Religion as a mental disorder

andreaandrewmilne
Dear Luxlucis, if you want to operate with an eccentric definition of “finding god”, and encourage listening to a troublesome 1st century rabbi, in order to promote polite respect, cool justice, and passionate desire, I do not dispute the merits of your aims. BUT, the god-delusion is not necessary or useful to the aims, and [...]

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Iniquity of Prop 8 votes

andreaandrewmilne 

 
Alternately… (and I don’t give a sh*t about marriage, but many do, and this is an equal treatment issue), Congress could legislate to make explicit that the meaning of marriage is not delimited by the gender of the parties. Cheeky polyamourist, I might also suggest it should not be limited only to couples.
 
Scalia J would [...]

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Handel’s Messiah

I read that the “inspired” connection between the words and music is not as it appears. What seems to celebrate the words from Isaiah, was originally written for a profane, frivolous, duet for two sopranos castigating “blind Cupid” and “cruel beauty.”
How even more “divine”, then, if a radical Handel had, perhaps, written an oratorio to [...]

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