Notes on Islamophobia
The following notes are from a thread on Facebook Extremism is a problem, not Islam, per se. It shows how propagandized some of us are […]
Ideologies of Hate
I thought of deleting this post after someone said it offended her. But it might be instructive to keep it here but with the following […]
Part 2 of An Atheist Appreciation of Religion and Mysticism
As an atheist, I’m coming to see that it’s unscientific and irrational to sweepingly disregard religion and mysticism. There is much to draw inspiration from […]
An atheist appreciation of religion ?
As for the Bible quote, people can find a quote for just about anything they want to advocate. They’ve done it to try to justify […]
Correspondence with names and other details removed
This is back-dated one year, to remove it from the front page. Regarding sexuality, I can see how someone would think it’s a matter of […]
Learning more by avoiding hatred
One idea is that an aspect of hatred is the subconscious avoidance of one’s own complicity in inhumanity in general, if not in terms of […]
Draft of a reflection on Che Guevara
I myself wouldn’t chose the term ‘mass murderer’ to describe Guevara, as some on the political right have.——– But hero worship is a problem. —–Guevara […]
Values, Process, and Results
3-6-2015 Involvement in alternative systems creation seems to pertain to your mentioning of someone having a process-oriented personality. Process matters, in terms of seeing to […]
Interfaith Alliances
Tim Ahrens leads the First Congregational Church of Columbus, Ohio. [[[[How did you end up to lead First Congregational Church of Columbus and not base […]
Collective human self-understanding as spirituality
The following is a rough draft of ideas maybe related to the link to an LA Times article my nephew shared on Facebook. Thanks . […]