“The men who wrote the First Amendment religion clause did not view paid legislative chaplains and opening prayers as a violation of that amendment... the practice of opening sessions with prayer has continued without interruption ever since that early session of Congress. It can hardly be thought that in the same week the members of the first Congress voted to appoint and pay a chaplain for each House and also voted to approve the draft of the First Amendment... (that) they intended to forbid what they had just declared acceptable.” MenFirstsHousePrayerViewsPayPracticeWeekHe ManMembersPaidCongressOpeningAcceptableAmendmentsSessionViolationFirst AmendmentInterruptionsClausesChaplains Author:Warren E. Burger
“First, I would say, is ideology. I have never spoken to any member of these groups, not just ISIS, but also Al Qaeda, Shabab, etc., who wasn't driven by the ideology. Beyond that, a lot of people are wounded in some way - they've fallen out of society in some manner. All of the ones I've spoken to seem to have veered off course from lives we consider acceptable and successful. Of course, there are others like Osama bin Laden, who was a wealthy and successful businessperson.” PeopleWayFirstsSeemsCoursesSuccessfulGroupsMembersDrivenIdeologyFallenEtcWealthyAlsAcceptableWoundedIsisBin LadenAl QaedaOsama Bin LadenSuccessful Business Author:Rukmini Maria Callimachi
“Ego is a structure that is erected by a neurotic individual who is a member of a neurotic culture against the facts of the matter. And culture, which we put on like an overcoat, is the collectivized consensus about what sort of neurotic behaviors are acceptable.” MatterFactsCultureIndividualMembersEgoBehaviorStructureAcceptableConsensusNeuroticMind BlowingOvercoat Author:Terence McKenna