I guess politically I am probably a liberal secular humanist.

Religiously I guess I am a Christian existentialist, if you must categorize me.


I know that the new Christian Right boogey man is Gnostics. It's their favorite theme of attacking their enemies who want to expose them for the frauds they truly are. There are so many kinds of gnostics. One form of gnosticism is Christian gnosticism. Any mystical religion is a form of gnosticism. I'm sure many believe that Christianity is a mystical religion - one that can't fully be explained or understood by mere man's mind. The alternative is pure scientific knowledge. That type of person or religion is one that only believes what is observable and understandable through observations.

The esoteric nature of gnostic teaching is obvious. There are many different ones such as Platonist, named after Plato, Ophites, Cainites, Stoicism, Carpocrations, Borborites, Bogomils, Cathars and even our present day MASONS are a form of gnostic beginnings. It can be any mystical religion.

Tertullian, Hippolytis were some of the gnostics that orthodox Christians were hostile to.

I do use critical thinking and the scientific method rather than dogmatism, creedalism or indoctrination form fundamentalist theologians.

Some shows which have gnostic themes are Pleasantville, the Truman Show, 12 Monkeys, Toy Story, Groundhog day, Vanilla Sky and many others. There are more gnostic writings than Judeo-Christian writings and orthodox religions have demonized gnostics since the beginning of their history.

The basic idea behind gnosticism is that reality comes from self- knowledge and enlightenment, the very things this countries founders believed were our founding principles. The Enlightenment period started in the 17th & 18th Century and their rejection of the Catholic Churchs' dogmatism was its foundation. They believed in free-will and freedom of counscience in all areas such as politics and religion. Gnostics started the concept of a democratic society and equal rights for all citizens. This was a rejection of historical fuedalism and kingdoms. A mortal sin to some Orthodox Christians who weren't encouraged to think for themselves or reason. They were to just accept what they were told and don't question it. Many present day fundamentalists believe exactly that. Many present day fundamentalist seminaries are not education centers; they are endoctrination centers. Gnosticism encourages questioning our surroundings, teachings and history. They believe in freedom of thought and conscience.

What are you?

When will this President and VP resign to save the country any more embarassment? They are the biggest liars in American History!

Libby finally tells the truth, "Bush authorized the leaks."

Remember when bush said of whoever leaked classified info to New York Times Reporter Judith Miller and about who Valarie Plame was? Per "w" - "If someone broke the law and leaked classified intelligence they will be fired and not be part of this administration!" We are starting an investigation to determine who it was. Well surprise surprise, the investigation yielded nothing and the matter was dropped. How interesting. The question remains now, when will "w" be fired?

The #1 bush goal is to make the world safe for oil companies. That's what the military is for. Why no outrage!

Remember these words of wisdom from our right wing media?: by Madison Capital Times

CBS reporter Joie Chen, 5-4-03 "Now that the combat phase of the war in Iraq is officially over, what begins is a debate throughout the entire U.S. government over America's unrivaled power and how best to use it."

Charles Krauthammer, "Inside Washington," 4-19-03: the only people who think this wasn't a victory are Upper West Side liberals, and a few people here in Washington."

Morton Kondracke, Fox News 4-12-03 "Well, the hot story of the week is victory. The Tommy Franks-Don Rumsfeld battle plan, war plan, worked brilliantly, a three-week war with mericifully few American deaths or Iraqi civilian deaths. There is a lot of work yet to do, but all the naysayers have been humiliated so far. The final word on this is hooray."

Fred Barnes, Fox News, 4-10-03 "The war was the hard part. The hard part was putting together a coalition, getting 300,000 troops over these and all their equipment and winning. And it gets easier. I mean, setting up a democracy is hard, but it is not as hard as winnning a war."

Bill O'Reilly, Fox News, 1-29-03 "I will bet you the best dinner in the gaslight district of San Diego that military action will not last more than a week. Are you willing to take that wager?"

David Carr, 4-16-03 "This has been a tough war for commentators on the American left...Liberal writiers for ideologically driven magazines like the Nation and for less overtly political ones like the New Yorker did not predict a defeat, but the terrible consequences many warned of have not happened. Now liberal commentators must address the victory at hand and confront an ascendant conservative juggernaut that asserts U.S. might can set the world right."

Bill O'Reilly, FOX News, 2-10-03 "There's no way. There's absolutely no way. They may bomb for a matter of weeks, try to soften them up as they did in Afghanistan. But once the U.S. and British unleash, it's maybe hours. They're going to fold like that."

Now who's squalking?

Are Christians persecuted in the United States? Give me a break. Over 80% of our population is Christian and yet many right-wing Christians fundamentalists believe they are persecuted. They control all three branches of government and are certainly no underdogs. Are they oppressed? Oh please. They seem so paranoid of anyone who disagrees with them like other mainstream Christians or secularists. The ones complaining aren't Christians at all. They are demogogues and con-men and the only thing they worship is power and domination. Did Jesus ever have a good word to say for war, torture, tax cuts for the rich, or raping the earth? I don't think so. He never said a word about gays either?

George Bush said Jesus changed his heart and God wanted him to be president. I sure am glad I didn't know this guy before he was changed. He might have been dangerous to the health of the world. Ha!

Thomas Jefferson called the type of Christian who trumpets his own beliefs in the divinity of Jesus rather than the morality of Jesus, pseudo Christians and that's who's running our country today.


Bill Maher

It is comical how the right-wing neo-con-men among us feel righteous indignation when a Muslim country in which we sacrificed American lives, returns the favor by attempting to execute a man who had converted from Islam to Christianity. Is this what we fought for? Do you really believe we will bring democracy and peace to country like this? Afghanistan and Iraq are both examples of mistakes the bush administration has made in their polyanna world view. If they had heeded the lessons of the past going back to 1918 in the Arab world, they would have known there was no way to achieve the goal of democratization in the Arab world. Their culture is not condusive to it. Any first year history student could tell you that. Bush has used so many lies in justifying the war that he is left only with the fruitless excuse, "to bring freedom and democracy to the country." Once again I believe our leadship has proven that only a ruthless dictator like Saddam could maintain any order in a country like Iraq. We accepted that reality and realized we had Saddam in a little box where he couldn't harm other countries up until bush insisted on showing his daddy up. This administration is the definition of pathetic and those who have defended them deserve no pity. You get what you deserve.