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“They misunderestimated me.” ― George W. Bush

Didn't Jesus himself speak in parables that taught moral lessons but were not supposed to be taken as necessarily real or true?

My understanding is that many (most ? ) Jews believe in an after life ( olam ha-ba ) but that good deeds in the here and now are what is...

I think people misunderestimate how racist some latinos are against other latinos.

Fair enough. I'm guilty of that a lot myself.

Sure. All I'm saying is don't conflate the two.

Biblical literalism is a relatively new phenomenon, which started to arise with mass literacy in the 19th century, and in response to...

It wasn't offensive to me, and I know you're a good dude. I just think there are better ways of talking about religion than simply...

Oh, have you listened to most of them? I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on especially the non-western people who believe in a...

I really don't know. I think in earlier religions, like Hinduism and early Judaism and Greek religion, the afterlife was just a shadowy...

You know that many rabbis and Christian interpreters have read those stories as folktales and allegories that express a moral lesson -...

Yet way more likely to be black.

Well you might start by dialing back your mocking characterizations of those beliefs. It's way more nuanced than just "talking snakes"...

You know that a lot of democrats are religious too, right?

When you say "those folks" are you referring to all Latinos?