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![For Election Day: Malcolm X on blind party allegiance [AUDIO]](https://i0.wp.com/blog.martyduren.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/220px-Malcolm_X_NYWTS_2a.jpg?fit=220%2C303&ssl=1)
I neither defend, promote nor worship Malcolm X. He is, though, a captivating figure in American history, one which most know little about. Like most of us his views on life, religion and politics changed several times, including, ultimately, a repudiation of violence.
![The election and social media [INFOGRAPHIC]](https://i0.wp.com/blog.martyduren.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/sm-featured.jpg?fit=550%2C626&ssl=1)
The closer the presidential election draws the more attentions return to the issue of abortion. Those on the left cry “women’s rights” while those on the right plead “right to life.” Both sides are passionate, and often enflamed in their attempts to solidify or overturn–respectively–Roe v Wade. In early September 2012 the Democratic National Convention met in North Carolina. Amidst the debacle over “God” and “Jerusalem” the Democratic…
Remember Richard Dawkins? One of the “Four Horsemen of the Atheist Apocalypse”? Author of The God Delusion, The Selfish Gene and other anti-theistic tomes? Several years ago Dawkins was one of the most prominent (though never ablest) defenders of atheism. More accurately, he was a prominent proponent of “anti-theism.” That is, he did not simply not believe in God he says the idea of God is negative and…
The number of Americans who do not identify with any particular religion continues to increase rapidly according to newly released data from Pew Research. One-fifth of the U.S. public–and about a third of adults under 30–are religiously unaffiliated today, the highest percentages ever in Pew Research Center polling. In the last five years the unaffiliated have increased from just over 15% to just under 20% of all U.S.…
