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Democracy’s Death Knell: Climate Change, Income Disparity and the National Debt (Part 2) | silas langley
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Democracy’s Fatal Flaws (Or Why I Yearn for a Medieval Monarchy), part 1. Democracy’s Death Knell: The Perennial Problem of the 1% Percent (Part 3) →. October 3, 2012 · 2:08 am. Democracy’s Death Knell: Climate Change, Income Disparity and the National Debt (Part 2). Consider just a few of the problems we face:. Climate Change: The earth is warming. The oceans are acidifying. The sea levels are rising. Droughts, fires, and other such catastrophes will likely increase. I am doubtful in my darker moments&#...
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Pain, Life and Love | silas langley
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Celebrating the Pagan Roots of Christmas. January 19, 2013 · 4:07 am. Pain, Life and Love. This world is filled with so much pain and tragedy. Sometimes it is overwhelming. So much of it we carry inside us and can scarcely comprehend. I don’t comprehend my own pain let alone the pain of others. How is it that the world goes on even though it is mired in so much sorrow? Celebrating the Pagan Roots of Christmas. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public). You are commen...
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Do We Need Brains to Think? Neuroscience and the Soul | silas langley
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Government Is Good But Empire Is Not: Reflections on Shane Claiborne’s Jesus for President (part 2). Celebrating the Pagan Roots of Christmas →. October 31, 2012 · 3:23 am. Do We Need Brains to Think? Neuroscience and the Soul. Do we need brains to think? Nonetheless, I think we should agree with those neuroscientists who think that thinking requires a brain or something like it. The evidence points strongly in that direction even if it doesn’t prove it. Filed under Human Nature. One response to “. Neuro...
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Democracy’s Death Knell: The Perennial Problem of the 1% Percent (Part 3) | silas langley
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Democracy’s Death Knell: Climate Change, Income Disparity and the National Debt (Part 2). On Being Counter-Cultural: Mennonites, Shane Claiborne, and Jesus for President (Part 1) →. October 9, 2012 · 12:58 am. Democracy’s Death Knell: The Perennial Problem of the 1% Percent (Part 3). There is a fine line between democracy and plutocracy. Democracies require elections. Elections require campaigns. Campaigns require lots of money. The result is a government run by rich people. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.
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On Being Counter-Cultural: Mennonites, Shane Claiborne, and Jesus for President (Part 1) | silas langley
https://silaslangley.wordpress.com/2012/10/18/on-being-counter-cultural-mennonites-shane-claiborne-and-jesus-for-president-part-1
Democracy’s Death Knell: The Perennial Problem of the 1% Percent (Part 3). Government Is Good But Empire Is Not: Reflections on Shane Claiborne’s Jesus for President (part 2) →. October 18, 2012 · 1:35 am. On Being Counter-Cultural: Mennonites, Shane Claiborne, and Jesus for President (Part 1). I’m co-leading a class at my Mennonite church on Shane Claiborne’s book Jesus for President. So perhaps I’ll propose growing beans on our church’s steeple, except that I can’t remember if our church has one. Gover...
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Democracy’s Fatal Flaws (Or Why I Yearn for a Medieval Monarchy), part 1 | silas langley
https://silaslangley.wordpress.com/2012/09/26/democracys-fatal-flaws-or-why-i-yearn-for-a-medieval-monarchy-part-1
What Would Jesus Do? Reach Out to the Left Out. Democracy’s Death Knell: Climate Change, Income Disparity and the National Debt (Part 2) →. September 26, 2012 · 3:22 am. Democracy’s Fatal Flaws (Or Why I Yearn for a Medieval Monarchy), part 1. I know that monarchy also has fatal flaws. It tends to produce monarchs who are inept or nasty or both. St. Louis is a rarity in royal rosters. But I’ll romanticize a bit and dream of mythic Arthurs anyway. So then what are democracy’s fatal flaws? Musings from an ...
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Government Is Good But Empire Is Not: Reflections on Shane Claiborne’s Jesus for President (part 2) | silas langley
https://silaslangley.wordpress.com/2012/10/24/government-is-good-but-empire-is-not-reflections-on-shane-claibornes-jesus-for-president-part-2
On Being Counter-Cultural: Mennonites, Shane Claiborne, and Jesus for President (Part 1). Do We Need Brains to Think? Neuroscience and the Soul →. October 24, 2012 · 3:04 am. Government Is Good But Empire Is Not: Reflections on Shane Claiborne’s Jesus for President (part 2). A book title like Jesus for President. Filed under Human Nature. On Being Counter-Cultural: Mennonites, Shane Claiborne, and Jesus for President (Part 1). Do We Need Brains to Think? Neuroscience and the Soul →. You are commenting us...
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Celebrating the Pagan Roots of Christmas | silas langley
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Do We Need Brains to Think? Neuroscience and the Soul. Pain, Life and Love →. December 21, 2012 · 12:13 am. Celebrating the Pagan Roots of Christmas. So Christmas is pagan. December 25 was originally the day of a pagan holiday and Jesus was not born on it. Christmas trees have Egyptian, Roman, Druid, and Scandinavian roots instead of Christian ones. And Christmas lights and yule logs? Going pagan (in the Christmas tree kind of way) is of the very essence of Christmas. Filed under Human Nature. Neuroscien...
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