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by Frank Schaeffer When will the media stop completely overlooking the glaring fact that Christo-Fascists were very much involved on the January 6th invasion/attack on our Capitol? They have long been a dagger poised over... The post Say it out loud: White evangelicals are anti-American, anti-democracy and dangerous appeared first on Frank Schaeffer - Official Blog. [...]
Opinion by Greg Sargent Read at Washington Post When the administration reopened a warehouse-like facility for migrant children in Texas this week, it caused a huge controversy on all sides. It inspired claims, mostly from the right, that President... The post via Washington Post: Opinion: Stephen Miller is running a shadow war against Biden. It’s based on deceptions. appeared first on Frank Schaeffer - Official Blog. [...]
Evangelicalism, an Industry of Hate, is itself based on a Big Lie, and so the core message has to be dressed up anew occasionally for any of it to work, because if you place it... The post Mindshift with Dr. Clint Heacock – February 22, 2021 appeared first on Frank Schaeffer - Official Blog. [...]
A Guest Blog By Marlene Winell, Ph.D. On January 20, America’s religiosity was on full display. In fact, the religious parts of the U.S. Inauguration were excessive even by inauguration standards, which always includes an invocation... The post It’s Not Just Personal: The Collective Trauma of Religion appeared first on Frank Schaeffer - Official Blog. [...]
By Heather Cox Richardson The following is via Heather Cox Richardson’s *essential* newsletter, Letters from an American. If you don’t already receive this in your inbox everyday, I urge you to subscribe. –Frank The crisis... The post via Letters from an American appeared first on Frank Schaeffer - Official Blog. [...]
By Howie Klein Read at Down With Tyranny Trump never liked Pence and even tried to rescind his decision to invite him onto the ticket in 2016. But Pence was supposed to be Trump’s bridge... The post via Down With Tyranny: Evangelicals Are The Rotten Toxic Core Of Trump’s Political-Fiscal Aspirations appeared first on Frank Schaeffer - Official Blog. [...]
If you’ve followed anything I’ve done, especially over the last five years, you know that I was part of the early “Male-Chauvinist, Religious-White-Right, Family Values” movement in the 70s and 80s, which led us down... The post For Once: Real Family Values! appeared first on Frank Schaeffer - Official Blog. [...]
By S.V. Date Read at HuffPost WASHINGTON ― They raised the scaffolding up the side of the Capitol, tore down the flag of the United States and, to cheers from their fellow rioters below, hoisted... The post via HuffPost: Out With Reagan, Buckley And Kemp; In With Trump, QAnon And Marjorie Taylor Greene appeared first on Frank Schaeffer - Official Blog. [...]
By Stephen D. Foster Jr. Pat Robertson is openly calling for replacing the Constitution with the Bible as the law of the land. In the Constitution, you will not find any reference to the Bible... The post via Church and State: Pat Robertson Calls For Establishing Biblical Law As The Law Of The Land appeared first on Frank Schaeffer - Official Blog. [...]
Opinion by Editorial Board Read at Washington Post ROCHESTER, N.Y., police became the object of national opprobrium last year after videos surfaced showing the brutal treatment of a Black man who had been suffering from a psychotic episode.... The post via Washington Post: Opinion: How can police pepper-spray a harmless child? The answer is distressingly clear. appeared first on Frank Schaeffer - Official Blog. [...]
After having been unjustly convicted of the bogus charges brought against him in that most infamous and influential of trials, Socrates was asked to propose a penalty for himself. Defying everyone's expectations (exile, paying a fine, delivering a public apology, etc.), Socrates claimed he should be rewarded with free room and board at the Prytaneum. This response upset the Athenians so much that an even greater number than those who had originally found him guilty decided the proper sentence should now be death.In the Crito, and against all sorts of arguments—moral, prudential, political, philosophical—urging him to escape this unjust punishment,… [...]
Ever since I first watched Memento and its fascinating exploration of the philosophical question of personal identity as constituted by memory through time, film director Christopher Nolan has been on my radar. And, Insomnia aside, he has consistently managed to set the bar higher and higher to the point where he stands on a category of cinematographic and philosophical genius all by himself.In addition of being a master of character development, non-linear storytelling and building hair-raising suspense—not to say anything about the pure aesthetic beauty of his films—Nolan is a director of big ideas. There's virtually no film in which he… [...]
The philosophical problem of evil—the question of how the existence of unnecessary suffering is possible in a world created and sustained by an all-powerful, all-knowing and benevolent deity—has vexed theologians and philosophers for millennia.Apologists have attempted to vindicate God's goodness in various versions of what is known as theodicy. One of the most famous was articulated by the Enlightenment polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. Given that he thought the existence of contingent beings requires an explanation that is itself not contingent, Leibniz deployed a really clever argument to prove the metaphysical necessity of the existence of God. Since God was for… [...]
Life is hard enough as it is. Existence, in many ways, is suffering. Obviously, some have it much worse than others, and that matters, but at some point in our lives we all experience pain, disease, loss, betrayal. We struggle with existential angst, with the fear of meaninglessness, with questions of character, with the impending coming of oblivion. We struggle to pay rent, to put food on the table, and to have enough energy at the end of the day to make a positive difference in the world.And we don't all find love. Few things make the loneliness of existence… [...]
If you are a geek, you are likely to get excited over things others might find boring, laughable, lame, etc. You still like what you like, but you also know when to keep that to yourself.But sometimes you stumble upon something so incredibly brilliant that, no matter what else may be going on in your life, you just have to let your inner geek go nuts. And the following parody of 'Despacito' is just such an instance... [...]
James Baldwin, the great essayist, poet, civil rights activist, writer and orator, would have turned 93 this week. In order to commemorate the importance of his memory and legacy, we are showcasing today the very famous Cambridge debate in which—while surrounded by an overwhelmingly white audience—he courageously and adeptly defended the proposition that “The American Dream is at the expense of the American negro” against the influential conservative writer William F. Buckley, Jr.Prior to this debate, Buckley had made his reputation as a leading American conservative, at least partly, through his writings opposing the civil rights movement and desegregation, and by… [...]
Few figures have been more important and influential in the history of civilization than the ancient Greek philosopher Socrates. And it's not simply that he was a philosopher either. Despite the importance of the intellectual contributions made by his predecessors, and despite the vast differences between them (just think Thales, Anaximander, Pythagoras, Parmenides, Heraclitus, Democritus, etc.), virtually all philosophers who preceded him were ultimately consigned to the category of Pre-Socratics.So what exactly was so special about Socrates that it would be he, and not any of his forerunners, who would be generally recognized to be the first master of philosophy?… [...]
Anyone who's ever contemplated Raphael's celebrated painting The School of Athens knows that the painting centers, quite literally, around Plato and Aristotle (the former pointing up toward his transcendent Realm of the Forms, while the latter attempts to ground his understanding of reality on a much more naturalistic conception). A quick glance also reveals a few other obvious personalities: Socrates, Diogenes the Cynic, Pythagoras, and Euclid (or perhaps Archimedes?). But if you look even closer, you can see that this painting is also paying homage to the Presocratics, those thinkers who dared to imagine the cosmos might be intelligible to… [...]
As his presidency sadly comes to an end, President Obama delivered last night what is sure to become one of the most powerful and memorable speeches in his already admirable history of powerful and memorable speeches.In a time when democracy, justice, freedom, equality and human rights have come under threat in America—as a right-wing administration inspired by unabashed hatred, divisiveness, racism, xenophobia and greed prepares to take office—President Obama's message is a sober and thoughtful reminder that this experiment in self-governing is not a foregone conclusion but a process that requires permanent work, vigilance and cooperation.Thank you for being an… [...]
Art critic John Berger's recent death has left a huge void in the world of art appreciation. While his career prompted numerous controversies and instances of outrage and public condemnation, Berger's attacks on what sometimes amounts to the condescending and elitist attitude of his own profession helped popularize the appreciation of art. His 1972 BBC documentary series Ways of Seeing, as well as its subsequent eponymous book, helped bring the world of thoughtful art appreciation to an entire generation of people who may have otherwise never gotten interested in the fine arts. Unlike conventional forms of art criticism and appreciation—which tend… [...]
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Leading Christian writer Anne Lamott is married to Vipassana practitioner Neal Allen. Andrea Miller on how this couple has found the sweet spot where their beliefs meet. The post A Marriage Made in Heaven: Anne Lamott and Neal Allen appeared first on Lion's Roar. [...]
Lion’s Roar is looking for a full-time associate AV editor and producer. The post Lion’s Roar is hiring an Associate AV Editor/Producer appeared first on Lion's Roar. [...]
When we practice mindfulness in our daily lives, says Thich Nhat Hanh, we open to the wonders of life and allow the world to heal and nourish us. The post The Miracle of Everyday Mindfulness appeared first on Lion's Roar. [...]
We're hiring two Associate Editors with a primary focus on creating content by, for, and about Black Buddhists and Asian American Buddhists. The post Lion’s Roar is hiring two Associate Editors appeared first on Lion's Roar. [...]
La meditación no es muy difícil. De hecho, si tú puedes respirar, tú puedes meditar. Aprende cómo meditar tal como lo enseñó Buda con nuestra guía fácil. The post Cómo meditar appeared first on Lion's Roar. [...]
In Vajrayana, the fast track to awakening is to look directly at your own mind and discover its true nature. Tsoknyi Rinpoche shows us how. The post This Is My Mind, Luminous and Empty appeared first on Lion's Roar. [...]
In this complex and interconnected world, living ethically has never been more challenging—or more important. Jan Willis, Rebecca Li, Trudy Goodman, Thanissaro Bhikku, and Sister True Dedication share the five Buddhist precepts for modern times. Illustrations by Nolan Pelletier. 1. Don’t Kill Jan Willis on the first precept. I’ve long considered verse 183 of the […] The post Ethical North Star: The Five Buddhist Precepts for Modern Times appeared first on Lion's Roar. [...]
Burnout is the feeling of exhaustion that helpers sometimes experience when they have taken on more than they can handle. But there is much we can do to prevent it, and to work with it when it occurs. The post What Can I Do About Burnout? appeared first on Lion's Roar. [...]
Tsoknyi Rinpoche talks about how the most important thing in spiritual practice is motivation and the wish to free all beings from suffering. The post The Compassionate Attitude of Bodhichitta appeared first on Lion's Roar. [...]
Newly translated works by the renowned Korean poet Ko Un offer powerful glimpses into the human condition and the paradoxes of the Buddhist path. The post Pointing Beyond Words appeared first on Lion's Roar. [...]
(Natural News) Not long before he was banned from Instagram for “sharing debunked claims about the coronavirus or vaccines,” health freedom advocate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appeared on an episode of the Ron Paul Liberty Report to discuss evidence suggesting that his father, Robert Kennedy, was assassinated by the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency). During the... [...]
(Natural News) A Texas Judge has ruled against the CDC’s ongoing Eviction Moratorium Order, an unconstitutional government intervention that is creating a ticking time bomb of financial disasters. In September of 2020, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) gained sweeping new powers over people and property, as they claimed dominion over all private property and... [...]
(Natural News) It has never been more obvious that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is a criminal organization that aids and abets the money changers in raping and pillaging average Americans while quietly overseeing the transfer of all their wealth to the “one percent.” Following the recent Reddit GameStop (GME) stock frenzy, the SEC... [...]
(Natural News) Mike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow, was muted during a Right Side Broadcasting Network (RSBN) interview on Sunday after he started warning Americans not to take the Wuhan coronavirus (Covid-19) vaccine. A friend of RSBN who has donated to the network and its efforts, Lindell was attending the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC)... [...]
(Natural News) America’s Frontline Doctors (AFLDS) has created a new tool for state lawmakers to craft Vaccine Bill of Rights (VBOR) legislation as a defense against mandatory vaccination. In the face of “intrusive, dangerous and unnecessary proposals,” to quote Patrick Delaney of LifeSiteNews, many Americans are concerned that the United States might go the way... [...]
(Natural News) A father of four from County Durham in North East England died after receiving the first jab of the coronavirus vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE. Chris Moore was in lockdown for months before returning to his job as an administrator at the National Health Service (NHS) late last year. He received the... [...]
(Natural News) British researchers have found that vitamin D helps fight a serious form of skin cancer known as melanoma. In a study published in the journal Cancer Research, they reported that increasing vitamin D levels can help suppress a signaling pathway linked to the growth and spread of melanoma cells. “[What’s] really intriguing is that... [...]
(Natural News) A series of patents for some futuristic and outlandish technology held by the U.S. Navy recently surfaced. Dubbed “the UFO patents,” these include inventions by Dr. Salvador Cezar Pais that have been claimed to be able to “engineer reality.” Several of the patent, such as one describing a “hybrid aerospace-underwater craft” that can supposedly reach... [...]
(Natural News) A tantalizing new study published in the journal Nature Astronomy suggests that Mars might have been habitable before. Researchers from Hong Kong and China found that the Martian atmosphere might have evolved in the same way the Earth’s atmosphere did – it was once filled with toxic gases that warmed the planet, then a great oxidation... [...]
(Natural News) After managing a vegetable garden for a full season, the next logical step is to harvest your fruits and vegetables, as well as other produce from your beloved plants. But before you start thinking about how to use your harvest in your next meal, you should also think of harvesting the seeds –... [...]
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NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is getting closer and closer to its launch date in 2025. This Hubble-class wide-field infrared telescope is going to help astronomers discover the nature of dark energy, discover planets, and perform large area surveys of the night sky. But even with its power, the telescope will be limited in … Continue reading "Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Could Get A Starshade Of Its Own" The post Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope Could Get A Starshade Of Its Own appeared first on Universe Today. [...]
Jupiter is notorious for capturing objects that venture too close to the gas giant and its enormous pull of gravity. Asteroids known as Jupiter Trojans are a large group of space rocks that have been snared by the planet, which usually remain in a stable orbit near one of the Jupiter’s Lagrangian points. But … Continue reading "Jupiter has Added a Comet to its Trojan Collection" The post Jupiter has Added a Comet to its Trojan Collection appeared first on Universe Today. [...]
Mars’ gravity makes it an amazing place to find some of the biggest landscapes in the solar system. Those would include the solar system’s biggest sand dune – one that resides in Russell crater. Now, a team of scientists led by Dr. Cynthia Dinwiddie noticed something unique about the sides of this massive dune. Occasionally … Continue reading "Sand Dunes on Mars Shift From Season to Season" The post Sand Dunes on Mars Shift From Season to Season appeared first on Universe Today. [...]
“You can’t hit what you can’t see” is a common phrase in sports and was originally derived to describe baseball pitcher Walter Johnson’s fastball. But the same goes for things with a more serious spin, such as some of the millions of pieces of debris floating in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). Now, a team of … Continue reading "A new Method to Capture High-Resolution Images of Space Debris" The post A new Method to Capture High-Resolution Images of Space Debris appeared first on Universe Today. [...]
A new study proposes an exotic boson star to explain the largest gravitational wave merger we've observed. The post An Exotic Explanation for the Most Extreme Gravitational Wave Detected so far appeared first on Universe Today. [...]
Running the clock back on the enigmatic pair of Martian moons Phobos and Deimos gives researchers insight to their possible origin. The post Phobos and Deimos: Two Moons, From One Source? appeared first on Universe Today. [...]
Extreme winter weather hit Texas hard this February. An air mass from the arctic extended deep into the United States from Canada, with disastrous results for the ordinarily warm state. Along with snow and unusually low temperatures, the state’s capacity for power generation was significantly reduced by weather-related equipment failures. Images hosted by NASA’s Earth … Continue reading "This Is What Rolling Blackouts Look Like From Space" The post This Is What Rolling Blackouts Look Like From Space appeared first on Universe Today. [...]
The ESA's Trace Gas Orbiter (part of the ExoMars 2020 mission) has revealed images of the Perseverance rover and where it landed. The post Perseverance Seen From Space by ESA’s ExoMars Orbiter appeared first on Universe Today. [...]
Infrastructure is going to be one of the biggest components of any permanent human settlement on the moon. NASA Artemis missions are focused directly on building up the facilities and processes necessary to support a moon base. ESA is also contributing both material and knowledge. Most recently they made another step in their path to … Continue reading "ESA is Working on a Mission to Explore Caves on the Moon" The post ESA is Working on a Mission to Explore Caves on the Moon appeared first on Universe Today. [...]
Last summer, the Parker Solar Probe flew past Venus on its way to fly closer to the Sun. In a bit of a surprise, one of the spacecraft’s cameras, the Wide-field Imager for Parker Solar Probe, or WISPR, captured a striking image of the planet’s nightside from 7,693 miles (12380 km) away. The surprise of … Continue reading "Parker Solar Probe Captured Images of Venus on its way to the Sun" The post Parker Solar Probe Captured Images of Venus on its way to the Sun appeared first on Universe Today. [...]
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New research shows that slight alterations in transfer-RNA molecules (tRNAs) allow them to self-assemble into a functional unit that can replicate information exponentially. tRNAs are key elements in the evolution of early life-forms. [...]
Neanderthals -- the closest ancestor to modern humans -- possessed the ability to perceive and produce human speech, according to a new study. [...]
Higher consumption of fruits and vegetables is associated with a lower risk of death in men and women, according to data representing nearly 2 million adults. Five daily servings of fruits and vegetables, eaten as 2 servings of fruit and 3 servings of vegetables, may be the optimal amount and combination for a longer life. These findings support current U.S. dietary recommendations to eat more fruits and vegetables and the simple public health message '5-a-day.' [...]
Researchers found that microbes living in ancient sediment below the seafloor are sustained primarily by chemicals created by the natural irradiation of water molecules. Results of this research may have implications for life on Mars. [...]
Paleo-ecologists have demonstrated that the offspring of enormous carnivorous dinosaurs, such as Tyrannosaurus rex may have fundamentally re-shaped their communities by out-competing smaller rival species. [...]
After traveling several billion miles toward the Sun, a wayward young comet-like object orbiting among the giant planets has found a temporary parking place along the way. The object has settled near a family of captured ancient asteroids, called Trojans, that are orbiting the Sun alongside Jupiter. This is the first time a comet-like object has been spotted near the Trojan population. [...]
Never before in over 1000 years the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC), also known as Gulf Stream System, has been as weak as in the last decades. Researchers compiled proxy data, reaching back hundreds of years to reconstruct the AMOC flow history. They found consistent evidence that its slowdown in the 20th century is unprecedented in the past millennium. [...]
Volcanic rock samples collected during NASA's Apollo missions bear the isotopic signature of key events in the early evolution of the Moon, a new analysis found. Those events include the formation of the Moon's iron core, as well as the crystallization of the lunar magma ocean -- the sea of molten rock thought to have covered the Moon for around 100 million years after the it formed. [...]
The Arctic Ocean's Beaufort Sea has increased its freshwater content by 40 percent over the past two decades. When conditions change this freshwater will travel to the Labrador Sea off Canada, rather than through the wider marine passageways that connect to seas in Northern Europe. This has implications for local marine environments and global ocean circulation. [...]
People who have had evidence of a prior infection with SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, appear to be well protected against being reinfected with the virus, at least for a few months, according to a new study. This finding may explain why reinfection appears to be relatively rare, and it could have important public health implications. [...]
Our Sky Tour astronomy podcast provides an engaging guided tour of the planets, stars, and constellations overhead during March. The post March: Find the Winter Hexagon appeared first on Sky & Telescope. [...]
Mars is passing the Pleiades. Sirius and Canis Major take over the early-evening meridian from Orion. And low in the dawn, Jupiter closes in on Mercury. The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, February 26 – March 6 appeared first on Sky & Telescope. [...]
Now, there's more evidence that astronomers have found the pulsar at the heart of Supernova 1987A. Plus, a new stunning image of Venus. The post 60-second Astro News: Venus Close-up and Supernova 1987A appeared first on Sky & Telescope. [...]
Scientists may have discovered a clue to how massive stars form in the Orion Nebula and a stellar birthplace. The post A Map of a Stellar Explosion appeared first on Sky & Telescope. [...]
The images from five Brazilian amateur astronomers have captured Hubble-level details in galaxies, laying the ground for future work in understanding their histories. Want to join the fun? The post Amateur Astronomers Reveal Long-Ago Galaxy Mergers appeared first on Sky & Telescope. [...]
A single high-energy neutrino may shed light on a star being swallowed by a supermassive black hole some 750 million light-years away. The post Star-shredding Black Hole Makes Ghostlike Particle appeared first on Sky & Telescope. [...]
NASA’s Perseverance rover is providing us with amazing views of its new home., including an amazing video of the sky-crane descent. The post Watch NASA's Perseverance Land in Jezero Crater on Mars appeared first on Sky & Telescope. [...]
A higher mass for Cygnus X-1, the first black hole to be discovered, challenges ideas about the evolution of massive stars. The post First-detected Black Hole is More Massive Than We Thought appeared first on Sky & Telescope. [...]
Scientists have made a new and improved map of possible water-ice reservoirs on Mars. The post New Map of Ice on Mars Will Aid Future Crewed Missions appeared first on Sky & Telescope. [...]
Sirius the Dog Star blazes high in the southeast after dinnertime, the brightest star of Canis Major. Spot it lower left of Orion. The stars of Canis Major can be connected to form a convincing dog profile. The post This Week's Sky at a Glance, February 19 – 27 appeared first on Sky & Telescope. [...]
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