POWERFUL: Former Atheist Leader Shares Christianity With Richard Dawkins, and the Room Erupts

 POWERFUL: Former Atheist Leader Shares Christianity With Richard Dawkins, and the Room Erupts – RedState

While Hirsi Ali may have some things left to figure out, I wouldn't dare nitpick her words. Spiritual maturity doesn't happen overnight, and it is clear her conversion is genuine. To see her speak with such grace despite the pushback she was getting from Dawkins was inspiring.

"With all the insanity in the world, it's easy to lose sight of what truly matters. Former "New Athiest" movement leader Ayaan Hirsi Ali provided a powerful reminder when she shared her conversion to Christianity with Richard Dawkins. 

"Dawkins is an infamous atheist who has mocked Christianity as "nonsense" for decades, along with other figures like the now-deceased Christopher Hitchens. Originally from Somalia, Hirsi Ali left her home country in her early 20s and dedicated her life to fighting for the rights of women subjugated by Islam. That led to her being put on an Al-Qaeda hit list, as well as being targeted legally by Muslim groups. At one point, she was sued for discrimination for pointing out that Islam's Muhammad married a six-year-old when he was 53. She ultimately won that battle despite the court chastising her use of language. 

"For years, Ali was a thought leader and lecturer in atheist circles, having rejected religion due to her experiences with Islam. That all changed in late 2023, though. In an essay, she shared her fear of what she described as the global rise of Islam and authoritarianism, concluding that Judeo-Christian values were the only possible defense. That led some to question whether her conversion was purely pragmatic and political. 

"Ali put those questions to bed in her exchange with Dawkins. Even as he continued to trash Christianity during their conversation, she spoke with humility, and shared a powerful testimony of salvation." . . . 

Final thought from this post:  "While the above poster  may not have bought the argument, I think Hirsi Ali is correct. What we are seeing on college campuses and in society more broadly is a crisis of purpose. Having rejected Christianity, people are left desperately trying to fill the void in their lives with something else. Atheism and "reason" were never going to be enough, and the far-left's joining of Islam with oppression ideology has provided a new shiny object." 

Lawfare Is Too Kind a Word

 Daniel Jupp - Jupplandia (substack.com)

A Constitutional Republic following the US Constitution dismisses these fraudulent cases before they ever get this far. Only a functional tyranny allows them to proceed. 

"I can’t recall the first time I heard the word ‘lawfare’, and I don’t know who came up with it. It seems like a neologism coined recently, but it may have older origins. After all, this is not the first time in history that a judicial system has been deeply corrupt. It’s just the first time in history that a judicial system has been deeply corrupt against an illegally ousted President of the United States of America who is still alive while almost everyone accepts the process of that corruption as completely normal.

"I saw a widely circulated, well respected Substack the other day saying what a wise friend of mine has said for a long time. My friend, who is a lawyer by profession, has long argued that the cases being conducted against Trump are so unjust, so prejudicial, and so patently ridiculous that the proper response is to refuse to comply with them in any way. He’s said that Trump should refuse to attend these courts, should hole up somewhere in a potentially sympathetic State (such as Florida) and dare the corrupt system to forcibly remove him from that bolt hole." . . .

"There are no Democrats who aren’t tainted by this, either in government posts or legal professions, and it is a taint which encompasses ordinary Democrat voters too. All of them have accepted and supported, have cheered on, the total corruption of the law to punish and harm a man they hate. Having failed to ever find real crimes he is guilty of, they have simply decided that ordinary actions are criminal ones, so long as Donald Trump did them."  Full article

Barack Obama’s Legacy: A Fundamental Shift Towards Weakness and Wokeism

 From wokeness to weakness with His Wackness - AFNN  "Barack Obama's presidency was marked by a promise of fundamental transformation for America, and indeed, he did. Mostly for the worse. His actions and decisions reflected a significant shift in ideals and international relations. One notable incident was Obama's decision to return the bust of Winston Churchill, a famous British leader, from the Oval Office. This act symbolized Obama's disapproval of colonialism, represented by the British Empire, and his homeland in Kenya, a former British colony.

"The return of the Winston Churchill bust was more than a symbolic gesture; it underscored Obama's vision of a post-colonial (new) world order and his commitment to addressing historical injustices. By acknowledging the complexities of colonial legacies and their impact on global relations, Obama signaled a departure from traditional diplomatic norms and a demonstrated willingness to criticize historical truths

"This shift in international relations mirrored Obama’s broader approach to governance, which emphasized inclusivity, diversity, and social justice. His presidency coincided with a growing awareness of “systemic inequalities” and historical “injustices,” prompting calls for change and reform across various sectors of society. His efforts made race relations worse, said the Boston police “acted stupidly” and said Trayvon Martin could have been his son…. He fueled racial tensions like no time since 1968 in America and is directly responsible for the “defund the police” and “Black Lives Matter” pseudo-religious cults we see today. 

Moreover, Obama’s presidency created its own domestic challenges, including the economic stupidity of “too big to fail” and “cash for clunkers.” His presidency focused on maximizing political polarization, and social unrest. Barry Sotero’s lasting legacy is that of decaying moral values and destroyed international relations. His decision regarding the Winston Churchill bust symbolized his idiotic approach to undue historical injustices and global colonialism. While Obama’s vision of transformation and progress was supposedly well intentioned, the fruits of his presidency are proving unhealthy for the Nation. …READ MORE…

Antifa can't cope [with] a banana

  Don Surber (substack.com)  

These demonstrations are an excuse to get out of class that likely is funded by some George Soros group. College administrators and faculty don’t mind. Fewer tests to grade. Never underestimate the lethargy of American leftists."As they side with the people who raped, tortured, murdered and then mutilated the bodies of young Israelis on October 7, the intifada antifas at UCLA are crying because people are bringing bananas to their demonstration at UCLA.

"Linda Mamoun posted a video of a woman eating a banana and taunting the crowd.

"Mamoun tweeted, “There was a protestor in the liberated zone at UCLA with a potentially fatal banana allergy. Counterprotestors invaded the encampment and saw all the no bananas warnings. The next day they came back waving bananas like settlers waving machine guns & smeared bananas everywhere.”

"Like settlers waving machine guns, so go the Days Of Our Lives.

"The reaction on Twitter was as one might expect. Cam posted a picture of a man in a banana suit and said, “But I identify as a banana. That’s not very inclusive of you.”

"And of course, there is a clip of a banana skit by Monty Python that’s appropriate for the occasion.

Bleu Cheque tweeted, “Oh no, not a banana! That’s totally the same as 10/7.”

"And therein lies why these protesters deserve absolutely nothing but disrespect and harassment. The protesters deliberately ignore what began this war. Palestinian soldiers invaded Israel unprovoked and not in uniforms and proceeded to violate most of the rest of the rules of war in their bid to destroy Israel (Jewish and Muslim citizens alike)." . . . Substack 

Here’s How We Know The Climate Crisis Is Not About The Climate

  Issues & Insights (issuesinsights.com)

"Nor would our elites have feted Thunberg and treated her as an authority who must be revered while she ranted and scolded and screeched. Pope Francis would not have admonished America for its “irresponsible” Western lifestyle and Bill Nye, no science guy but an engineer and an actor, would have never said that voting (he means for U.S. Democrats) is the best option “if you want to do one thing about climate change.” 

Democratic States Deploy Greta Thunberg Drones To Lecture People Who Go Outside | Babylon Bee

"Carbon dioxide is a pollutant, the Environmental Protection Agency says. It’s been drilled into us for more than 30 years that we have to cut our CO2 emissions if we don’t want the world to end too soon. But we know that the climate scare is in no way related to protecting the sky. The data tell us so.

"Over the last three calendar years, 2021, 2022, and 2023, “​​​​no country has reduced its carbon emissions more than any other major nation on a per capita basis,” the Committee to Unleash Prosperity tells us.

“ 'Even though our GDP is about 50% higher than China’s, our per capita emissions are roughly the same,” says the group.

"The data also tell us that though China’s emissions grow every year, “ours have come down every year over the last decade.”

"Yet the U.S. is continually singled out as the worst greenhouse gas offender, while China – and India – escape the wrath of the klimate kooks, from Greta Thunberg to Democratic New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to actor Leonardo DiCaprio, who actually “praised China’s efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.' ” . . .

Hamas and Joe Biden meet the law of unintended consequences

 As usual, a wealth of intelligent wisdom from the writers at American Thinker. Opposing this is the dangerous lack of intelligent thought in both college people and this President, perhaps all since birth. TD

Mark C. Ross - American Thinker

"Regardless of any particular details, the pandemic of Hamas-inspired campus unrest has pushed news of Trump’s hush money trial down to well below the fold.  It has also put Biden’s presidency in a most uncomfortable spotlight."

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"Regardless of any particular details, the pandemic of Hamas-inspired campus unrest has pushed news of Trump’s hush money trial down to well below the fold.  It has also put Biden’s presidency in a most uncomfortable spotlight.  I seriously doubt that such was the intent of the organizers of these events.

"Various explanations are being proffered as to who is behind this and why this is happening.  Some conservative commentators are pointing their fingers at the classical Marxist demand to replace traditional oppressive authority with their own.  Jihadis are inclined to tout the rising tide of Islamic supremacy.  College culture in its modern, snowflake-coddling sense is also a prime suspect.  I just can’t fail to notice any spontaneity in all of this.

"George Soros, the archetypical James Bond villain, cannot escape consideration — but where necessary, he’s pretty good at covering his tracks.  Others are also under suspicion — and all their motives are fairly similar: destabilization of the existing “order.” 

"Antisemitism seems to be the ostensible motive...but is it really?  Even before Hitler, there just weren’t that many Jews in the world.  Yeah, they tend to revere education and knowledge and are more than willing to exploit such accomplishments for material benefits.  But so what?  Lots of folks have very similar ideals.  What may be behind antisemitism is that Jews don’t look very different from Gentiles — hence, the Third Reich was compelled to make them wear yellow stars of David.  Human decency being what it is, the king of occupied Denmark wore one as well.

"Colleges are certainly the focus of this phenomenon.  Initially, the administrations took a hands-off position — which allowed things more fully to develop.  They mistakenly tried to avoid bad optics...which was obviously inevitable.  In my student days, things got so bad that Governor Reagan had to call in the National Guard to shut things down.  The campus, however, wasn’t touched at all.  We just burned down the Bank of America that was across the street.  The university was our home." . . .

"Americans are slow to anger, but once provoked beyond limits, they save the world, and hopefully, America."

 Camp Intifada: Students for Theocratic Authoritarianism - Clarice Feldman  ..."Nevertheless, too many of the affected colleges and universities have failed in their mission to protect a safe learning environment for their students. The reasons are many, including reliance on foreign donations, particularly from Hamas-supporting Qatar, faculty rolls stuffed with anti-American and anti-Israeli ideologues, the DEI staff and humanities departments’ opposition to Jews and Israel, the large number of full-freight paying foreign students who do not share Western values, and the always present faculty and administrative psychological inability to handle conflict."

Will protesting students face consequences? - Mike McDaniel 

. . ."In January of 2024, American Thinker posted Terrorist attacks in America: for what are they waiting? It was my take on the kinds of attacks we’re virtually surely facing in the near future. In February, I posted a book review of Kurt Schlichter’s The Attack, which mirrors my predictions while expanding on them. The book is a novel, an oral history of three days of nationwide terror attacks, attacks in which American college students willingly participated:" . . .

. . . "That, and so many of these “student protestors,” particularly those whose parents are forking over $100,000+ a year for supposedly prestigious degrees, have seldom, if ever, faced consequences for their antisocial rhetoric and blatant crimes, such as taking custodians hostage, which in sane states is known as kidnapping. Universities “negotiate” lunatic demands rather than simply having demanders arrested and expelled. “Protestors” seizing and damaging university buildings demand to be fed gourmet and vegan fare and universities witlessly agree. Even on the occasions protestors are arrested, they’re immediately released without bond, and they’re not prosecuted. Why wouldn’t they engage in “an orgy of blood and violence?” They believe they’re untouchable, the moral arbiters of their age. The “moral” causes, about which they know nothing, excuse anything they do." . . .

UPDATED: Sheryl Sandberg’s documentary reveals what pro-Hamas protesters want you to forget (substack.com) 

All this is just fine with the pro-Palestine scarf people with their chants. "Hey-hey, ho-ho! Blahblahblahblah...:

 

"When pressed, a not-so-small percentage of the students participating in the pro-Hamas rallies on college campuses have been unable to name either the river or the sea that border the area they demand be under Palestinian control. Still others have bought into the lies spread by pro-Hamas groups that the atrocities inflicted upon innocent Israelis on Oct. 7 never happened. 

"But the most vile protesters of all are those who are well aware of the brutality perpetrated by members of Hamas and their Palestinian accomplices on that fateful day and call for the elimination of the Jewish state anyway…READ MORE…" . . .

How 'Let's Go Brandon' became code for insulting Joe Biden

 Colleen Long; AP News  

"How did Republicans settle on ‘Let’s Go Brandon’ as a G-rated substitute for its more vulgar three-word cousin?"

. . ."It started at an Oct. 2 NASCAR race at the Talladega Superspeedway in Alabama. Brandon Brown, a 28-year-old driver, had won his first Xfinity Series and was being interviewed by an NBC Sports reporter. The crowd behind him was chanting something at first difficult to make out. The reporter suggested they were chanting “Let’s go, Brandon” to cheer the driver. But it became increasingly clear they were saying: “—- Joe Biden.”

"NASCAR and NBC have since taken steps to limit “ambient crowd noise” during interviews, but it was too late — the phrase already had taken off.

"When the president visited a construction site in suburban Chicago a few weeks ago to promote his vaccinate-or-test mandate, protesters deployed both three-word phrases. This past week, Biden’s motorcade was driving past a “Let’s Go Brandon” banner as the president passed through Plainfield, New Jersey.

"And a group chanted “Let’s go, Brandon” outside a Virginia park on Monday when Biden made an appearance on behalf of the Democratic candidate for governor, Terry McAuliffe. Two protesters dropped the euphemism entirely, holding up hand-drawn signs with the profanity." . . .

Still buying that far-left trope about “diversity being our strength?”

 BareNakedIslam (barenakedislam.com)

Do not fear being labeled an ‘Islamophobe.’ I'm sure Winston Churchill was once accused of being a ‘Naziphobe.’

"Islam is NOT a religion of peace, nor does Islam mean peace. Islam means submission.

"Most people are simply unaware that Islam is NOT  just another religion but a totalitarian political cult-like ideology, which compels its followers into blind obedience, teaches intolerance, brutality and locks all Muslims and non-Muslims in a struggle deriving directly from the 7th century  nomadic, predatory, Bedouin culture.

"Islam means “submission” to the will of Allah and the teachings as depicted in the Qur’an which include jihad – the genocidal slaughter of infidels by the sword, killing by beheading, intolerance of other religions, as well as forcing submission to Islam. The ultimate goal of jihad is the domination of Islam over the entire world.

"In Islam, one is considered “moderate” if one supports the goals of jihad, if not the tactics. Those who totally reject the violent teachings of Islam are considered apostates of Islam and as such, are condemned to death. Moderate Muslims are peaceful “in spite of Islam,” not because of it. The “religion of peace” is a concept the West is eager to embrace – all in the name of political correctness – refusing to believe that a major world religion poses such a devastating threat to humanity." . . .

Lucas: Taking aim at Biden' memory

  PETER LUCAS (bostonherald.com)

"Where are the fact-checkers when you need them?

"I do not mean the quick, fact-checked repudiation of the left wing’s nasty distortion of Donald Trump’s “bloodbath” remark. That canard blew up on its own accord.

"I have in mind Joe Biden’s story of how he once “embarrassed the hell” out of Mongolian Prime Minister Sukhbaatar Batbold on an archery range outside the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar during a 2011 visit when he was vice president.

"The Mongolians, under Genghis Kahn (1162-1227) and after, used their expertise in archery and horsemanship to conquer China, east Asia, and parts of Europe. Their mastery of the bow and wild horses is still part of their heritage.

"When it comes to archery, though, Biden would have you believe he mastered the masters and outshot any Mongolian archer around, even though the Mongols have been experts at it for a thousand years.

"Joe Biden told the story of his adventure in archery in one of his bizarre asides — which are many — in his two days of interviews conducted by special counsel Robert Hur.

"The 258-page transcript of the interview, which contained the asides where Biden meandered, was released last week. While fascinating, the transcript has been largely ignored by the left-leaning, pro-Biden establishment press.

"Hur, who investigated Biden’s mishandling of classified documents after he left the office of vice president, found that while Biden had willfully retained documents he was not entitled to have, he would not be prosecuted because of his age and failing memory.

"While Biden could not remember who stored classified documents in his garage, his house or anywhere else, he could recall Mongolia.

"While Hur’s decision has been hammered by both Republicans and Democrats, the transcript makes for some interesting reading in that Biden has been known to make up stories or embellish them.

"Examples of Biden’s fantasies are tales of him being “appointed” to the U.S. Naval Academy, his arrest in South Africa when he tried to visit a jailed Nelson Mandela, and that he drove an 18-wheeler in his youth.

"None of them are true, but each fantasy has a slim attachment to reality. He may have been recommended to attend the Naval Academy, he did not get arrested on a visit to Mandela, and he may have ridden in an 18-wheeler.

"Nevertheless, when Biden tells these tall tales he inevitably makes himself out to be the hero, as he did in Mongolia,

"But he did fire a bow and arrow in Mongolia and had a photo of it on the wall of his home in Wilmington, Del., where the interview took place. The interview took place in a room where classified documents were also stored.

Without being asked, Biden rambled on about the photo, which showed him pulling back the strings of a Mongolian bow.

"Biden said verbatim, “You know, I went to Mongolia and, and, great pictures. I, unfortunately, embarrassed the hell out of the leader of Mongolia. They were showing — they were doing — a —what they would do at the time of the invasion of the Mongols into Europe in the 14 — in the 800s…

“ 'And so they walked over and they had a target with bales of hay a hundred yards away, and these guerillas were, you know, taking shots. And I think — I don’t know if it was to embarrass me or to make a point, but I get handed the bow and arrow. I’m not a bad archer. But (indiscernible) where I can pull it back, so I — and pure luck, I hit the godamn target. (Laughter)…

“ 'No, I really did. Bales of hay that were, like, 20 bales of hay with a big target in the middle of the bale of hay. And so I didn’t mean anything by it. I turned to the prime minister and handed it to him and the poor son-of-a bitch couldn’t pull it back. I was, I was like, oh, God. (Laughter.)' ”...

Violent Female Secret Service Agent 'Should NEVER have been Hired' -

How would she have handled watching Joe Biden swimming naked in the White House pool?  

 DEI hire - The Lid (lidblog.com)   "A female Secret Service agent who insiders say should never have been hired erupted in violence last week.

"The DEI hire was hired solely because she was a woman and so the Secret Service could tout its number of women on the job.

"Per The Blaze:

Michelle Herczeg seemed to have a bad day on Monday. The Secret Service agent arrived at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland around 9 a.m. as part of a security detail for Vice President Kamala Harris, who was scheduled to depart the base later that morning.

Before Harris ever arrived, Herczeg began exhibiting strange behavior. According to reports, Herczeg gained access to another agent’s phone and proceeded to delete apps on it. The man eventually recovered his phone and otherwise went about his business.

Herczeg then allegedly began engaging in other bizarre behavior, such as mumbling to herself and hiding behind curtains. She even reportedly started throwing various items, including feminine napkins, and warning her colleagues that they were “going to burn in hell and needed to listen to God,” a source told Susan Crabtree of RealClearPolitics.

When the special agent in charge attempted to intervene, Herczeg allegedly began screaming and insisting that other female agents on Harris’ security detail would support her and allow her to continue working.

"Herczeg was eventually removed from her assignment. And then things went from bad to worse.

"After being told, she reportedly tackled the SAIC and started punching him.

“ 'She snapped entirely,” the source said.. . .

Speaking of the above: Not just hugs: Biden swam naked in front of female Secret Service agents, walked around residence without a stitch (bizpacreview.com)

Intifada hurt Democrats; Democrats are drinking the venom of anti-Americanism and anti-Semitism.

 Don Surber (substack.com)

Democrats hitched their star to young college graduates — Free Ride Educated Devotees of Obama, or FREDOs for short. They’re idiots. 27% blame Israel for the October 7 attack by Hamas. 

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"Americans woke up Wednesday morning to scenes on TV of police in blue cities arresting college students who camped on campuses. The action came as Democrats were appalled —

— by their polling numbers.

"The internal numbers must be even worse because Chuckles the Clown Schumer, the Senate Democrat leader, took to the Senate floor and said, “Smashing windows with hammers and taking over a university building is not free speech. It is lawlessness. And those who did it should promptly face the consequences that are not merely a slap on the wrist.

“ 'Campuses cannot be places of learning and argument and discussion when protests veer into criminality and those who commit such acts are doing nothing to convince others that their cause is just.”

"I do not recall Schumer condemning the BLM riots of 2020. Burning used car lots apparently is covered by the First Amendment.

"His denunciation came four weeks after FJB demanded a ceasefire, which is what the students demanded.

"This would be the 16th ceasefire in Israel’s 75-year history. The last one was broken on October 7 by out-of-uniform Gazan soldiers who attacked a civilian festival and raped, tortured, murdered and then mutilated the bodies of 1,400 Israelis and foreign visitors. The violations of international law included taking hostage 240 people with Americans among them.

"FJB, Democrats and the media, who worked feverishly to free a WNBA player who was arrested in Russia on drug law violations, have ignored the Palestinians kidnapping Americans.

"The campus protests revealed to Americans that Democrats are drinking in their Kool-Aid the venom of anti-Americanism and anti-Semitism." . . .