Boris Pasternak, The Unstoppable Power Of Unarmed Truth And How To Study Politics

In Ugly Display Of "Biblical Values," Texas Judge, William Adams, Whips His Daughters
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2017/02/in-ugly-display-of-biblical-values.html

Alan: My longstanding hypothesis is that American conservatives are people who, with disproportionate frequency, grew up in families where corporal punishment was the norm. 

I propose that a major university establish a department of Psycho-Social Politics to investigate the relationship between very specific traits of family life, religious practice and sociological profile as they relate to political attitudes.

Consider this inter-related set of particulars...

Is there a statistically meaningful relationship between corporal punishment and cruel behavior?

Is there a statistically meaningful relationship between corporal punishment and incarceration rates?

Is there a statistically meaningful relationship between corporal punishment and support for the Vietnam War?

Is there a statistically meaningful relationship between corporal punishment and the Iraq War?

Is there a statistically meaningful relationship between corporal punishment and political support for Donald Trump?

In no way do I rule out investigation that probes possible causality. But to begin the project, it is only necessary to focus on "psycho-social-behavioral" relationships.

Often, Stinginess And Cruelty Are Christianity's Paradoxical Effects

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/02/often-christianitys-paradoxical-effects.html

Are Highly Religious People Less Compassionate?

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/08/are-highly-religious-people-less.html

The United States Is A Singularly Cruel, Vengeful Nation. Solitary Confinement For Kids

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/05/america-is-singularly-cruel-vengeful.html

Mistakes In Scripture: When The Bible Gets The Bible Wrong

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/05/mistakes-in-scripture-when-bible-gets.html

"Is The Bible More Violent Than The Quran?"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/03/is-bible-more-violent-than-quran-npr.html

Worst Bible Passages

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/09/worst-bible-passages.html

Biblical Literalism And The Cultivation Of Hatred

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/02/biblical-literalism-and-cultivation-of.html

"Why The Bible Belt Is Delusional"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/02/why-bible-belt-is-delusional.html

"God Enjoys The 10 Plagues Way Too Much"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/12/god-enjoys-10-plagues-way-too-much.html

Bibliolatry... And How To Live Happily Ever After

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/04/bibliolatry-and-how-to-live-happily.html

"Protestants and Frequent Churchgoers Most Supportive of Iraq War"

http://www.gallup.com/poll/21937/protestants-frequent-churchgoers-most-supportive-iraq-war.aspx

ISIS And The Inquisition: The Shadow Side Of Religion. Why Does Belief Do This?

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/isis-and-inquisition-shadow-side-of.html

"What ISIS Really Wants" And How The Patriarch Abraham Appears To Be The Instigator

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/02/what-isis-really-wants-and-how.html

Christianity's Bedrock Commitment To Torture: Remaking "The Faithful" In God's Image

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/12/christianitys-bedrock-commitment-to.html
Seldom Sermonized Bible Quotes

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2015/04/seldom-sermonized-bible-verses.html

Time For Catholicism To "Shelve" Traditions And Texts That Represent God As A Terrorist
http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/06/time-to-expunge-catholicism-of.html

"Trial By Ordeal: The Bloody Old Testamental Roots Of Modern Justice"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/11/trial-by-ordeal-bloodthirsty-roots-of.html

"Trial By Ordeal: Alive And Well Into The 17th Century"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/09/trial-by-ordeal-alive-and-well-in-17th.html

Biblical Literalism: Not Only Impossible But Destructive Of Meaning And Souls

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2013/09/biblical-literalism-not-only-impossible.html

UNC-CH Professor Bart D. Ehrman:

Biblical Exegete And Former Christian Evangelical

The Bible and Textual Analysis

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bart_D._Ehrman

Pope Francis On Fundamentalism: The Horror Of Turning God Into Ideological Pretext

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/06/pope-francis-describes-horrors-of.html

Pope Francis: The Horror Of Religious Fundamentalism And What's Wrong With Religion

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/12/pope-francis-horror-of-religious.html

Bad Religion And The Abrahamic Tradition

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2016/06/bad-religion-and-abrahamic-tradition.html

"Terror And The Other Religions"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/04/terrorism-and-other-religions-juan-cole.html

"Any Religion That Needs Fear To Thrive Is Bad Religion"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2012/02/any-religion-that-needs-fear-to-thrive.html

"Bad Religion: A Compendium"

http://paxonbothhouses.blogspot.com/2014/04/bad-religion-compendium.html