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for those who don't know, Michael has just had a very unfortunate medical diagnosis. please refer to their podcasts for more info, and keep them in your thoughts. Continue Reading
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In case anyone is interested- In Bill Moyers’ latest podcast (7/17/09) he interviews Robert Wright on Wright’s new book The Evolution of God. Good stuff- a lot of clear thinking about how th... Continue Reading
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What are your thoughts on how we can evolve past religious violence? Lately I’ve been thinking about two ideas- 1. Hector Avalos’s scarce resource theory. Here’s an abbreviated version then I’ll... Continue Reading
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When Michael takes the Christian faith and 1) connects it with current cosmology, 2) clarifies interpretations with the concepts of night and day language, 3) purifies it of doctrines which divide ... Continue Reading
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The Weather Makers, Tim Flannery: “Jeffrey Dukes, of the University of Utah, has proferred an equation as to how humans are supplying that demand [for fossil fuel]. He starts with the observatio... Continue Reading
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With having an evolutionary perspective, are you seeing any ideas (from quotes, books, theories, philosophies, anything ) in a new way? One I thought about recently is this line from Mathew Arno... Continue Reading
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In Joseph Campbell’s lecture series Transformations of Myth through Time, he outlines the major mythological periods as follows: The Way of the Animal Powers The Way of the Seeded Earth The Wa... Continue Reading
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After reading Thank God for Evolution or after seeing Michael and Connie’s presentation: In what ways has it helped? How are you seeing things differently? Have your reactions been more intel... Continue Reading
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On page 275-6, under the subheading Co-creating our Evolutionary Spiritualities, Michael has quite a list of authors that he recommends. If anybody has read one or more of them would you care to re... Continue Reading
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A spiritual trajectory is normally thought of as upwards towards the light, towards reason, so this idea stood out when I heard it last year as I was going through the HNN podcasts. Humanism needs ... Continue Reading
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Q3: Quote from page 89: “Every atom in our bodies, other than hydrogen, was forged in the fiery belly of a star who lived and died and recycled itself back to the galaxy before our own star, the S... Continue Reading
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Hi everyone, I’m a little over halfway through TGFE and thought I would pause for some comments and questions. Quick background: I grew up Lutheran and now consider myself an Agnostic. I’m hook... Continue Reading