The Birth of Aquarius and Human Civilization
Should we care about the New Age? I think we should. There is reason for concern, as well as hope. One reason for concern is that our expectations of the New Age are all wrong.
Christianity Fears the New Age
This is the first version of an article I deleted before July 5. I deleted it because I wanted to give it more thought. I'm replacing it with a few…
What is the Apocalypse to Us?
It’s one thing to criticize those who justify a war by using hazy apocalyptic thinking. It’s another thing to act as though the Book of Revelation is not part of…
American Religion and the Iraq War
Considering the un-peaceful tendencies in the Christian religion is it logical for a Christian to work for a peaceful future? The belief in the apocalyptic end of the world seems…
Agribusiness Meets Reality
If our goal is to support the projected number of people, our first priority should be food and water. However, current policy-makers are oblivious to this need.
If Female Ordination is the Answer What’s the Question?
The female ordination faction is killing me. I wrote the last article to clarify the one before it but I think I made it worse. I was trying to say…
Neocons Erased George Kennan
Unfortunately Kennan tried but never succeeded in living down his famous ‘X Article’ in which he said ominous things about the Soviet Union. But when he talked about containment, he thought he was recommending the political containment of a political threat, not some ‘doctrine’ of perpetual military containment.
A Challenge to Politics As Usual
Our choices are limited if we can only talk about what we can realistically do. But if we’re talking theory, anything is possible. Since I’m in charge of my own…
Adam, Noah and the Snake-king
In a previous article we learned that the words ‘Man’ and ‘Woman’ in the second chapter of Genesis have been translated from īš and ‘iššă. It seems possible that, in…
The Genealogy of Adam and Eve
The central tendency and probably the major cause of error in modern religion is the determination to separate male and female and define them as superior or inferior in relation…