A reader sent me this meme composed by British economist Richard Wellings. My comments: The reason we have a water shortage is prolonged droughts, largely driven by climate change. Reservoirs hold water; they don’t make water. I.e., we have plenty …
Category: Sustainability
Hell: Who, If Anyone, Deserves It?
From the popular Christian pastor John Pavlovitz: I was brought up believing that hell was real, though later in life I’d grown skeptical. It seemed like an idea incompatible with a loving God and with the very idea of Grace. …
What Privilege Looks Like
Blair Imani is a: “writer, mental health advocate, and historian living at the intersections of Black, Queer, and Muslim identity.” The point she makes here is spot-on. There are no crises that are going to affect the filthy rich. Foul …
What Type of Person Says “Don’t Tread On Me?”
A house in our community has a sign in front of it: “If you can read this, you’re in range.” Trust me, no one around here has any intention of approaching that house, or having any interaction whatsoever with the …
Tagged with: Don’t tread on me
Wokeness
When responsible people come across something that is both preposterous and attributed to someone they suppose to be credible, the first thing they do is head to Snopes, or some other place online where they can verify or discard it. …
Tagged with: post-truth world
Theological Support for the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
From this piece in Reuters: The head of the Russian Orthodox Church has said that Russian soldiers who die in the war against Ukraine will be cleansed of all their sins, days after President Vladimir Putin ordered the country’s first …
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From a Reader: “It’s Time for People with Good Hearts to Win.”
Excellent point. The problem is that we live in a world in which there appears to be no penalty that accrues to bad behavior, and so many good people say, “Oh, what the heck.” If a U.S. president can be …
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Tagged with: moral compass
Failing To Recognize Our Commonalities as Human Beings
As Bukowsky points out, humankind is marked by the distance we keep from one another, in other words, to function as tribal beings. We celebrate our differences: skin color, socio-economic standing, religious affiliation, etc., while ignoring the vastness of our …
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Trump’s Character
The author of the meme here makes a good point, and puts it poetically, to boot. I’m struggling to find an abominable human characteristic that is not embodied in Trump: cruelty, greed, dishonesty, love of violence, vindictiveness, taking pride in …
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Christian Nationalism
In fact, this nation has great reason to fear Christian nationalism. The word “Christian,” of course, has nothing to do with the teachings of Christ, and thus “Christian nationalism” should more properly be called “white male nationalism.” There are several …
