Humanity’s greatest problem is hubris derived from religious arrogance in believing that mankind was made in god’s image. For millennia, people of nearly all cultures have been taught that humans are special in the eyes of their god or gods, and that the world is made for their benefit and use. This is all made clear...
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I woke up this morning fairly convinced I was living in the 21st century. But I began doubting my conclusion, and perhaps my sanity, when I read in the Washington Post that the election of Councilman Cecil Bothwell in Asheville, North Carolina, was being contested because he does not believe in god. No, your morning coffee...
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Critics of climate change gleefully point to hacked emails originating from British scientists at the University of East Anglia that purportedly provide evidence of climatologists manipulating data to mask a decline in global temperatures.  Global warming skeptics believe they have proof now that climate change is a liberal plot. ...
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The early days of the holiday season have brought into sharp relief a deeply disturbing trend that seems innocent enough at first glance, but in fact is the genesis of much that ails humanity. I speak of asymmetrical expectations borne from the destructive belief that one faith has more validity than another. Oddly, this pernicious...
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