Ubiquitous religious symbols, logos, steeples and minarets–not to mention fear and dogma–permeate every city and town on the planet, and fail to even dent man’s inhumanity to man.
Most water is billions of years old and all of it has been recycled one way or another. And yes it’s true, there is at least one water molecule in your body from every historical figure, human and animal.
It is more comforting for people to believe that some vicious people had infiltrated our government at the top, than that we were so badly beaten by a few losers with box cutters.
The scientific evidence is clear: global climate change caused by human activities is occurring now, and it is a growing threat to society. Accumulating data from across the globe reveal a wide array of effects.
Conservatives have mocked the near-reverence accorded our new President, as if he were being treated as some kind of messiah. He is far from that, being entirely human and most importantly a savvy politician and skilled power player.
Like a heads-up display projected onto their retinas, the imagination indelibly colors the believers’ view. They fail to differentiate between inner and outer perceptions–between wishful thinking and observation.
What creates morality in the face of nature’s implacable violence and ruthless competition? A society of self-aware individuals. With sentience comes (a somewhat constrained) agency and choice, or free will.
The Church Universal and Triumphant’s Royal Teton Ranch abuts the north entrance to Yellowstone. Bison have been slaughtered on or near church property in past years.