Religion is just another industry our government inasmuch subsidizes to the tune of obscene amounts of money.  It needs to be stopped but never will be.  It’s all about power and control, people.  That’s all organized religion has ever been about.  Period.

helvetebrann:

Only a handful of publications in the sociology of religion have examined the finances of religions, and they are largely aimed at telling religions how to increase donations.¹ Nowhere did we find prior research summarizing and detailing religious finances and tax policy,…

(Source: secularhumanism.org, via nonplussedbyreligion-deactivate)

People who work at Fox News might like to think that they are despised by real journalists only because they are conservative and most journalists are liberal. Anyone who read the admiring obituaries of William F. Buckley Jr. in mainstream and liberal outlets would know that is nonsense. Journalists, both liberals and ones with no ideology in particular, are quite capable of respecting conservative pundits and reporters who deserve their respect.

But Fox does not. The reason is not because it holds a set of values that others may not share. And that is only partially because it claims to be “Fair and Balanced” when it is neither.

Rather, it is because it fails the fundamental test of journalism: are you informing your audience? According to a new study by Farleigh Dickinson University, Fox viewers are the least knowledgeable audience of any outlet, and they know even less about politics and current events than people who watch no news at all.