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"Christian privilege was manifested in the January 6 attack on the US Capitol, Huffman argues, when many fellow members of Congress did not even seem to notice the religious elements of the group trying to kill them. It was evident again, he asserts, in one of the most consequential political cover-ups in recent history: the deliberate erasure of Christian nationalism from the final report of the House January 6 select committee."
#uspol #atheist #humanist #religion
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/26/jared-huffman-rising-christian-nationalism-no-prophets-book

Caution!
Mind your head
Mind the step

So when I tailflop up the step, then I tailflop with my head against the luggage rack?

Must have been a human who made this train...

#blahaj #train #england #humanist

Being a #humanist is like driving a rear-wheel drive through the present, into the future.

The power comes from the back-end, in #history.

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Humanist Geopolitics

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.pressenza.com/2026/07/humanist-geopolitics/

The funeral I was at this morning was a humanist one. The best type of funeral!

It had three of the deceased’s favourite songs as part of the celebration. It got me thinking about the songs I’d get played at mine when I shuffle. They would be:

‘39 by Queen.
Army Dreamers by Kate Bush.
Space is Deep by Hawkwind.

With the Declaration of Principles from Babylon 5, as articulated by G’Kar, as the reading.

https://greysector.wordpress.com/2015/04/17/the-declaration-a-babylon-5-wedding-reading/

#Funeral #Humanist

Today’s Tarot: Clarity (Q&A)

https://youtu.be/A7InMa2oCjQ?si=tKeE68AJXtOKi3v1

Q: What do we most need to know right now in the United States following Lindsey Graham’s death and conjecture about Mitch McConnell’s.

I drew this card with this question in mind, right after seeing a social media post from someone who I typically has good points and real food for thought. This may well be the first time I’ve disagreed with him.

But no, this isn’t a time for tut-tutting about “speaking ill of the dead” from either side of the political divide. Graham was not a good person who, because of his political power, inflicted real harm on real people and contributed much to the rise of fascism and white christian nationalism in America today.

I’m sorry for the loss of any kind person who feels his – or their – passing. But at the same time it is fair to think they are lying in the bed they made during their lifetime.

The social media person clucked something on the order “saying these things says more about you as a person than it does about them.

Not this time.

If making fun of a powerful bad man says something about the person saying it….what does a powerful man’s silence about the death of school girls at the hands of unnecessary war, the death of women at the hands of politically and religiously motivated abortion bans, the death of schoolchildren at the hands of our lack of gun control….and on and on and on. What does silence about these dead say about THEM? I’d rather people make merciless fun of the politicians who caused harm than remain silent in the face of the harm they caused.

It’s more important to be kind to everyone living than to worry about what is said about the dead.

Laughter is good medicine. Public figures who caused real harm aren’t going to be any less dead if we only say nice things about them after they’ve been rendered harmless by the inevitable. Momento Mori.

In the noise of current events, the Ace of swords reminds us to cut to the chase, get to the point, simplify. Tune out the static and get right down to what really matters. In the end, kindness is the only measure of what that is.

The #Wicca faith claims to be a survival of ancient pre-Christian witchcraft -- a claim largely debunked by historians. Still, its #ethics are remarkably #liberal. Which shows that even shaky history can land on nearly #humanist ethics. Other religions,take note!

More: suchanek.name/texts/atheis...

The #Wicca faith claims to be a survival of ancient pre-Christian witchcraft -- a claim largely debunked by historians. Still, its #ethics are remarkably #liberal. Which shows that even shaky history can land on nearly #humanist ethics. Other religions, take note!

More at https://suchanek.name/texts/atheism/ChapterReligions.html#Wicca

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#InaniLudibrio™ represents psychologically restless, anti-establishment, digital-nerds who thrive in the spaces between meaning, absurdity, and systemic critique.

They are #sensemaking and #comedy enthusiasts who reject mainstream norms and seek to recontextualize and reclaim meaning in a hyper-connected digital age.

Their values are #humanist, anti #corporate, and absurdly rebellious, making them a unique voice in the world of digital #culture and critical thought.

https://inaniludibrio.com/

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Today is World #Humanist Day! As Kurt Vonnegut put it, “Humanists try to behave decently without expectation of rewards or punishments after death”. Thank you, @humanists.bsky.social , for championing these values today!

More at https://suchanek.name/texts/atheism/ChapterAtheism.html#Humanism

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@AliceMarshall @IveyJanette Welp. Guess my own faith (UU)has been excluded from US military recognized religions. Someone needs to tell a lot of Senators and Congressmen.

“This restructuring of faith codes, which help identify service members as well as the military in planning for appropriated religious coverage to include them, has now excluded minority faith/worldview groups including Atheists, Asatru, Deists, Druids, Eckankar, Heathens, Humanists, Magick, New Age churches, Pagan, Rosicrucianism, Shaman, Spiritualists, Troth, Unitarian Universalists and various Wiccans.”
#UU #UnitarianUniversalist #Unitarian #Universalist #Humanist

@shoq Why not, children should be allowed to think otherwise on all subjects, not just religion?

Maths can be explored and developed from an intuitive and creative scientific standpoint of logic that integrates and enhances the knowledge of all the subjects. Rather than forcing by rote an abstract, reductionist and mechanistic understanding of a hypothetical STEM, it should be a choice as how to do maths, as its history is rich with novel ideas not captive to a standardised idea of what it ought to be. Also, The National Curriculum for Mathematics was not voted on by the elected delegates of diverse interests or even voted for by those who have an elected representative for education! When the theoretical divisions of the subjects become dogma, that undermines the value of any challenges by an inquisitive mind. Fear of failing to conform, is more likely to result in unwanted stress, anxiety and drive resentment from students being bullied and discouraged for failing. Ask why so many have gone into STEM subjects, but rather than any growth in the wellbeing and flourishing there has been more tech for surveillance, hacking, scamming, online abuse, killer drones, propaganda, massive inequality and a stupid reliance on Ai to give more power and wealth to an unelected antitrust interests of a few? #humanist #creative #imaginative #reasoning #inspiration #ThinkingOtherwise

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There is the office of the POTUS.

I never want that to die, violently, at the tip of an assassin's bullet.

That's different than the current POTUS, in legal, and metaphorical ways.

Thank you for your attention to this matter.

#humanist

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