Bolsonaro Challenges God to Oust Him
Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil is one of the men who have stepped up to bristle and bar their teeth at the new sane direction the world is heading. If saying…
Justice of the Rupture
Matthew chapter 4, verses 8 and 9 imply that the 'devil' has the power to bestow 'the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them,' if we will only worship him. Jesus's resistance to these temptations represents the justice of the rupture.
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.
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…
The Warrior and His Gods
In “The Stakes of the Warrior” Georges Dumézil uses his theory of the tri-functional structure of Indo-European society as a framework for the analyses of stories belonging to three different…
The Occult Foundations of American Healthcare
Today, runaway healthcare costs and inaccessibility of medical care have revived interest in the caduceus of Hermes, the liar, thief and trickster god. Who is Hermes, and why is his caduceus the symbol of American healthcare?