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- Discovering Alien Life Could Change Religious Philosophies
- This Article Could Save Your Life: “Consider This Your Last Wake Up Call”
- It's Time to Stop Letting Sociopaths in Power Tell Us What Makes Us Happy
- 4 Benefits of Spending Time Alone
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Posted: 19 Oct 2014 10:00 PM PDT
The discovery of extraterrestrial beings — be they slimy microbes or little green men — would dramatically change the way we humans view our place in the universe. But would it shatter religion? Well, that depends on what you believe.
In his new book "Religions and Extraterrestrial Life" (Springer 2014), David Weintraub, an astronomer at Vanderbilt University, takes a close look at how different faiths would handle the revelation that we're not alone. Some of his findings might surprise you. Public polls have shown that a large share of the population believes aliens are out there. In one survey released last year by the company Survata, 37 percent of the 5,886 Americans who were polled said they believed in the existence of extraterrestrial life, while 21 percent said they didn't believe and 42 percent were unsure.  Read Entire Article »  |
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Posted: 19 Oct 2014 09:00 PM PDT
There is no shortage of potential worst-case scenarios that all seem to be converging.
The Ebola crisis has been at the top of the headlines as of late, but though they’re not being talked about in any serious capacity, we are still facing other threats to our livelihoods elsewhere - mass migrations of people and criminal elements across our southern border, a military face-off in Europe, terrorist armies in the middle east, and the real possibility of an unprecedented economic collapse on a global scale. In a recent Daily Coin interview Survival Blog founder James Rawles suggests that this may well be our last wake-up call. Consider, for example, that there are hundreds of thousands of Americans out there right now with no idea what to do should this virus spread. They assume the government will soon have the contagion under control, and even if Ebola can’t be stopped, people are banking on the notion that emergency responders will be there for them when they need help.  Read Entire Article »  |
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Posted: 19 Oct 2014 08:00 PM PDT
If we are to save ourselves, we must escape the twin clutches of both corporations and nation-states, providing leadership of the irresponsible.
"The world no longer has a choice between force and law; if civilization is to survive it must choose the rule of law." - Dwight D. Eisenhower Lines have always bedeviled me, whether they remain parallel and apart unto infinity, or manage somehow a clandestine meeting somewhere shy of eternity; whether the injustices of bread lines and color lines could ever be ended in the sharing of bread and the giving and receiving of rainbows of love; whether the armies arrayed on both sides of the lines in the sand might ever find some way of stopping their foolish arguments about where the lines should be drawn, and instead embrace the give and take of play in a far bigger sandbox. As a daydreamer I can spend hours watching the chimeric beasts the clouds transmogrify into.  Read Entire Article »  |
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Posted: 19 Oct 2014 07:00 PM PDT
Man is a social creature. However, as I have outlined in a previous article, that does not mean that man is at all times obligated to be surrounded by hordes of friends and acquaintances.
That is a little golden rule that applies not only to introverts, but to everyone. There are benefits in spending some time alone with oneself, and there are plenty of ways to reap those benefits and use them to your advantage. Through spending time alone and away from the buzzing of the crowd, one can find some inner peace, solve and examine their personal issues and troubles, and work on bettering themselves, work on their personal wellbeing and relaxation. In short, time alone may very well lead you to the peace of mind we all so desperately seek. Here is how:  Read Entire Article »  |
