Here’s an interesting interpretation of monotheism in general and Christianity in particular. Not only are you “sinful and bad,” but you’re on your way to burn in hell for all eternity if, for whatever reason, you fail to accept Christ …
Category: Sustainability
The Real Meaning of “Pro-Life”
Here’s a clever reminder of the fact that “pro-life” means one, extremely narrowly defined thing, and it has very little to do with life in any real sense of the word: forcing pregnant women to carry their fetuses to term, …
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A Massive Collective Awakening
There is no reason that the statement here can’t be true. It’s quite possible that humankind will, as one, realize that the forces of oppression all around us are unacceptable and demand solutions to environmental collapse, social injustice, and massive, …
Kindness
The tale at left is a reminder that we live in a world where kindness is “trending,” to use the popular term. This became apparent, to me at least, with the imperative to commit “random acts of kindness” concept of perhaps …
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A Little Existentialism for This First Day of the New Year
If you can relate to the meme here, and you’re willing to “surrender to the mystery,” you’ll love the composition of American singer-songwriter Iris Dement, below.
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What a Successful 2023 Looks Like
I found this meme from a reader quite interesting. Personally, I will call 2023 a good year to the degree it represents an overall improved quality of life for the world’s people. That means: • Full restoration of American democracy …
Tagged with: decarbonized energy and transportation, fair taxation of the rich, progress in climate change mitigation, restoration of American democracy and justice for those who tried to overthrow it, sustainability for all life forms on our home planet, the development of social programs like quality education and universal healthcare, the freedom index and the world happiness ranking
It’s a Metamorphosis
I don’t know about you, but I go back and forth on stuff like this…and I don’t use words like “imaginal.” From her bio: Dr. Jude Currivan is a cosmologist, planetary healer, futurist, author, previously one of the most senior …
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Human Life Is “Unraveling,” But No One Seems To Care
This from British scientist and conservationist Charlie Gardner. It really is astonishing how little humankind is doing to prevent environmental collapse and other forms of societal decay. An important factor at play here is that the vast majority of the …
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Tagged with: 20th Century American author Upton Sinclair, a societal structure that is in the process of driving us into extinction, irreparable damage that our current life modalities are having this planet, “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it.”
… But Only God Can Make a Tree
At left we see a concept that’s not altogether weird. Trees (made by God?) stand as therapy for a planet that’s in the process of baking itself. Our unquenchable thirst to chop down what’s left of the world’s trees derives …
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Maintaining Optimism
As suggested here, many of us face challenges. Some are personal, like substance abuse. Others are societal, like ignorance and hate. Fortunately, the 9 AM Sunday sermon helps us keep a bright outlook.
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