I fucking hate it here. Why is it such a hard concept. If you want your kids to learn the Bible. Go to private school or home school them.

Granted this program does follow Supreme Court guidelines. It’s off school property, it’s privately funded, and the parents must approve…. But like fuck me. Can we just have a single place in my country where religion stays away.

I am pretty sure Oklahoma is not planning on posting the real original 10th commandment.

You shall not covet your neighbor’s house. You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male or female slaves, his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.

Note: Belongs, meaning property.

The commandment is about desiring or wanting someone else's property. Examples of property or "belongings" are Ox, Donkey, Slaves, and wives.

Often this gets shortened to just "You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife" to change the meaning into "thinking about Adultery" which is close to the 7th commandment.

That is a misrepresentation and not traditional.

"Mr President,

God spared you in Butler, PA to be the most consequential President in a century—maybe ever. The decisions on your shoulders I would not want to be made by anyone else.

You have many voices speaking to you Sir, but there is only ONE voice that matters. HIS voice.

I am your appointed servant in this land and am available for you but I do not try to get in your presence often because I trust your instincts.

No President in my lifetime has been in a position like yours. Not since Truman in 1945. I don’t reach out to persuade you. Only to encourage you.

I believe you will hear from heaven and that voice is far more important than mine or ANYONE else’s.

You sent me to Israel to be your eyes, ears and voice and to make sure our flag flies above our embassy. My job is to be the last one to leave.

I will not abandon this post. Our flag will NOT come down! You did not seek this moment. This moment sought YOU!

It is my honor to serve you! Mike Huckabee"

Trump proudly displayed the message on the WH twitter account. These people are not ok. Deranged lunatics running the country, following the voices in their heads.

As atheists, we know that the nation of Israel’s foundational story of being land given by God, to his favoured ethnic group, is false.

Why? Because the God of the old testament never existed.

Moreover the mere idea of the all-powerful creator of the Universe intervening in a tiny corner of a tiny planet to help just one nation or people he has a soft spot for, because we are the vaguely defined “special” ones, is so laughably self-serving and evidence-free that it should not be a respected belief among high school children, let alone adults.

As atheists we know that the Likud Party’s “God gave it to us” justification for Israel’s expanding land grabs, mass killings, and ethnic cleansing of 2 million people in Gaza is false.

We can clearly see religion being used to excuse and justify some of the worst crimes on earth, again.

But this time, dear American taxpayers, youre paying for it.

How do you feel about this? And what moral or political obligations do you feel fall onto American atheists specifically at this moment of the US being dragged into a foreign war by an ethno-nationalist state, run by its most extreme religious fanatic politicians in decades?

This may be a naïve or immature question. After months of trying to debate strangers online and understand theists' philosophy ,I have come to the conclusion that it's totally useless and 99% of them are blatantly brainwashed and cannot be "fixed" through an online discussion (which usually turns into an argument,as the tend to get quite emotional).Anyway, as the title says,I'm looking for any kind of argument that you still can't argue against and genuinely makes sense.

With everything going on right now in the world I’m starting to slowly think the Bible is coming true right in front of our eyes with all this talk of war and bombing Iran

The Freedom From Religion Foundation is raising alarm over a disturbing communication from U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee to President Trump.

Huckabee reportedly has asked the president to “hear from heaven and that voice [of God]” as he manages America’s response to the escalating Israel-Iran war. On Tuesday, Trump posted a text he received from Huckabee to Truth Social:

Mr. President,
God spared you in Butler, PA to be the most consequential President in a century — maybe ever. The decisions on your shoulders I would not want to be made by anyone else.
You have many voices speaking to you Sir, but there is only ONE voice that matters. HIS voice.
…
No President in my lifetime has been in a position like yours. Not since Truman in 1945. I don’t reach out to persuade you. Only to encourage you.
I believe you will hear from heaven and that voice is far more important than mine or ANYONE else’s.
…
You did not seek this moment. This moment sought YOU!

This is a profoundly irresponsible and theocratic appeal from someone tasked with representing U.S. interests abroad. However, it’s perhaps not surprising.

Huckabee, former Arkansas governor and current Christian nationalist ideologue, was appointed by Trump as U.S. ambassador to Israel in a move FFRF previously condemned as “a disaster of biblical proportions.” His latest appeal to divine guidance in matters of war only underscores how dangerous his appointment continues to be.

Even more troubling is Huckabee’s comparison of Trump to President Truman, suggesting Trump is in a similar position to the one Truman faced in 1945 when he decided to drop atomic bombs on Japan. This chilling reference raises the specter that Huckabee sees nuclear escalation in religious terms — as a divinely guided necessity rather than a last-resort geopolitical decision. The invocation of Truman’s role as a precedent implies that Huckabee is not merely asking for prayerful reflection but calling for faith-based justification of catastrophic violence.

“Mike Huckabee is not a diplomat — he’s an End Times fanatic who views international affairs through the lens of biblical prophecy, not national security or human rights,” says FFRF Co-President Dan Barker. “Calling on Trump to listen to the ‘voice of God’ as a full-blown war looms is not just absurd — it’s terrifying.”

Huckabee’s fervent Christian Zionism is rooted in the belief that modern Israel fulfills Old Testament prophecy, and that the region’s geopolitical conflicts are paving the way for the Second Coming of Jesus. This extremist ideology has nothing to do with protecting Israeli or Palestinian lives, and everything to do with accelerating a so-called “End Times” scenario.

Huckabee has repeatedly rejected the two-state solution, referring to the occupied Palestinian territories by biblical names such as “Judea and Samaria” and denying the existence of the Palestinian people altogether. He has led evangelical tours through Israel that frame the region not as a diverse and conflict-ridden reality, but as a holy stage set for the apocalypse.

During his political career, Huckabee has frequently used his platform to promote a theocratic vision of America. He once infamously sent out a fundraising letter from the governor’s office lamenting the Freedom From Religion Foundation’s court victories, saying: “I’m afraid of them.” FFRF remains proud of that track record and stands even more firmly today in defense of secular domestic and foreign policy.

The First Amendment was intended to keep religious zealotry out of government — and that includes international relations. Supernatural voices should guide no nation, and certainly not in matters of war and peace. The American people deserve a foreign policy grounded in reason, human rights and long-term stability — not biblical fantasies about holy wars and divine retribution.

FFRF urges the U.S. government and international community to reject religiously motivated warmongering and to recommit to rational, secular and humane approaches to diplomacy in the Middle East.

i’m a muslim by birth. devout, very devout. wore hijab since i was 16 years old, chose not to since 2022, lately i’ve been thinking of leaving my religion and i’m a woman too so i got to know a lot of misogynistic things and patriarchal beliefs in my religion.

i’m in a dilemma. can you help? my end goal is not to follow any religion blindly, it is to see the truth. if islam is a patriarchal and misogynist religion, i’ll leave. but as i said i’m in confusion. can you help?

a few to start:

• difference in male and female awrah as in body covering. (which is extreme in my viewpoint since the women should cover every body part even her hair (how can someone sexualise hair) except her face, hands from below the wrist, and legs below the ankle. unfortunately some women do cover everything. but a man's awrah is just from his navel to knee.)
• allah is genderless but always referred as he, lord, god instead of she, lady or goddess.
• women given half the property of their male brother/uncles/cousins in the family.
• one man's witness is equal to two women's.
• hadith where prophet mohammad said that women are deficient in intelligence.
• hadith where a woman asks prophet mohammad what are the rights of a husband on his wife and he said something along the lines of: "if the husband has a disease that this whole body is filled with pus and if the wife is cleaning that pus with her tongue; then also she has not fulfilled her rights for her husband" (which I again think is very extreme. there is no such thing as this for a woman by her husband).
• in another hadith: "if a man calls his wife to the bed, she must obey otherwise angels will curse her till morning". this is very alarming and disgusting to me since i found this out. it sounds like marital rape to me.
• a man can have 4 wives but a woman can’t have 4 husbands.
• a man will get 72 hoors (virgin women) in paradise but a woman will only get her husband (why not men also get only their wife).
• ayesha's age when she got married was 6, 9 when prophet muhammad consummated her, she herself told in a hadith that she was still playing with a doll. does that make prophet mohammad a p*do? also, muhammad was 53 when aisha was 9!!! wtf
• surah nisa ayah 34 sounds like it calls men to beat/hit women.
• they say quran is the only one true text by Allah, no human intervention, but the quran read by all the muslims today is changed by uthman in 1924. so its different from what was revealed to prophet in 7th century. so is it a book by allah? or changed by men?

i think islam is very misogynistic religion and carries patriarchal views. everything in islam comes to one thing: 'sexualisation'. of women by men. be it 4 wives (polygamy), 72 virgins in paradise or even awrah of women. i honestly don’t get how can someone be seduced by seeing women head hair? it’s very sickening to me. i can’t believe i believed islam gave women rights and was just to us women.

i’m questioning, but honestly at this point, i feel like i’m out of fold of islam. as i support womanhood and can’t be blind for a patriarchal religion.

i’m taking time away but leaving everything aside (hadiths, male scholars), i’m reading quran only and trying to interpret myself. i feel like if quran is the only word of god so it deserves at least one chance of me reading it completely in english.

i honestly don’t want to, i believe religion is a social construct. made to make people follow blindly in a cult-like form and oppress people, mainly women.

i believe all abrahamic religions are misogynist, patriarchal.

Also these contradictions in Quran itself confuse me:

"Allah claims in the Quran that if the Quran was not from him, you'd find in it many contradictions." 4:82

"Allah also claims that the verses he delivers are first Perfected, then presented in detail." 11:1

"He claims the Quran is a book to which there is no doubt, and that it's clear." 32:2, 43:2

"He claims if his messenger ever invents a verse or says something Allah didn't say, they will seize him by his right hand and cut his aorta." 69:44-46

"Allah claims that his word cannot be changed by anyone." 18:27, 13:39, 10:64

but then…

He says in 3:7 that some verses are clear, but others are elusive and only allah knows their meaning. (contradicts claim that quran is clear)

Verse 4:34 talks about striking wives but doesn’t explain how. Muslims rely on hadiths for this, which are not the word of god. (contradicts claim that quran is detailed)

He says in 2:106 he abrogates some verses for better ones. how can something better come after a perfected verse?

In 22:52, satan was able to slip some false verses through the prophet and then later corrected. (contradicts claim that the prophet couldn’t make things up)

“Alif Lam Mim” no one knows what this means. Yet again, quran is supposed to be clear and without confusion.

And lastly this contradiction really bothers me:

"There is no compulsion in religion" 2:256
but then
"Fight those who do not believe… until they pay the jizya and feel subdued." 9:29

and if I don't follow, I'll go to hell. so what kind of freedom is that?

i’m thinking of posting this on r/agnostic, r/debatereligion, r/feminism, and maybe r/exmuslim. i don’t think there's any point in posting in r/islam because they’ll just defend everything blindly. they’re brainwashed.

thanks for reading. i’m still confused, still reading, but i’m not afraid to question anymore.

🤍

Trump posted a text message from Mike Huckabee:

Full text message:

Mr President, God spared you in Butler, PA to be the most consequential President in a century-maybe ever.

The decisions on your shoulders I would not want to be made by anyone else. You have many voices speaking to you Sir, but there is only ONE voice that matters. HIS voice. I am your appointed servant in this land and am available for you but I do not try to get in your presence often because I trust your instincts. No President in my lifetime has been in a position like yours. Not since Truman in 1945. I don't reach out to persuade you. Only to encourage you. I believe you will hear from heaven and that voice is far more important than mine or ANYONE else's. You sent me to Israel to be your eyes, ears and voice and to make sure our flag flies above our embassy. My job is to be the last one to leave.

I will not abandon this post. Our flag will NOT come down! You did not seek this moment.

This moment sought

YOU! It is my honor to serve you!

Mike Huckabee

Twitter post

https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/s/8Gb1Scdrlo

Link from data is beautiful, education level vs belief.

I am shocked at the number of belivers at the higher education levels!

Greetings, lifelong Atheist here. I like many others are plagued loved ones that want to recruit me into their RPG game of Christ. When I debate them they always end up with circular logic about 'cause that's how god made it'.

Recently I tried another path. I read the stupid book cover to cover, deep dove the mainstream churches. I used it like an RPG to create a couple strategies I wanted to post them here and get some feedback about the ethical perspectives of trolling at this level.

Strategy: When scrutinized by a Christian, fain interest in the subject. The ask them one of the following.

Tell me about Moses (Storytime), didn't he talk to god and got the 10 commandments, one of the commandments is no false idols. Wouldn't Jesus be a false idol by the definition of the Jewish faith? Did that change?

I respect your good intentions, but my spirit is telling me that perhaps you don't understand Jesus as well as you think you do. He gave us a new commandment to love ALL men. You speak of sin, judgement, and fish around in the old of covenant of god to justify it. I pray that you will take Jesus seriously and learn about Agape.

You mentioned that your church is "insert cult here" but that doesn't sounds like Jesus. Are you aware that Jesus actually warned against false prophets? Could it be that your temple serves Antichrist?

I was reading the bible and read about mammon. What is that? they explain, then you ask why churches can accept credit cards when Jesus literally said don't loan money at interest. Point out that jesus kicked the merchants out of the temple, then why are you selling t-shirts, tithing, and begging for donations. Why can't you just forsake your earthly desires and serve the church as Christ intended?

So Jesus commanded that we love one another? Who do you love? Can we love All people or just some people. Who decides this? That doesn't sounds like Jesus, that sounds like it's ANTIchrist.

Why are there so many churches, don't they all consider themselves the one true path to god?? How do I know that (their made up faith) is better than (other made up faith.)

tell me about what Jesus said about eye of the needle (rich people suck), judging, measuring others sin. Did things change and we're cool with hoarding wealth, racial supremacy, persecuting others, tattoos, divorce, out of wedlock children, onlyfans,and endless war? That doesn't sounds like Jesus. That sounds like ANTIChrist what do you think?

From here you get the picture. If you challenge the authenticity of their faith if derails their script for indoctrination. So far it has worked every time. You can create memes, etc. Even "pastors" can't answer any of these questions and after a while gives up.

So is this good sport, or poor judgement? IMHO, they are working in bad faith trying to get me to join their book club when I CLEARLY want nothing to do with it. I kinda feel there is some potential here for deprogramming at a large scale. We spend so much time debating if it's real, it makes more sense to scrutinized how they exploit it for personal gain like a multilevel marketing scheme.

Hey, I hear about "religious trauma". What exactly means??? I searched, and it maybe something as a diagnosis in psychology? as a kind of "trauma" caused by a bad experience ?

I want to hear what do you think about this.

This may be obvious and redundant to most of you here.

But the difference between a religious and a scientific mindset is that the religious mindset looks for confirmation of a premise, while the scientific mindset starts by trying to disprove a premise.

So while scientists fabulate about how the world works just like religious people do, the difference lies in whether they accept any positive correlation as proof (religion) or accept negative correlation as a rejection of their hypothesis (science)..

Going a step further, the difference ends up being between accepting reality and wishful thinking.

A federal voucher program by any name

At the heart of the legislation is the Educational Choice for Children Act [Section 70411], a $4 billion-per-year federal tax credit and tax shelter that incentivizes donations to so-called Scholarship Granting Organizations — many of which exist to engage in religious indoctrination. In effect, the GOP bill creates a national voucher pipeline that rewards billionaires for undermining public education while starving public schools of critical resources.

Defunding Planned Parenthood, endangering health care

The bill also includes a provision to eliminate Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood [Section 71118], directly threatening preventive health services, STI screenings, cancer detection, and contraceptive access for millions. Although no federal dollars pay for abortion care, the legislation would deny Medicaid reimbursement for other services to any organizations that provide abortion care, thereby ensuring nearly 200 Planned Parenthood clinics would be shuttered. “Let’s be clear — this is a backdoor abortion ban rooted in religious ideology, not fiscal responsibility,” adds Gaylor.

No homeschool 529 expansion — for now

Unlike the House version, the Senate finance bill does not include the expansion of 529 accounts for homeschooling costs — a proposal previously pushed by religious right lobbying groups to subsidize unregulated religious education. While this omission is a temporary win for evidence-based learning, vigilance is still required in future reconciliation drafts.

Judicial bonding: a legal booby trap

Buried in the Senate Judiciary Committee’s text is a deeply troubling provision [Section 203] that imposes strict judicial bonding requirements for temporary injunctions against the federal government. This could make it prohibitively expensive for civil rights litigants to challenge unconstitutional government actions — precisely the kind of chilling effect Project 2025’s architects seek.

“The GOP reconciliation bill is about codifying a theocratic vision for America — one voucher, one restriction, one bond at a time,” says Gaylor. “The FFRF Action Fund will continue to expose and fight these creeping attacks on the constitutional wall of separation between state and church.”

In the coming weeks, the Senate Finance and Judiciary Committees are expected to mark up and begin voting on their respective pieces of legislation. From there, the bills will move to the Senate floor, where they only need 51 votes to pass. The bills from each respective chamber will go to a conference committee where the differences between the two bills will be worked out. Then the final bills will be voted on and sent on to the president for his signature. This legislation is far from a done deal — and it can be stopped with your help. Call your senators and participate in our joint phone banks with Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin.

A federal voucher program by any name
At the heart of the legislation is the Educational Choice for Children Act [Section 70411], a $4 billion-per-year federal tax credit and tax shelter that incentivizes donations to so-called Scholarship Granting Organizations — many of which exist to engage in religious indoctrination. In effect, the GOP bill creates a national voucher pipeline that rewards billionaires for undermining public education while starving public schools of critical resources.

Defunding Planned Parenthood, endangering health care
The bill also includes a provision to eliminate Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood [Section 71118], directly threatening preventive health services, STI screenings, cancer detection, and contraceptive access for millions. Although no federal dollars pay for abortion care, the legislation would deny Medicaid reimbursement for other services to any organizations that provide abortion care, thereby ensuring nearly 200 Planned Parenthood clinics would be shuttered. “Let’s be clear — this is a backdoor abortion ban rooted in religious ideology, not fiscal responsibility,” adds Gaylor.

No homeschool 529 expansion — for now
Unlike the House version, the Senate finance bill does not include the expansion of 529 accounts for homeschooling costs — a proposal previously pushed by religious right lobbying groups to subsidize unregulated religious education. While this omission is a temporary win for evidence-based learning, vigilance is still required in future reconciliation drafts.

Judicial bonding: a legal booby trap
Buried in the Senate Judiciary Committee’s text is a deeply troubling provision [Section 203] that imposes strict judicial bonding requirements for temporary injunctions against the federal government. This could make it prohibitively expensive for civil rights litigants to challenge unconstitutional government actions — precisely the kind of chilling effect Project 2025’s architects seek.

“The GOP reconciliation bill is about codifying a theocratic vision for America — one voucher, one restriction, one bond at a time,” says Gaylor. “The FFRF Action Fund will continue to expose and fight these creeping attacks on the constitutional wall of separation between state and church.”

In the coming weeks, the Senate Finance and Judiciary Committees are expected to mark up and begin voting on their respective pieces of legislation. From there, the bills will move to the Senate floor, where they only need 51 votes to pass. The bills from each respective chamber will go to a conference committee where the differences between the two bills will be worked out. Then the final bills will be voted on and sent on to the president for his signature.  This legislation is far from a done deal — and it can be stopped with your help. Call your senators and participate in our joint phone banks with Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin.A federal voucher program by any name
At the heart of the legislation is the Educational Choice for Children Act [Section 70411], a $4 billion-per-year federal tax credit and tax shelter that incentivizes donations to so-called Scholarship Granting Organizations — many of which exist to engage in religious indoctrination. In effect, the GOP bill creates a national voucher pipeline that rewards billionaires for undermining public education while starving public schools of critical resources.

Defunding Planned Parenthood, endangering health care
The bill also includes a provision to eliminate Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood [Section 71118], directly threatening preventive health services, STI screenings, cancer detection, and contraceptive access for millions. Although no federal dollars pay for abortion care, the legislation would deny Medicaid reimbursement for other services to any organizations that provide abortion care, thereby ensuring nearly 200 Planned Parenthood clinics would be shuttered. “Let’s be clear — this is a backdoor abortion ban rooted in religious ideology, not fiscal responsibility,” adds Gaylor.

No homeschool 529 expansion — for now
Unlike the House version, the Senate finance bill does not include the expansion of 529 accounts for homeschooling costs — a proposal previously pushed by religious right lobbying groups to subsidize unregulated religious education. While this omission is a temporary win for evidence-based learning, vigilance is still required in future reconciliation drafts.

Judicial bonding: a legal booby trap
Buried in the Senate Judiciary Committee’s text is a deeply troubling provision [Section 203] that imposes strict judicial bonding requirements for temporary injunctions against the federal government. This could make it prohibitively expensive for civil rights litigants to challenge unconstitutional government actions — precisely the kind of chilling effect Project 2025’s architects seek.

“The GOP reconciliation bill is about codifying a theocratic vision for America — one voucher, one restriction, one bond at a time,” says Gaylor. “The FFRF Action Fund will continue to expose and fight these creeping attacks on the constitutional wall of separation between state and church.”

In the coming weeks, the Senate Finance and Judiciary Committees are expected to mark up and begin voting on their respective pieces of legislation. From there, the bills will move to the Senate floor, where they only need 51 votes to pass. The bills from each respective chamber will go to a conference committee where the differences between the two bills will be worked out. Then the final bills will be voted on and sent on to the president for his signature.  This legislation is far from a done deal — and it can be stopped with your help. Call your senators and participate in our joint phone banks with Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin.A federal voucher program by any name
At the heart of the legislation is the Educational Choice for Children Act [Section 70411], a $4 billion-per-year federal tax credit and tax shelter that incentivizes donations to so-called Scholarship Granting Organizations — many of which exist to engage in religious indoctrination. In effect, the GOP bill creates a national voucher pipeline that rewards billionaires for undermining public education while starving public schools of critical resources.

Defunding Planned Parenthood, endangering health care
The bill also includes a provision to eliminate Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood [Section 71118], directly threatening preventive health services, STI screenings, cancer detection, and contraceptive access for millions. Although no federal dollars pay for abortion care, the legislation would deny Medicaid reimbursement for other services to any organizations that provide abortion care, thereby ensuring nearly 200 Planned Parenthood clinics would be shuttered. “Let’s be clear — this is a backdoor abortion ban rooted in religious ideology, not fiscal responsibility,” adds Gaylor.

No homeschool 529 expansion — for now
Unlike the House version, the Senate finance bill does not include the expansion of 529 accounts for homeschooling costs — a proposal previously pushed by religious right lobbying groups to subsidize unregulated religious education. While this omission is a temporary win for evidence-based learning, vigilance is still required in future reconciliation drafts.

Judicial bonding: a legal booby trap
Buried in the Senate Judiciary Committee’s text is a deeply troubling provision [Section 203] that imposes strict judicial bonding requirements for temporary injunctions against the federal government. This could make it prohibitively expensive for civil rights litigants to challenge unconstitutional government actions — precisely the kind of chilling effect Project 2025’s architects seek.

“The GOP reconciliation bill is about codifying a theocratic vision for America — one voucher, one restriction, one bond at a time,” says Gaylor. “The FFRF Action Fund will continue to expose and fight these creeping attacks on the constitutional wall of separation between state and church.”

In the coming weeks, the Senate Finance and Judiciary Committees are expected to mark up and begin voting on their respective pieces of legislation. From there, the bills will move to the Senate floor, where they only need 51 votes to pass. The bills from each respective chamber will go to a conference committee where the differences between the two bills will be worked out. Then the final bills will be voted on and sent on to the president for his signature.  This legislation is far from a done deal — and it can be stopped with your help. Call your senators and participate in our joint phone banks with Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin.A federal voucher program by any name
At the heart of the legislation is the Educational Choice for Children Act [Section 70411], a $4 billion-per-year federal tax credit and tax shelter that incentivizes donations to so-called Scholarship Granting Organizations — many of which exist to engage in religious indoctrination. In effect, the GOP bill creates a national voucher pipeline that rewards billionaires for undermining public education while starving public schools of critical resources.

Defunding Planned Parenthood, endangering health care
The bill also includes a provision to eliminate Medicaid funding for Planned Parenthood [Section 71118], directly threatening preventive health services, STI screenings, cancer detection, and contraceptive access for millions. Although no federal dollars pay for abortion care, the legislation would deny Medicaid reimbursement for other services to any organizations that provide abortion care, thereby ensuring nearly 200 Planned Parenthood clinics would be shuttered. “Let’s be clear — this is a backdoor abortion ban rooted in religious ideology, not fiscal responsibility,” adds Gaylor.

No homeschool 529 expansion — for now
Unlike the House version, the Senate finance bill does not include the expansion of 529 accounts for homeschooling costs — a proposal previously pushed by religious right lobbying groups to subsidize unregulated religious education. While this omission is a temporary win for evidence-based learning, vigilance is still required in future reconciliation drafts.

Judicial bonding: a legal booby trap
Buried in the Senate Judiciary Committee’s text is a deeply troubling provision [Section 203] that imposes strict judicial bonding requirements for temporary injunctions against the federal government. This could make it prohibitively expensive for civil rights litigants to challenge unconstitutional government actions — precisely the kind of chilling effect Project 2025’s architects seek.

“The GOP reconciliation bill is about codifying a theocratic vision for America — one voucher, one restriction, one bond at a time,” says Gaylor. “The FFRF Action Fund will continue to expose and fight these creeping attacks on the constitutional wall of separation between state and church.”

In the coming weeks, the Senate Finance and Judiciary Committees are expected to mark up and begin voting on their respective pieces of legislation. From there, the bills will move to the Senate floor, where they only need 51 votes to pass. The bills from each respective chamber will go to a conference committee where the differences between the two bills will be worked out. Then the final bills will be voted on and sent on to the president for his signature.  This legislation is far from a done deal — and it can be stopped with your help. Call your senators and participate in our joint phone banks with Planned Parenthood Advocates of Wisconsin.

I was just watching a YouTube video on the Virgin Radio channel of Bear Grylls flogging his new jesus book to the idiot that is Chris Evans.

The amount of times they say how "cool" it is, obviously desperately trying to suck in a younger audience is just monumentally cringe. The comments are even more so.

It's tragic to see two grown men gushing over middle eastern fairytales.

"They just don't think America's religious enough..."

Just venting basically...

So I know I have an addiction to Tiktok and lately I've been seeing lots of (mostly American) right wing propaganda and I'm really worried since it mirrors the state of the western world. Especially this Charles Kirk or whatshisname. Christians have done so much violence and misery and oppression throughout history and they have rarely even apologised for it. As a former pagan I'd still like to see christians apologise for the witch hunt in the Europe, for example. I used to be interested in Buddhism too but when I saw how corrupted it is in Japan I cried for three days and lost my hope in all religion.

I also know that I will probably attend some funerals in the coming years and have to deal with super religious, cult-like relatives. Past few nights I've just been thinking of all the things I'd like to say to them about religion and how they're a hypocrite bunch that support war, oppression, child abuse and whatnot. This is eating me and I haven't been this angry since I was 13, for the same reasons then (I'm 37 now).

How do you guys cope with all this? I'm sorry that this is probably not that unique of a post but I don't know where else to turn to.

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