Above Video: Center for Inquiry / How can we make sense of America’s current “post-factual,” “post-truth,” “fake news” moment? By looking to America’s past. All the way back. To the wishful dreams and make-believe fears of the country’s first settlers, the madness of the Salem witch trials, the fantasies of Hollywood, the anything-goes 1960s, the gatekeeper-free internet, the profusion of reality TV….all the way up to and most especially including President Donald Trump. In this fascinating and lively talk, Kurt Andersen brings to life the deep research behind and profound implications of his groundbreaking, critically acclaimed and bestselling latest work.

Saturday, January 13, 2024

Religions Are All Alike

"Religions are all alike -- founded upon fables and mythologies."

Thomas Jefferson

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"The divinity of Jesus is made a convenient cover for absurdity."

John Adams

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"Lighthouses are more helpful than churches."

Benjamin Franklin

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"I always find it very curious that when one is confronted with what one does not like, approve, or understand, one suddenly has 'sincere religious beliefs.'"

Jim Green

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"God is an ever-receding pocket of scientific ignorance that's getting smaller and smaller and smaller as time moves on."

Neil DeGrasse Tyson

Sentient Synergy

Fantasyland: Author Kurt Andersen