Fact and Fiction About Racism and the Rise of the Religious Right

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“According to this narrative, Evangelical leaders mainly supported abortion rights. They jumped into the culture war only when the IRS moved to strip the tax exemptions from racially discriminatory schools. Opposition to integration is the poisonous acorn that grew into the mighty political oak of conservative Christianity.” - David French

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“How can half of Americans between 18 and 29 favor socialism over capitalism? Because they do not know the first thing about capitalism”

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“Many young Americans sympathetic to socialism mistakenly believe that capitalism is a relatively modern concept, first seriously examined in Karl Marx’s Das Kapital, published in 1867. However… private property—an essential ingredient of capitalism—has been an integral part of Western civilization since ancient Athens, which had ‘a highly developed system of private property.’” - Law & Liberty

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Is it wrong to be skeptical of "science."

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Christians have been criticized by other Christians- even on this site- for being skeptical of “science.” This rabbi explains why we should be skeptical.

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One narrative to rule them all?

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“Long-running internecine media feuds, emblematic of the degradation of mass media as they are, are merely the smoke set off by the burning desire for one, all-consuming narrative….The only story we need to get straight is the story that really matters. Grounded in that story, the greatest ever told, we can deepen our understanding of ourselves and our world.

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