Rational Black Thought
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A discussion of all topics as seen through the eyes of a Black Atheist, Skeptic, Humanist, Existentialist
Rational Black Thought Episode #185 April 20, 2024 - “The way to right wrongs is to shine the light of truth on them.” — Ida B. Wells
#185
Last Saturday at 4:00 AM
What’s on my Mind: Living Outside the Box:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/chaotic-cognition/202006/the-truth-about-the-box-in-outside-the-box-thinkingÂNews:Â
The Boy who Cried Wolf:Â https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/04/18/trump-hush-money-criminal-trial/gag-order-redux-00153015https://www.thedailybeast.com/details-of-how-trump-scored-dollar175m-bond-revealed-in-court-filingshttps://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-hush-money-trial-04-18-24/h_765e8b1de153c160143b222aa9bac66fConversations with an Atheist: Biblical interpretation by Race:
https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Social_Justice_Studies/Race_and_Ethnic_Relations_in_the_U.S.%3A_An_Intersectional_Approach/01%3A_Introduction_to_Race_and_Ethnic_Relations/1.03%3A_Eth...Rational Black Thought Episode #184 April 13, 2024 - "We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated."- Maya Angelou
#184
04/13/2024
What’s on my Mind: How and Why We Lose:
https://www.270towin.com/ÂNews:Â
Theirs is not to reason why, theirs is but to do and die:Â https://www.politico.com/news/2024/04/11/trump-tightens-stranglehold-on-congressional-gop-00151629https://www.friendlyatheist.com/p/arizona-gop-lawmaker-lashes-out-atConversations with an Atheist:Â thou shalt save alive nothing that breatheth:
https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-evangelical-supporters-political-violence-poll-rcna122023https://www.prri.org/research/threats-to-american-democracy-ahead-of-an-unprecedented-presidential-election/Closing: We need to protect our treasures:Â
https://slingshot.news/iconic-black-american-singer-dies-in-nursing-home/Rational Black Thought Episode #183 April 06, 2024 - “Who you are speaks so loudly I can't hear what you're saying.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
#183
04/06/2024
What’s on my Mind: By their fruits…:
https://books.google.com/books/about/Be_You.html?id=my1GEAAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0#v=onepage&q&f=falseÂNews:
There Aren’t Two Sides to the Facts: https://www.cleveland.com/news/2024/03/our-trump-reporting-upsets-some-readers-but-there-arent-two-sides-to-facts-letter-from-the-editor.htmlhttps://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/trump-sick-immigrants-musk-pseudoscience-rcna146301https://apnews.com/article/former-trump-officials-criticize-2024-e202861911ab37cadfcf058b5b163fb9https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/easter-shooting-heated-argument-between-pastors-son-youth-minister-turns-deadly-in-dallas/3504539/Conversations with an Atheist: Zero Proof:
https://www.britannica.com/topic/existence-of-GodClo...
Rational Black Thought Episode #182 March 30, 2024 - ““Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” MLK Jr.
#182
03/30/2024
What’s on my Mind: Existence Beyond Time:
https://www.space.com/time-how-it-worksÂNews:Â
The Last Congress:Â https://www.ft.com/content/86ee5942-2ff5-47a6-a509-b74b854b0477https://www.marylandmatters.org/2024/03/20/a-deeply-divided-congress-took-no-major-action-on-civil-rights-in-2023-report-finds/https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/03/22/congress/gallagher-leaving-early-00148586https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/georgia-republican-official-and-outspoken-election-denier-caught-voting-illegally-9-times/ar-BB1kIwxq?ocid=msedgntp&pc=LCTS&cvid=cd77e83b2cfa48c78c04dca5128da655&ei=15https://thewartburgwatch.com/2024/03/20/sovereign-grace-pastor-arrested-for-allegedly-raping-13-year-old-girl/Conversations with an Atheist: Escaping Karma:
https://www.hinduamerican.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/KarmaMokshaandSamsara2.0_0.pdf...
Rational Black Thought Episode #181 March 23, 2024 - “Slavery was not merely an unfortunate thing that happened to black people. It was an American innovation…” ― Isabel Wilkerson
#181
03/23/2024
What’s on my Mind: The weaponization of colorblindness:
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Conversations with an Atheist: On the Road to Nowhere:
https://www.learnreligions.com/comparing-christian-denominations-beliefs-part-1-700537Closing:  Don’t Talk about it be about it:Â
https://www.blackenterprise.com/gun-violence-quavo-spark-grants/Rational Black Thought Episode #180 March 16, 2024 -“Humanism is a philosophy that centers on the needs, interests, and abilities of human beings… — Anne Klaeysen
#180
03/16/2024
 What’s on my Mind: Zombies vs. Humans:
https://secularhumanism.org/what-is-secular-humanism/Â https://cdn.centerforinquiry.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/26/2002/10/22160056/p35.pdfNews:Â
Round Two: Joe vs. The Shit Show – Democracy's 2nd Last Stand!https://www.politico.com/news/2024/03/13/never-trumpers-gop-2024-elections-00146726Conversations with an Atheist: Heaven and Hell Explorations of the Afterlife:
https://www.encyclopedia.com/science/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/how-major-religions-view-afterlifeClosing: Â Reciprocity matters:Â
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/black-chinese-family-coronado-california-rcna140717Rational Black Thought Episode #179 March 9, 2024 - “For this is your home, my friend, do not be driven from it…” James Baldwin
#179
03/09/2024
What’s on my Mind: Master Manipulator:
https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2024/02/snl-donald-trump-republican-bootlickers/ÂNews:
They all float down here. You’ll float too: https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/super-tuesday-2024-coverage/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/06/nikki-haley-drops-outhttps://apnews.com/article/state-of-union-biden-gaza-ukraine-israel-1a42ff9d4ef3e0f2753e43ac8d39fc18https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/mar/08/katie-britt-sotu-reactionConversations with an Atheist: Cosmology versus Mythology:
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/creationism/Closing: Black women and femmes getting sh*t done!:Â
https://actionnetwork.org/for...Rational Black Thought Episode #178 March 02, 2024 - “I am America. I am the part you won’t recognize. But get used to me.” —Muhammad Ali
#178
03/02/2024
What’s on my Mind: Project Autocracy:
https://globalextremism.org/project-2025-the-far-right-playbook-for-american-authoritarianism/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAivGuBhBEEiwAWiFmYfquX2cMaOcVIwikRLPkQqTvRx31J8eJEXxMq0ZDHWI8UpsIxqtDEBoC-PwQAvD_BwEÂNews:Â
Black Rats:Â https://apnews.com/article/trump-black-conservative-south-carolina-primary-aa1155c31bfc3b397a32b33eff04ada8https://thehill.com/opinion/columnists/juan-williams/4337579-dont-be-duped-by-trumps-claims-to-black-support/https://artsci.washington.edu/news/2023-10/black-republicans-dramatic-shiftConversations with an Atheist: Seven Mountains Fallacy for World Domination:
https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/world/the-seven-mountains-revelation/news-story/be825c6262f5e764a3c2cbd385442702https://www.newsweek.com/civil-war-donald-trump-worth-it-andrew-wommack-1868670#:~:text=Evangelical%20preacher%20Andrew%20Wommack%20said,back...Rational Black Thought Episode #177 February 24, 2024 - “People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction…” ― James Baldwin
#177
02/24/2024
What’s on my Mind: America without democracy:
https://www.dw.com/en/as-autocrats-ascend-gloomy-data-on-democracies-decline/a-62674756Â https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2022/01/09/what-authoritarianism-would-look-like-america/9088584002/News:Â
Rats f*cking Suckers:Â https://www.factcheck.org/2019/03/dossier-not-what-started-all-of-this/https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/a46883184/fbi-informant-alexander-smirnov-biden-false-claims-russian-intel/Conversations with an Atheist: Faith vs. Proof:
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/19/opinion/sunday/t-m-luhrmann-faith-vs-facts.htmlhttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2158244019898849Closing: Â Flying High:Â
https://blacknews.com/news/zoey-williams-27-year-old-first-black-female-pilot-fly-boeing-777-air-canada/Rational Black Thought Episode #176 February 17, 2024 - "Ours is the struggle of a lifetime, or maybe even many lifetimes, and each one of us in every generation must do our part.” - John Lewis
#176
02/17/2024
What’s on my Mind: The end of evolution:
News:Â
It’s the culture stupid:
Conversations with an Atheist: Undeniable correlation:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-secular-life/201411/why-education-corrodes-religious-faithClosing: Â Black pays:Â
https://www.blackenterprise.com/hbcus-highest-financial-payoffs-for-black-graduates/Feedback: Marcia: I talk to people everywhere I go and ask them to vote but they're all shaking their heads but in case anyone wants to encourage their children or themselves there's some video games one can play that teach yo...
