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March 26, 2019
From the article:
To read more:
https://religionnews.com/2019/03/22/quaker-songwriter-carrie-newcomers-most-intimate-album-yet/
Many of us do not separate the spiritual from the secular.
From Ms. Newcomer:
Quaker songwriter Carrie Newcomer's most intimate album yet (X-posted from religion)
From the article:
Carrie Newcomer doesn’t know it, but she has been part of just about every bad day I’ve had in the last decade. Not, mind you, that she caused those bad days! Far from it. Rather, she provided the wise, powerful, deeply spiritual songs that helped get me over the hump, time and time again.
The Indiana Quaker folk singer is a cult favorite of thousands of fans and has shared her life and faith in many interviews, including this favorite conversation on Krista Tippett’s program “On Being.” ....
Newcomer: Yes. These are threads that run through my songs because they run through my life. Some people say there’s the sacred and there’s the secular, the spiritual and the nonspiritual. But I just don’t see a dividing line there. There are all kinds of overlaps. When you choose to approach the world and your life that way, there are moments of awe and wonder and the sense of something really extraordinary and powerful about our daily lives.
The Indiana Quaker folk singer is a cult favorite of thousands of fans and has shared her life and faith in many interviews, including this favorite conversation on Krista Tippett’s program “On Being.” ....
Newcomer: Yes. These are threads that run through my songs because they run through my life. Some people say there’s the sacred and there’s the secular, the spiritual and the nonspiritual. But I just don’t see a dividing line there. There are all kinds of overlaps. When you choose to approach the world and your life that way, there are moments of awe and wonder and the sense of something really extraordinary and powerful about our daily lives.
To read more:
https://religionnews.com/2019/03/22/quaker-songwriter-carrie-newcomers-most-intimate-album-yet/
Many of us do not separate the spiritual from the secular.
From Ms. Newcomer:
March 26, 2019
To read more:
https://religionnews.com/2019/03/22/quaker-songwriter-carrie-newcomers-most-intimate-album-yet/
Many of us do not separate the spiritual from the secular.
Quaker songwriter Carrie Newcomer's most intimate album yet
From the article:
Carrie Newcomer doesn’t know it, but she has been part of just about every bad day I’ve had in the last decade. Not, mind you, that she caused those bad days! Far from it. Rather, she provided the wise, powerful, deeply spiritual songs that helped get me over the hump, time and time again.
The Indiana Quaker folk singer is a cult favorite of thousands of fans and has shared her life and faith in many interviews, including this favorite conversation on Krista Tippett’s program “On Being.” ....
Newcomer: Yes. These are threads that run through my songs because they run through my life. Some people say there’s the sacred and there’s the secular, the spiritual and the nonspiritual. But I just don’t see a dividing line there. There are all kinds of overlaps. When you choose to approach the world and your life that way, there are moments of awe and wonder and the sense of something really extraordinary and powerful about our daily lives.
The Indiana Quaker folk singer is a cult favorite of thousands of fans and has shared her life and faith in many interviews, including this favorite conversation on Krista Tippett’s program “On Being.” ....
Newcomer: Yes. These are threads that run through my songs because they run through my life. Some people say there’s the sacred and there’s the secular, the spiritual and the nonspiritual. But I just don’t see a dividing line there. There are all kinds of overlaps. When you choose to approach the world and your life that way, there are moments of awe and wonder and the sense of something really extraordinary and powerful about our daily lives.
To read more:
https://religionnews.com/2019/03/22/quaker-songwriter-carrie-newcomers-most-intimate-album-yet/
Many of us do not separate the spiritual from the secular.
March 25, 2019
To read more:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/03/25/simple-laws-economics-doom-remaining-us-coal-plants-solar-and-wind-are-now-cheaper?cd-
Coal is no longer economical. And absent the massive subsidies to the nuclear industry, neither is nuclear power.
Renewables are the sane solution, but the fossil fuel industry spends a lot of money to convince politicians.
'Simple Laws of Economics' Doom Remaining US Coal Plants as Solar and Wind Are Now Cheaper...
From the article:
In propping up the coal industry, the Trump administration is not only contributing to dangerous pollution, fossil fuel emissions, and the climate crisis, it is also now clinging to a far more expensive energy production model than renewable energy offers.
That's according to a new report from renewable energy analysis firm Energy Innovation, showing that about three-quarters of power produced by the nation's remaining coal plants is more expensive for American households than renewables including wind, solar, and hydro power....
Energy Innovation reported in January that half of all U.S. coal plants have shut down in the last decade, while renewable sources now account for 17 percent of energy production—twice the amount of electricity they provided in 2008.
That's according to a new report from renewable energy analysis firm Energy Innovation, showing that about three-quarters of power produced by the nation's remaining coal plants is more expensive for American households than renewables including wind, solar, and hydro power....
Energy Innovation reported in January that half of all U.S. coal plants have shut down in the last decade, while renewable sources now account for 17 percent of energy production—twice the amount of electricity they provided in 2008.
To read more:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/03/25/simple-laws-economics-doom-remaining-us-coal-plants-solar-and-wind-are-now-cheaper?cd-
Coal is no longer economical. And absent the massive subsidies to the nuclear industry, neither is nuclear power.
Renewables are the sane solution, but the fossil fuel industry spends a lot of money to convince politicians.
March 23, 2019
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starr_Report
If the Mueller Report exonerates Trump,
he should order that it be released.
Anything else sounds just like a cover up.
In the case of the Starr Report:
After the four year investigation of Clinton, the Office of the Independent Counsel delivered its 445-page report to Congress on September 9, 1998.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starr_Report
March 23, 2019
Should theists learn to accept being treated with contempt?
Should women learn to accept misogyny?
Should racial minorities learn to accept racism?
Should LGBTQ people learn to accept discrimination?
Should the poor earn to accept an economic system that disenfranchises them?
The real question should not speak of accepting blasphemy, or racism, or misogyny.
The real question should be, how can we move past these various examples of intolerance?
March 21, 2019
White nationalist group's stickers found lining route of South Side Irish Parade
From the article:
Stickers advertising a white nationalist hate group were found along the route of Sunday’s South Side Irish Parade, according to Ald. Matt O’Shea (19th)….
The American Identity Movement is a renamed version of Identity Evropa, an established white nationalist group that helped organize the Unite the Right rally in 2017 in Charlottesville, Va. Identity Evropa has been identified as a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center, which noted in a blog post earlier this month that the group had been rebranded as the American Identity Movement....
The strategy of packaging the hate group as a respectable political organization has not been lost on the American Identity Foundation’s current leader, Patrick Casey. During a podcast appearance last June, Casey said he is “totally in support of people getting involved in not only their local Republican Party chapter but also organizations like the College Young Republicans.”
To read more:
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/white-nationalist-groups-stickers-found-lining-route-south-side-irish-parade/
Interesting how these white supremacist organizations "just happen" to embrace the GOP brand of white identity politics.
March 21, 2019
To read more:
https://www.tennessean.com/news/
More than 100 religious leaders in Tennessee take a stand against slate of anti-LGBT legislation
From the article:
More than 100 clergy members from across the state signed onto a statement opposing six bills before the Tennessee General Assembly this session.
"As leaders of faith communities we oppose these bills in the Tennessee General Assembly. They promote discrimination rather than justice and demean the worth of LGBTQ people in our state. We call on people of good will to join us in speaking out for basic fairness," the statement reads.
"As leaders of faith communities we oppose these bills in the Tennessee General Assembly. They promote discrimination rather than justice and demean the worth of LGBTQ people in our state. We call on people of good will to join us in speaking out for basic fairness," the statement reads.
To read more:
https://www.tennessean.com/news/
March 21, 2019
To read more:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/03/20/social-democratic-nations-rank-happiest-global-index-again-us-ranking-falls-again?cd-n
Unregulated capitalism will inevitably lead to what we see in the US, and in other countries where the rich can buy politicians and make the laws.
Social Democratic Nations Rank Happiest on Global Index (Again). US Ranking Falls (Again).
From the article:
Out-sized corporate power and wealth inequality were named as reasons for Americans' chronic unhappiness in the UN's annual report
Healthcare costs, high rates of addictions, socioeconomic inequality, and a poor emphasis on ensuring work-life balance were mentioned in the report as causes of unhappiness in countries around the world, including the U.S. The country's low ranking in "freedom" may stem partially from the out-sized power held by corporations, with the government unwilling to protect its citizenry from large companies intent on boosting their profits....
"The U.S. has had, by now, two startling wake-up calls: back to back years of falling life expectancy and declining measured subjective well-being," wrote Jeffrey Sachs, economist and co-author of the report. "Major studies have documented the rising suicide rates and substance misuse...A public policy response built around well-being rather than corporate profits would place the rising addiction rates under intensive and urgent scrutiny, and would design policies to respond to these rising challenges."
Healthcare costs, high rates of addictions, socioeconomic inequality, and a poor emphasis on ensuring work-life balance were mentioned in the report as causes of unhappiness in countries around the world, including the U.S. The country's low ranking in "freedom" may stem partially from the out-sized power held by corporations, with the government unwilling to protect its citizenry from large companies intent on boosting their profits....
"The U.S. has had, by now, two startling wake-up calls: back to back years of falling life expectancy and declining measured subjective well-being," wrote Jeffrey Sachs, economist and co-author of the report. "Major studies have documented the rising suicide rates and substance misuse...A public policy response built around well-being rather than corporate profits would place the rising addiction rates under intensive and urgent scrutiny, and would design policies to respond to these rising challenges."
To read more:
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/03/20/social-democratic-nations-rank-happiest-global-index-again-us-ranking-falls-again?cd-n
Unregulated capitalism will inevitably lead to what we see in the US, and in other countries where the rich can buy politicians and make the laws.
March 21, 2019
To read more:
https://religionnews.com/2019/03/19/dartmouth-physicist-known-for-doubting-skeptics-wins-2019-templeton-prize/
Dartmouth physicist, known for doubting skeptics, wins 2019 Templeton Prize
From the article:
A Dartmouth College professor who says he is a religious agnostic but whose work has focused on the links between science and the mysteries of creation is the winner of the 2019 Templeton Prize....
“I see atheism as being inconsistent with the scientific method as it is, essentially, belief in non-belief,” Gleiser said in a 2018 interview in Scientific American. “You may not believe in God, but to affirm its nonexistence with certainty is not scientifically consistent.”
“I see atheism as being inconsistent with the scientific method as it is, essentially, belief in non-belief,” Gleiser said in a 2018 interview in Scientific American. “You may not believe in God, but to affirm its nonexistence with certainty is not scientifically consistent.”
To read more:
https://religionnews.com/2019/03/19/dartmouth-physicist-known-for-doubting-skeptics-wins-2019-templeton-prize/
March 16, 2019
To read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/13/world/asia/china-kazakh-activist-camps-xinjiang-muslims.html
We all know that intolerance is a universal behavior. In this case, the officially atheist Chinese Government puts theists in jail for the crime of theism.
Critic Who Exposed China's Muslim Camps is Detained, Even Across the Border
From the article:
For six days a week, every week, in a crowded office in Kazakhstan’s largest city, Serikzhan Bilash had been ringmaster of one of the most influential efforts detailing China’s internment of Muslim minorities....
The police detained him early Sunday in Almaty, the city in southeastern Kazakhstan where his organization is, and flew him to the capital, Astana, where he was placed under house arrest....
In the months before his detention, he warned that the Chinese authorities were trying to use their influence in Kazakhstan to silence his group...
The Chinese authorities have bristled at foreign criticism of the camps. First, officials denied their existence, then they said the camps were part of a training program for poor Uighurs, Kazakhs and other minorities to help them find jobs and resist extremist ideologies. On Tuesday, a Xinjiang official said the camps were “like boarding schools.”
The police detained him early Sunday in Almaty, the city in southeastern Kazakhstan where his organization is, and flew him to the capital, Astana, where he was placed under house arrest....
In the months before his detention, he warned that the Chinese authorities were trying to use their influence in Kazakhstan to silence his group...
The Chinese authorities have bristled at foreign criticism of the camps. First, officials denied their existence, then they said the camps were part of a training program for poor Uighurs, Kazakhs and other minorities to help them find jobs and resist extremist ideologies. On Tuesday, a Xinjiang official said the camps were “like boarding schools.”
To read more:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/13/world/asia/china-kazakh-activist-camps-xinjiang-muslims.html
We all know that intolerance is a universal behavior. In this case, the officially atheist Chinese Government puts theists in jail for the crime of theism.
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