Everlasting Torment Purposes
Bad Behavior Limiter What is the purpose of everlasting torment? We can argue that the threat of everlasting torment affects how people behave. Let us call this the “Santa Claus effect”. (You better watch out; You better not cry; You better not pout; I'm telling you...
Pluralism Lament
The survival of the United States as a fundamentally free country depends on a commitment to democracy, republicanism, and pluralism. Can these survive our present cultural polarization? Our differences are many but most critically we are separated over what it means...
Marcus J. Borg
Marcus J. Borg The Heart of Christianity Marcus Borg is an apologist for what he terms, the Emerging Christian church. His approach to Christianity goes by other names, such as “liberal”, “main line”, or “progressive”. “Why can’t we all just get along?” is another way...
Radical Autonomy
“Portland’s attitude toward illicit drugs is part of a larger ethos of radical autonomy—the idea that a person should be allowed to define his or her own reality free from outside influences like the law, moral systems, or community standards. Radical autonomy or ‘left libertarianism’ in political science parlance, extends to areas like physician-assisted suicide, sexual identity, and other radical chic.” – Timothy Desper (Accidental opioid deaths in Oregon: 2019:280; 2020:472; 2021:738; 2022:956; 2023:1049).
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