Alice Rose, PhD My doctor gave me an absurd “living will” to sign that said “I want people to be cheery around me and, essentially, put on a happy face when I am dying.” WHAT? Don’t they care that they are losing me? Do we have to have a happy death followed by a celebration of life funeral … Read more
I have purposely been in a Republican intellectual group for 4 years. We have formed lasting friendships that I am grateful for and that I value as a great benefit to my life. They are physicians, scientists, and thinking people. The brain power is unmatched as well as “thinking outside the box”. However, our political … Read more
The Dems are bringing us to the brink of Fascism by clinging to their candidate after the disastrous debate of July 27. Now they are making noises that this was just one bad day for Biden, but we have never had anything like this happen in a debate. An idiot can distinguish from “one bad … Read more
Secular fundamentalism is being pounded into American consciousness, and I believe it is from outside sources, experts on propaganda, like China or Russia. One characteristic of expert or elite propaganda is you do not know you are being subjected to it. The purpose is to divide this country into “armed camps” pitted against each other. … Read more
My upcoming book, Redeeming Christianity, (soon to be published by Bilbo Books) contains these quotes on skepticism by Paramahansa Yogananda. Useful principles for thinking… “There are two kinds of doubt: destructive and constructive. Destructive doubt is habitual skepticism. Men who cultivate that attitude disbelieve blindly; they shun the work of impartial investigation. Skepticism is a … Read more
The digital world is so alluring. It can leave us breathless, invoke love and even bring us to ourselves when it moves us to tears. But still it is not real when our emotions tell us it is real. We feel it is interacting with us. Our emotions tell us it is. But it is … Read more
I am an anti-Trump Democrat but very early in the pandemic I became extremely alarmed about the vaccine. I have a background in science and what I was frantically reading every day, 9 hours a day, did not look good at all. I was in a group of scientists, doctors and an actuary which read … Read more
Christian exclusivism states that “Christians are the only ones going to heaven. Everybody else is left behind.” Of course many other religions say the same thing, but let’s ponder the Christian exclusive club. So before Jesus came there was nobody in heaven except God and angels. When the first official Christian died, there was only … Read more
I just had an argument about my announcing our Unitarian party as a Christmas Party instead of a Holiday Party. The reason is “people might be offended.” Why is this? Because of Christian imperialism, the Inquisition, and atrocities committed in the name of Jesus? I get that but I flat refuse to use the euphemism … Read more
I am renovating some rentals necessitating constant visits to Lowe’s and Home Depot. They should make me an honorary 1 percent owner for what I have spent there over the years. I walked into Lowe’s and was alarmed to see my face on a screen with a neat square framing it and the sound of a … Read more