This Atheist Accuses Well An Atheist accuses us in China with these words in social media. Do we need a cultural tradition thousands of years old to convince us not to engage in corruption or insider trading? Just like we don’t need God to tell us what is “wrong,” we don’t need to look at what rules were deemed appropriate a few thousand years ago to tell us how society today should operate. We can study those teachings and discuss …
Merry Christmas! In China, only the marketers are pushing Christmas as they push all holidays. However, we live far from Christmas being here in China. Not far from Jesus though. I used to be an enemy of the song Jingle Bells as it represented the trivializing of the Christmas holiday. I love Hark the Herald Angels Sing. However, I lightened up. Any connection we can make with a fun and happy Christmas is better than a theologically strong song. Jingle …
I say democracy at risk because extreme cases are being tried that should never have been tried with no evidence at all. Then, the Texas Attorney General went to the Supreme Court to ask them to overthrow the election for irregularities in four states Trump lost. He did not say they should throw out the results in any state that Trump won. The 4 states just happen to have Republican controlled legislatures. So if you throw out the vote in …
I learned in Celebrating Recovery that everyone is addicted to something. Notably, I am an addict of the news and specifically Yahoo News (since 1999). I can, with will power, quit for a long time(once over a year). However, the desire to go back never leaves me. I end up going back. I also bite my nails. More over, I continually try to prove my self and cannot overcome it fully. That is a different kind of addiction I guess. …
