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  I came across a study by the Pew Research Religion and Public Life Project that asked 3,217 Americans how they felt about various religions.   The results gave some interesting insights about how people of various religious persuasions feel about others, the relationship of political affiliation to religious feelings, and how ignorance shapes our views.   I was not totally surprised by the results, but many important social conclusions and questions came to mind. A little bit of background.   Respondents were asked how they feel from a scale of 0 (coldest and most negative) to 100 (warmest and most positive) about Jews, Catholics, Evangelical Christians, Hindus, Buddhists, Muslims, Atheists, and Mormons.   It should be noted that due to demographics, almost half of the respondents described themselves as Protestant (White Evangelical, White mainline, and Black Protestant), followed by unaffiliated (Atheist, Agnostic, and nothing in particular), Catho...

  1.        How can you expect to convince a creationist about climate change if they think the earth is only 6,000 years old. 2.        Still can’t figure out how Silver Linings Playbook garnered all of those Oscar acting nominations.   Further putting Bradley Cooper in there with Daniel Day Lewis is pink slime to filet mignon. 3.        Memo to Frank Luntz and GOP: you can’t call it rebranding and then roll out the same tired message.   And using young Marco Rubio is like polishing a turd.   It’s still a turd. 4.        Rumor in AZ is retired astronaut Mark Kelly, husband of Gabby Giffords, is considering a run in 2016 against John McCain.   Let’s hope so. 5.        A Bieber-free and Gaga-free Grammy Awards was very special.   Now if we can keep Taylor Swift away. 6.    ...