If a woman is out by herself on the savanna and she notices that she is being stalked by a leopard, how will her thinking differ from a male's? In wha...
As Ghengis Cohen said, "Well, if they are not, they should be!" What makes the poll irrelevant (as written) is that when rated on the trait of aggress...
How about the smell--has that changed? The sensory memory that comes to mind when I think of the downtown subway stops, like Park, is the smell of uri...
I have read about what seem to be deliberate, and ritualized burials among Neanderthals--who, as it happens, are mostly not us--but the evidence I rea...
A desire for the transcendent may exist innately in the species, but if VagabondSpectre didn't disprove it, you haven't proved it either. My guess is ...
I'm in my 70s. When and where I was in college in the '60s, post-modernism had not made a significant appearance. Most of the teachers were, of course...
Yes, most teachers are confident when they lecture, and "authoritative and supreme" springs from many non-scientific wells. Come on. The truth is, man...
I can follow along, it sounds like a difficult piece to learn. My guess is that it would be a pleasure to play, once you get the fingering and everyth...
All the modernism and secularism that corrodes Christianity will, eventually, corrode Islam and other religions as well. When corrosion will begin to ...
Like with movies... There are films that I have seen that have dreadful content but are terrific films. The Godfather, for instance, is about criminal...
Liberal, conservative, centrist, radical, socialist, fascist -- all the political terms that serve for facile quick identification fail once you try t...
What, exactly, "America" was "founded on" depends on where and when in history you place the founding. The initial settling of the English colonies wa...
it is lovely indeed. "Cavatina" is a 1970 classical guitar piece by British composer Stanley Myers written for the film The Walking Stick (1970). Wide...
Yes, all those boxy building blocks massed together become visually more spectacular. https://68.media.tumblr.com/aa3ea89446127e7f7fe070cd91ceb182/tum...
Whenever I hear or see something or someone that is "beautiful", there are always other aspects of the object or person that come into play. For insta...
I haven't had the opportunity to bitch and carp about the verdict in the St. Paul police slaying case--Philando shot and killed by a cop during a traf...
Yes, I think it's relevant -- that's why I posted it. You were discussing charts of relative GDP over time. That's important, but it isn't the only op...
True enough. Perhaps we differ in what we mean by "religious'. If religion refers to the rituals of the church (kneeling, genuflecting, saying certain...
No, but I have read some of Luther (little catechism) and read some other books about him, and of course sung some of his lyrics. Interesting aside......
It would be worthwhile to read over the Wikipedia article on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The article includes some objections which hav...
I was being bitter at present? (Hrumphs bitterly to himself... O the fickleness of the world!) I'm far more of a cultural Christian than an ardent bel...
I agree with what you said, and as distressingly stupid as some POMO 'texts' are, in all fairness I don't think POMO, a few French Philosophers and Am...
They also have as much integrity, interest in salvation, and are as attentive to the teaching of Jesus as everyone else. I have had lots of interactio...
True. Rather than the term "atheist" I think "secular" and "secularized" is better. Secularization is an active process brought about by urbanization,...
Unpredictable, indeed. In 1950 the future of Christianity in the United States looked very bright. Everything pointed toward the enduring popularity o...
Worthy is Atilla and his band of jolly Huns, but you know there weren't any hand grenades in 5th century Hungary, right? How the Germans became associ...
One of the variables which has changed in the last 10 years is the percentage of wealth a small number of people control. "Eight men own the same weal...
There are a couple of factors which seem to have been left out of the projections. One factor is the tenor of the two leading religions. In their loca...
Songs, like Patriot Game and With God on His Side influenced me quite a bit. Music can be more persuasive if the lyrics are clear (and sung clearly) a...
God might be on our side, but certainly not yours. Dylan wrote the song and recorded it, but, you know, his performance of his own song (in 1988, at l...
Come all ye young rebels, and list while I sing, For the love of one's country is a terrible thing. It banishes fear with the speed of a flame, And it...
I served two years in the US domestic peace corps program in 1968-70. Most of the projects were interesting, challenging, and all of them were paid at...
It is about patriotism. "Patriotism" can not be a-political or non-political because it's a virtue or vice depending on the definition. Many people th...
Yes, Snowden is a patriot (in my value system) because he revealed a program of data collection which, because of its immense scope and immense means,...
I did conflate the two. "My country, right or wrong", and "Love it or leave it" are two slogans that have characterized the American nationalist. Thes...
Nothing is no thing. Null. Zero. Zilch. Empty. Nothing from nothing leaves nothing. Nothing plus nothing is nothing. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8...
This is a common fear/misconception--the one-hit menace. The fact that argues against one-hit addiction is that in fact, addiction is a process which ...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85pJXaiXOBU Auntie Mame (in the musical by that name) says "Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to de...
Are you aware that watching an excessive number of TED talks will cause your dick to fall off? Look TED talks are not the equivalent of a peer-reviewe...
It is the case that Porn has effects on the brain, but -- quite seriously -- so does everything else. Learning French, driving a car in heavy traffic,...
I heard a good example of degrading commentary on a recent radio news program. The announcer/reporter was discussing budget negotiations between the l...
I agree. The transition away from petroleum and coal is a very large scale process involving individual actions--yes, but millions and millions of ind...
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