Literalism is an evil practice that hides the true messages of myths. Hello Gnostic Bishop. I'm wondering what myths you are referring to? The gospels are set in real historical time and geographical locations unlike pagan myths. The pagan parallels idea has been well debunked many times. There are...

It would partly depend on how you define faith. I put my faith in my friends and family, based on my relationship with them and past experience. That would be one example of an area in which faith wouldn't close my mind, I hope. By the way, this post is special to me, as it's my 100th post on the s...

Hello DL, thanks, interesting comments relating to some other current threads including on evolution. Best with links to say what they are or people will worry you are spamming the forum. I watched this youtube link - it is a music video of a song called Naughty Boy with intriguing Bolivian shamani...

My wish is not to see "reason vs. faith" played out like a zero-sum game, in which partisans try to achieve an overall victory. Given that no person has ever had all of life's experiences, it has to be true that no one can reasonably claim to have arrived at the optimum method of existing...

Faith closes the mind. It is pure idol worship. Faith is a way to quit using, "God given" power of Reason and Logic, and cause the faithful to embrace doctrines that moral people reject. The God of the O.T. says, “Come now, and let us reason together,” [Isaiah 1:18] How can literalists rea...

Try googling C I A and drugs.

Now extrapolate to the other side who do exactly the same thing as they are in exactly in the same game.

Regards
DL

Yes there is opium in Afghanistan. But it's obvious from the revenue sources I posted that legalizing drugs in the U.S. then restricting purchases through prescription control will do nothing to affect the Islamic State. It will eliminate a steady source of revenue. And locally, it will be doing th...

In terms of financing, the Islamic State militant group is more than a very well-oiled machine. Its diverse funding streams include kidnapping, human trafficking, smuggling and theft, plus extortion and shakedowns passed off as taxes and fines, analysts say. Black-market oil sales primarily bankrol...

If they are under prescription control, that still leaves room for the black market. Age restriction is the only real way to go. But then, how do you justify allowing people to sell crystal meth in stores? They would be vandalized and robbed and beaten and picketed. There are some drugs that it is ...

Thanks Jihadists. You have made us forget that this is a drug war. And screwed parents who are trying to control what drugs their children will access. Damn you to hell. ============== What we have are not ideological wars but drug control wars. I. S. strength is based on revenues from various black...