Church of Reason
@churchofreason.bsky.social
Critical thinker🧠 progressive 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️atheist👻 fighting against religious indoctrination using logic, reason, and satire
Oh, You Should Never, Never, Doubt What Nobody Is Sure About.
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Oh, You Should Never, Never, Doubt What Nobody Is Sure About.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtrz4jlCOkzWj4ojqmCLJPg?sub_confirmation=1
Is that a backbone Ted is growing?
September 20, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Is that a backbone Ted is growing?
I've really been debating it myself. I don't want my money going to a fascist.
September 20, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I've really been debating it myself. I don't want my money going to a fascist.
the evidence and logic is on my side.
March 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
the evidence and logic is on my side.
No honey, that's not the devil, it's just immoral people acting terribly. Ironically invoking god is the medium thru which evil permeates the world unchecked.
I don't need to hope that your god doesn't exist! 🤣 You need to hope that he does exist! Seeing as he's invisible and undetectable,
I don't need to hope that your god doesn't exist! 🤣 You need to hope that he does exist! Seeing as he's invisible and undetectable,
March 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
No honey, that's not the devil, it's just immoral people acting terribly. Ironically invoking god is the medium thru which evil permeates the world unchecked.
I don't need to hope that your god doesn't exist! 🤣 You need to hope that he does exist! Seeing as he's invisible and undetectable,
I don't need to hope that your god doesn't exist! 🤣 You need to hope that he does exist! Seeing as he's invisible and undetectable,
It already is a joke! To pretend like a conversation with a "holy" person is talking to god is delusional. If a person knows a child is being abused they have a duty to report this. Not doing so is complicit in the abuse. Using the god excuse is the oldest trick in the book of abusers.
March 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
It already is a joke! To pretend like a conversation with a "holy" person is talking to god is delusional. If a person knows a child is being abused they have a duty to report this. Not doing so is complicit in the abuse. Using the god excuse is the oldest trick in the book of abusers.
They don't take action tho! That's the whole reason the want an exemption for confession.
March 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM
They don't take action tho! That's the whole reason the want an exemption for confession.
You think it's ok for religious leaders to keep quiet about child abuse?
March 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
You think it's ok for religious leaders to keep quiet about child abuse?
Well it was more than the thoughts and prayers that evangelicals give.
March 3, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Well it was more than the thoughts and prayers that evangelicals give.
It's too much, not to much.
March 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
It's too much, not to much.
Fantastic book! It is written so anyone can read it as well. Which makes it an easy page turner. Enjoy.
February 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Fantastic book! It is written so anyone can read it as well. Which makes it an easy page turner. Enjoy.
All billionaires should face progressive taxation that ensures their wealth benefits the greater good.
Fixed it for you.
Fixed it for you.
February 27, 2025 at 7:38 PM
All billionaires should face progressive taxation that ensures their wealth benefits the greater good.
Fixed it for you.
Fixed it for you.
Yea, he would freak out and claim everyone was being mean to the US. Bullies can't take their own medicine.
February 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Yea, he would freak out and claim everyone was being mean to the US. Bullies can't take their own medicine.
From a professional negotiation point of view, Trump isn't even bringing checkers to a chess match. He's bringing a quarter that he insists of flipping for heads or tails, while everybody else is studying the chess board to decide whether its better to open with Najdorf or Grünfeld.”
— David Honig
— David Honig
February 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
From a professional negotiation point of view, Trump isn't even bringing checkers to a chess match. He's bringing a quarter that he insists of flipping for heads or tails, while everybody else is studying the chess board to decide whether its better to open with Najdorf or Grünfeld.”
— David Honig
— David Honig
And that means they look at Trump and, given his very limited tool chest and his blindly distributive understanding of negotiation, they know exactly what he is going to do and exactly how to respond to it.
February 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
And that means they look at Trump and, given his very limited tool chest and his blindly distributive understanding of negotiation, they know exactly what he is going to do and exactly how to respond to it.
prepared him to run a nation, and therefore he rejects the advice of people who spent entire careers studying the nuances of international negotiations and diplomacy. But the leaders on the other side of the table have not eschewed expertise, they have embraced it.
February 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
prepared him to run a nation, and therefore he rejects the advice of people who spent entire careers studying the nuances of international negotiations and diplomacy. But the leaders on the other side of the table have not eschewed expertise, they have embraced it.
For people who study negotiations, this is incredibly basic stuff, negotiations 101, definitions you learn before you even start talking about styles and tactics. And here's another huge problem for us.
Trump is utterly convinced that his experience in a closely held real estate company has
Trump is utterly convinced that his experience in a closely held real estate company has
February 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
For people who study negotiations, this is incredibly basic stuff, negotiations 101, definitions you learn before you even start talking about styles and tactics. And here's another huge problem for us.
Trump is utterly convinced that his experience in a closely held real estate company has
Trump is utterly convinced that his experience in a closely held real estate company has
China saw it as integrative, and integrated Russia and its soybean purchase orders into a far more complex negotiation ecosystem.
Trump has the same weakness politically. For every winner there must be a loser. And that's just not how politics works, not over the long run.
Trump has the same weakness politically. For every winner there must be a loser. And that's just not how politics works, not over the long run.
February 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
China saw it as integrative, and integrated Russia and its soybean purchase orders into a far more complex negotiation ecosystem.
Trump has the same weakness politically. For every winner there must be a loser. And that's just not how politics works, not over the long run.
Trump has the same weakness politically. For every winner there must be a loser. And that's just not how politics works, not over the long run.
susceptible to sanctions and boycotts, increasing its economic and political power in the world, and reducing ours. Trump saw steel and aluminum and thought it would be an easy win, BECAUSE HE SAW ONLY STEEL AND ALUMINUM - HE SEES EVERY NEGOTIATION AS DISTRIBUTIVE.
February 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
susceptible to sanctions and boycotts, increasing its economic and political power in the world, and reducing ours. Trump saw steel and aluminum and thought it would be an easy win, BECAUSE HE SAW ONLY STEEL AND ALUMINUM - HE SEES EVERY NEGOTIATION AS DISTRIBUTIVE.
Trump has raised tariffs on China. China responded, in addition to raising tariffs on US goods, by dropping all its soybean orders from the US and buying them from Russia. The effect is not only to cause tremendous harm to US farmers, but also to increase Russian revenue, making Russia less
February 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Trump has raised tariffs on China. China responded, in addition to raising tariffs on US goods, by dropping all its soybean orders from the US and buying them from Russia. The effect is not only to cause tremendous harm to US farmers, but also to increase Russian revenue, making Russia less
So when you approach international negotiation, in a world as complex as ours, with integrated economies and multiple buyers and sellers, you simply must approach them through integrative bargaining. If you attempt distributive bargaining, success is impossible. And we see that already.
February 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
So when you approach international negotiation, in a world as complex as ours, with integrated economies and multiple buyers and sellers, you simply must approach them through integrative bargaining. If you attempt distributive bargaining, success is impossible. And we see that already.
If you do that to the cabinet maker, you can bet he won't agree to do the cabinets in your next casino, and you're going to have to find another cabinet maker.
There isn't another Canada.
There isn't another Canada.
February 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
If you do that to the cabinet maker, you can bet he won't agree to do the cabinets in your next casino, and you're going to have to find another cabinet maker.
There isn't another Canada.
There isn't another Canada.