Today in the news, some interesting information regarding the cost of health care, the uninsured, and how they relate to each other.

Study says uninsured are costly for all
By ERICA WERNER, AP
WASHINGTON – The average family with health insurance shells out an extra $1,000 a year in premiums to pay for health care for the uninsured, [...]

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Q. What Broomfield, CO resident has no fucking idea what he’s talking about? Answer: Charles W. Wooten.
From the Rocky Mountain News’ Letters to the Editor, we get this parade of ignorance:

Palin better qualified than Obama, Biden
Charles W. Wooten, Broomfield
Questions regarding the national security of the United States and the foreign policy expertise of Republican vice [...]

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What religion can survive the criticism it would level against another religion?
In order for a religion to “prove” itself—in order for a religion to disprove its competitors—it must undertake a criticism of other religions. Christianity is not intellectually compatible with Judaism, and vice-versa. Thus, to win converts, Christianity must disprove the claims of Judaism, and [...]

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Yes, I mock your god, because your god is a false god. Yes, YOUR god.
Your “truth” is self-delusion. You reject any rationale that leads to a contrary conclusion that the bible may not be truth and that god may not exist.
Your “love” is a coin into the vending machine of redemption. The purpose of “saving [...]

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A question:
How does one go about demonstrating that one religion is more “true” than another?
How does one prove the “truth” of one’s religion without simultaneously doing it damage? By disproving one religion, one also disproves their own, no?
To be certain, such a demonstration would have to be supported by some kind of objective means, correct? [...]

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“Can man live without God?” That’s a question asked by Ravi Zacharias in his book by the same name. Unfortunately, Zacharias’ book doesn’t offer any substantive response beyond tortured logic that sounds more like a diatribe from Laura Ingraham than an intellectual response to atheism.
I seriously tried to read this book. However, it is intellectually [...]

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A few days ago, I asked a very simple question:

Q. Where in our Constitution does it acknowledge or state that the U.S. relies upon the Judeo-Christian God, Christianity, or Christian morality?
A. It doesn’t. Period. God is not mentioned once. Religion appears exactly twice, once in Article VI where the “no religious test” prohibition is articulated, [...]

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May 5, 1925. A warrant is issued for the arrest of John Scopes, a high school biology teacher, for teaching evolution—in violation of state law—to a high school biology class in Dayton, TN.
The result: God goes and trial and fails to appear to defend “His” creation. In lieu of God, William Jennings Bryan shows up [...]

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Your God is a False God.
Yes, your God.

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As it pops up again and again, this requires continual treatment.
Pascal’s Wager, in some form or another, is frequently used to support belief in a god and adherence to a particular religious morality. Generally, Pascal’s Wager goes something like this:

If we wager for God (believe in and dedicate our lives to), then we can have [...]

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