The Establishment of Nature’s God at the US Godhead
Politics played a primary role in forming our American Deist society. Before the founding of the United States, early American Deist had different deistic beliefs.  There was no single form of Deism that all Deists followed.  Jefferson was a Christian Deist who believed in God, and rejected [...]

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My son’s great-great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather was James Franklin, half brother of Benjamin Franklin.  Uncle Ben gave us this advice.  From Wikipedia:
Franklin sought to cultivate his character by a plan of thirteen virtues, which he developed at age 20 (in 1726) and continued to practice in some form for the rest of his life. His autobiography lists [...]

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I came across some good and interesting research on healthy marriages.
http://www.intropsych.com/ch16_sfl/four_horsemen.html
The author writes that there are four strong predictors for failed marriages. They are:
1) Criticism – telling the other person his or her faults.
2) Defensiveness – denying responsibility to certain subjects, or refusing to discuss issues the spouse regards as important.
3) Contempt – making [...]

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