Rational Nation USA

Rational Nation USA is open for business again. Posts will be intermittent and comments will Not be allowed on this site. This is entirely because this site will no longer waste time with the chaotic views and insufferable comments from Trumpers and other delusional cons. There will be a link provided to the site that will accept comments, pending moderation, at the bottom . For the interested and engaging folks who stop by, and, after reading a post would like to comment please feel free to head on over to the site linked at the bottom of each post. _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ The following excerpt is taken from  patheos .  For those with a questioning and actively curious mind consider it a teaser. A link to the complete article is provided following the excerpt. Christians are well aware of the power of social isolation. That’...

by: Pamela D. Hart I attended Glenn Beck’s Restoring Honor rally Saturday. My decision to attend wasn’t planned. As a matter of fact it was completely spur of the moment. My dad called me Friday afternoon, when I was at work, and asked if I would be interested in going with him and my mom, thus with my answer being affirmative, he told me to be ready at 3:30 a.m. We arrived at the Lincoln Memorial at 11 a.m. with the rally already in full swing. The crowd was immense. People were sitting between the columns, on the steps and walking around it. They were packed full on both sides of the Reflection Pond and beyond. The aerial view photos are a bit distorting because you can’t see all the people who were beneath the Cherry Blossom trees. I know because I walked the cement pathway from the Lincoln Memorial to the WWII Memorial, which was tree-covered and it too was packed full with people sitting on chairs, blankets, the grass or just standing. We found a nice shady spot on the Atlantic si...