind to go on believing in something that has no evidence or sound reasons and still call themselves critical thinkers, it is obvious that some do just that, whether it is a god, ...

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Feb 25Feb 25

Posted by floWteiuQ

LINKBelief In Conspiracy Theories Is Associated With Lower Levels Of Critical Thinking – Research Digest

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Singles/Mingle/Chat

Feb 19Feb 19

Posted by bobwjr

We can still jail him

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Trump Pinata

Feb 19Feb 19

Posted by glennlab

Finally found an excellent description of him

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Health & Happiness

Feb 18Feb 18

Posted by Spinliesel

Monday, Monday. It is an appointment with a new neurologist. Nerve doctors, who have no problem with jamming you with pointy steel rods connected to radiofrequency generators. To see if my nerves conduct the electrical signals from the brain. I...

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Just for Laughs

Feb 17Feb 17

Posted by St-Sinner

New drawing. You like it?

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Silly, Random & Fun

Feb 16Feb 16

Posted by whiskywoman

some fun and facts remember those heaters they were awesome

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Critical thinking

Feb 13Feb 13

Posted by RichieO

I wonder how much folks will learn from both the ex-presidents impeachment trials? More to point, how can critical thinking help to see beyond the rhetoric and legal babble? It is, in my opinion also a trial of how well democracy works, (or fails to ...

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Politics

Feb 9Feb 9

Posted by MsAl

So THIS is why the riots went wrong!! 🙄 Edit- I posted this without looking into the source because I thought it was funny. Sgt-Spanky pointed out that it is a satire page and thus not real. Sad how he was to only one out of all us critical ...

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Politics

Feb 8Feb 8

Posted by Thirst2learn

Hey liberals, time for some critical thinking skills, whats wrong with this picture?

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 8Feb 8

Posted by HeAdAkE

The ego the ego is a very powerful thing i just realized that it may have so much to do with why in the fuk people would pray to a god i feel as if ive been enlightened with that thought question is : does the ego overpower the ability to use ...

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Religion & Spirituality

Feb 4Feb 4

Posted by Lizzyambs

KARMA

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Love of Physics

Feb 3Feb 3

Posted by yvilletom

Quantum experiments have long demonstrated that subatomic particles somehow “know” about each other instantly, and at great distances. Standard model folk, aka Bangers, invented quantum entanglement to describe the phenomena. Electric Universe ...

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Scientists

Feb 3Feb 3

Posted by yvilletom

Quantum experiments have long demonstrated that subatomic particles somehow “know” about each other instantly, and at great distances. Standard model folk, aka Bangers, invented quantum entanglement to describe the phenomena. Electric Universe ...

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Memes R Us

Feb 2Feb 2

Posted by MichelleGar1

He was everyone's friend! Lol

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Family & Parenting

Jan 29Jan 29

Posted by HippieChick58

LINKNational High School Ethics Bowl

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aussie sceptics

Jan 28Jan 28

Posted by anglophone

It annoys the crap out of me that people in state politics still try to hoodwink the public with their conspiracy theories. Thank goodness Andreas Tokaji was caught out before the impending election: . I assert that people with such a ...

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Singles/Mingle/Chat

Jan 28Jan 28

Posted by azzow2

I hope that I am not the only one that feels like this bata test vaccination is being forced and that all of a sudden the long term effects no longer matter? This entire situation reminds me of this movie.

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Music Fans

Jan 24Jan 24

Posted by Beowulfsfriend

There was a lot of good music to comd out during the pandemic. What say yee all for just one of your many favorites. I liked the Stones a lot

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Health & Happiness

Jan 19Jan 19

Posted by Jolanta

Old timers are doing it for themselves.

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Jan 18Jan 18

Posted by gsiamne

Nasa's Curiosity rover: 3,000 days on Mars:

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The Computer & Electronic

Jan 15Jan 15

Posted by TheGreatShadow

How to buy a computer. In 1993! This was around the year that we got our first home computer. IIRC it was like 33mhz and 4 mb of ram. Like 3K for the thing. Never worked because it had a hard drive. I was like 10 so I had no idea... Speaking of ...

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Politics

Jan 13Jan 13

Posted by Somnium

Ciphers are individuals lacking in moral autonomy, deficient in critical thinking and incapable of acting with courage. The cipher is too afraid or incompetent to think for himself, and so, he submissively regurgitates slogans heard in the media and...

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Philosophy & Meaning

Jan 13Jan 13

Posted by AHWalter1989

LINKLife, Philosophy, and Everything In-Between: Critical Thinking In A Busy World

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Posts

Jan 9Jan 9

Posted by bobwjr

Beware the squirrel

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General & Hellos

Jan 7Jan 7

Posted by TristanNuvo

Just thinking ahead here a bit. For all of those who did not like the freedoms that were taken away from us after 911. Just think of all that will be taken away after this insane, ill informed mob attacking the Capitol. Trump and ALL of his ...

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News & Links

Dec 31, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by snytiger6

LINKRapper Azealia Banks Slaughtered Chickens in Her Closet for Three Years As a Form of Witchcraft | Hemant Mehta | Friendly Atheist | Patheos

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News & Links

Dec 30, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by snytiger6

LINKMissouri Parents Who Watched Beating Can’t Go to Their ‘Demon’ Child’s Funeral, Judge Rules

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Philosophy & Meaning

Dec 29, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by LenHazell53

In answer to @DangerDave's post Are You A Humanist? and the Ten commitments Altruism “I will help others in need without hoping for rewards.” Why only those in need, and who determines what "need" is? Critical Thinking “I will ...

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News & Links

Dec 24, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by snytiger6

LINKKirk Cameron Condemns “Mask Gestapo” While Publicizing COVID-Spreading Events | Beth Stoneburner | Friendly Atheist | Patheos

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Politics

Dec 22, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by LisaLisa92806

If you're atheist and a Trump supporter you don’t get to pretend that you care about reason, logic, science, facts, or critical thinking. You still live in an alternate universe of conspiracy theories, corruption, and lies.

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General & Hellos

Dec 21, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by nogod4me

The Baloney Detection Kit Sandwich (Infographic) Click this link to zoom and scroll the Infographic: For a class project, a pair of 11th grade physics students created the infographic shown below, inspired by ...

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Progressives, Socialists, and Black Lives Matter

Dec 21, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by johnnyrobish

Angry Trump Intensifying Efforts to Challenge Election Results While the deadly coronavirus rages on out of control, President Trump’s focus has been to intensify his efforts to overturn the election, proposing a series of ...

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Trump Pinata

Dec 20, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by SeaGreenEyez

LINKAtlantic City auctions off chance to blow up Trump Plaza | TheHill

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Just for Laughs

Dec 19, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by Triphid

Poor old Santa has been having truly shit of a year, the Elves are ALL on Strike, the Reindeer all have a dose of the Scours, Mother Claus is going through the Menopause, the Fairies have all turned Lesbian. Suddenly the door bursts open and in comes...

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General & Hellos

Dec 15, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by LifeIsEnough

I love looking to buy old churches and turning them into artists and crafters maker's space. That's the two year plan right now. I want an artist and writer sanctuary to encourage freedom of thought and expression. Very excited.

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News & Links

Dec 9, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by snytiger6

LINKFocus on the Family Releases Anti-LGBTQ “Back to School” Guide for Parents | Beth Stoneburner | Friendly Atheist | Patheos

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Academic (e.g., Science)

Dec 4, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by Marqus

... ☃️☃️ ...

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Mental Health Support

Dec 4, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by DaisyMaeNot

Has anyone on here ever "written off" a family member? How about your own child? I'm about to slam the door on my youngest who's been arrested for domestic violence for the SECOND time (different woman this time). He's a misogynistic asshole and ...

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Posts

Dec 4, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by Healthydoc70

DORENEVANT-fr, from now on; henceforth

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News & Links

Dec 2, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by HippieChick58

LINKLetters From An American 12/01/2020

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Just for Laughs

Dec 1, 2020Dec 2020

Posted by RoboGraham

That time of the year again.

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Critical thinking

Nov 30, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by yvilletom

To exercise my critical thinking I often read rulings by the Supreme Court of the US (scotus). To find a ruling, I search on “scotus xxxxxxx text”. Where you see xxxxxxx there, I name a subject I want to investigate such as sex or speech or ...

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Just for Laughs

Nov 22, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by Wesley-C

Damn what am I?

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Out Of The Illusion

Nov 22, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by William_Mary

Our voices and opinions of critic have the potential of power. First you must generate power towards an opinion by actually using material provided to address. Within the groups narratives, whether it be from the articles or videos. To be able to ...

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Critical thinking

Nov 22, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by Word

Knowledge of good and evil is paramount for establishing good critical thinking skills. To lay a good knowledge foundation of the knowledge of good and evil one should study many different sources of dictionaries and thesauruses to get an objective ...

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Trump Pinata

Nov 21, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by freeofgod

There seems to be a question floating around about whether President elect Joe Biden should prosecute Trumps' illegal doings or let them go in the hope of cooperation from republican officials. I'm not expecting an ounce of help from the R's. They ...

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News & Links

Nov 15, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by snytiger6

LINKFox News' Tucker Carlson Apologizes For His Fake Dead Man Voting Story | HuffPost

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Critical thinking

Nov 6, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by RichieO

Is it enough to be a freethinker? (As described by Bertie) What makes a freethinker is not his beliefs but the way in which he holds them. If he holds them because his elders told him they were true when he was young, or if he holds them because if...

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Critical thinking

Nov 4, 2020Nov 2020

Posted by yvilletom

Some more critical thinking. In physics and chemistry, the law of conservation of momentum says the momentum of an isolated system remains constant. Source: Wikipedia. If the Big Bang happened, it gave linear momentum to a lot of matter. If the ...

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Posts

Oct 22, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by Ajc333

What’s everyone’s favorite book on critical thinking? Mine is probably the demon haunted world.

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Ethical Vegans - Animal Rights - Environmental Concerns - Clean Food & Gardening

Oct 22, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by SkotlandSkye

Greetings all! I founded this group and it's nice to see that it's still going :-)

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Trump Pinata

Oct 18, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by johnnyrobish

White House Was Warned Giuliani Was a Russian-Manipulated Asset It’s being reported that as early as January of 2019, the intelligence committee warned Capitol Hill and the White House that Rudy Giuliani was “a target of a ...

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SapioSexuals

Oct 15, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by FlippantLlama

I'm all for education and academia, but have you ever met someone that, despite a lack of formal education, is naturally highly intelligent? I almost admire them more when they can reach conclusions all by themselves without formal training in ...

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Uncommon words and their meanings.

Oct 11, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by HippieChick58

DESIDERATUM də-zi-də-RAH-dəm Part of speech: noun Origin: Latin, mid 17th century 1: Something that is needed or wanted. Examples of Desideratum in a sentence "Critical thinking skills are the desideratum of basic education." "I don't ...

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Posts

Oct 4, 2020Oct 2020

Posted by girlwithsmiles

Wandered over a style and found a nice little bough of berries and watering hole. The local dragonflies are still very active 😊

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Politics

Sep 29, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by MikeInBatonRouge

This. U.S. democracy is in some deep shit. I blame religion. ....not because it is automatically partisan, but because it destroys people's critical thinking skills and makes them more susceptible to political bad actors.

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Memes R Us

Sep 25, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by Hages

Ever Notice...

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The Church of Maybe

Sep 22, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by HenAgnDon

Serenity Dip = Serendipity I have come across books (in person before covid) rather cheap about things that extended my imagination about cosmology, oceanography, linguistics, ancient history, logic, neurology, what have you. Things that barely ...

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General & Hellos

Sep 21, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by DavidLaDeau

An open letter to my friend DenoPenno a member here on agnostic.. We have known each other for about six years now. I met you on another site when I first came out as an atheist. You never failed to challenge me at every turn. I learned so much ...

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Politics

Sep 18, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by Lightupmylife

I went to an all-girl catholic high school in Ohio and finally agreed to go to the latest reunion, our 50th. So after 50 years, I found the majority of the ladies were still staunch Catholics, gushing over the mass said in our honor (I did not ...

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General & Hellos

Sep 16, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by Triphid

Just a little adjunct to the Evangeloon business from last weekend. Last evening I received a phone call from Evangeloon's mother. She said, quite nicely I might add, " I want to thank you most sincerely for your rendering assistance to my somewhat, ...

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CLASSIC ROCK RULES

Sep 14, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by Marionville

Amy Winehouse would’ve been 37 today because this is her birthday, born 14th September 1983. So sad that we lost her so young. Here as a tribute is her singing - Valerie. live

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Critical thinking

Sep 8, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by yvilletom

A Not Easy Critical Thinking Exercise: If Einstein had said there are no black swans, he would not have looked for black swans. He did say nothing travels faster than light, and did not look for anything that traveled faster than light. He left ...

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Liberal/Progressive Party

Sep 7, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by LuvLayne

Trump's 'losers' and 'suckers' troops scandal is one final call to action for America

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Critical thinking

Sep 6, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by yvilletom

An Easy Critical Thinking Exercise: In the laboratory, neutrons decay in just under 15 minutes. Please do not ask if neutron stars exist.

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Out Of The Illusion

Sep 4, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by William_Mary

Trump Admin Did Little to Prevent PPP Fraud, New Report From House Dems Concludes Tens of thousands of PPP loans issued by the administration could be subject to fraud, waste, or abuse, House Democrats found by analyzing program details. ...

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Critical thinking

Sep 1, 2020Sep 2020

Posted by yvilletom

Albert Einstein — An Exercise in Critical Thinking “ Isaacson’s biography shows how scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality.” ......Publisher’s blurb on the audio edition of ...

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News & Links

Aug 26, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by SkyreckedLoemm

Will this ever stop?

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Family & Parenting

Aug 20, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by jlf32119

Hey guys. What are some specific and realistic strategies that parents can use to increase critical thinking skills in our young kids? Many of us on this website acknowledge the need to use critical thinking skills regarding religion, beliefs, etc....

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General & Hellos

Aug 18, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by nogod4me

Information to help understand Viruses and Pandemics from Junior Skeptic Right now, we are all confronting one of humanity’s scariest enemies: epidemic disease. Are we brave enough to face this horror? You bet we are! We’ve ...

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EX Mormon Atheists, agnostics and apostates

Aug 14, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by PandaCat

It’s so weird that I hardly say I’m exmormon anymore. It was a thing for like 3 years. Now I mostly say I’m atheist or pantheist (as Dawkin’s definition).

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Trump Pinata

Aug 7, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by racocn8

POLLTrump has been campaigning to have schools reopen. He claims that it is important for kids to go back to school. The problem is, Trump and the Republicans have never given a flying f&&k about kids, teachers, or schools. They mostly hate schools ...

Why does Trump want to re-open the schools... (What is the main reason)?

5 votes Trump wants to get the economy going again.
0 votes Trump wants to be sure kids get a good education.
0 votes Trump hopes that Covid will attack the kids and teachers, and he has no fondness for them.
4 votes Trump knows his base hates public schools, and this is a dog whistle to energize his supporters.
0 votes Trump knows Covid attacks non-whites disproportionately, so killing off school staff will reduce Democrat voters.
4 votes Other (Please state)

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Religion & Spirituality

Aug 5, 2020Aug 2020

Posted by FSMGirl

POLLWhy do his followers believe Trump's lies even when he's been caught red-handed? Is it because the fundamentalist nature of their religion discourages critical thinking skills?