I’m going to go out on a limb and suggest that Plato was referring to honoring truth over good men, i.e., men of honesty, bravery, and compassion. I think it went without saying that we should not honor criminals and …
Category: Sustainability
Plant-Based Meat–Warning To the Addle-Brained
“(Televangelist) Rick Wiles thinks….” Does he really? I doubt it. Isn’t it far more likely that he thinks his followers are stupid enough to believe this garbage, and wants them to open their wallets that much wider?
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Yet Another Way that Cows Bring Peril to Our Lives
With all our posts here on phasing out beef in favor of plant-based meat, I couldn’t resist publishing this photo, the result of a handful of cows that found their way into a newly built home and lived in it …
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Some Important Thoughts from a Centuries Old Christian
Eighteenth Century English theologian John Wesley founded what was to become the Methodist arm of Protestantism. As shown at left, his principles were essentially identical to what today would be called “liberal” or “progressive” values. The history of monotheism on …
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Tagged with: reason and humanism
Taxing Billionaires
We see frequent and impassioned discussions on this topic nowadays, especially as the threat of environmental collapse continues to mount. I thought the author of the meme here nailed it nicely.
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Only An Educated Mind …
This quote from Aristotle translates as “Only an educated mind can understand (entertain?) a thought that is different than his own without necessarily accepting it.” I’m reminded of a segment I heard on NPR just yesterday about a college economics …
A Bad Day for Conspiracy Theories and Those Who Promote Them
The astonishing developments in the defamation suit brought by the Sandy Hook victims against Alex Jones has us all hoping that the wave of conspiracy theories/theorists may have crested. After Jones is ruined financially, and criminally prosecuted for perjury or …
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Education and Religion
Interesting. Comments here include: No. We intellectualize God differently. It doesn’t mean we don’t believe in a “God.” It just means we don’t necessarily accept the crazy nonsensical human interpretation of a god that religion has crammed down our throats …
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Education and Crime
This quote from ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician Pythagoras translates as “Educate the boys so you don’t have to punish the men.” There is no doubt that poor education leads to poverty and to crime. Unfortunately, our society doesn’t see …
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Thumbs Up on Plant-Based Meat
A new study just validated that plant-based food products, e.g., Impossible Food and Beyond Meat, are healthier than their animal-based counterparts, while reconfirming that they’re better for the environment. We all need to expect the first assertion (about health) to …
