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Naturalism, Spinoza, and the RNA
Baruch Spinoza (1632-1677) was born in Amsterdam and lived in the Dutch Republic, where he worked as a lens grinder. In 1655-56, He was expelled from the Jewish religious community, but his love of philosophy brought him a small but dedicated circle of supporters. In...
Bathtub Whirlpools & Hydroelectric Dams
The Third Law of Thermodynamics says that energy seeks to move from areas of high heat to low heat until a calm equilibrium of everything is attained. Water at a high level will flow to a lower level whenever it can. The force of gravity causes the water to move...
Where Do We Belong?
Riffing off the post about Belonging, it’s funny it stays within me. The words we write become the conversations within, maybe even the dreams as we sleep. But with belonging, it also becomes every awake moment. We are - when we seek to belong - dreaming with our eyes...
Berry Picking and Grief: A Religious Naturalist’s Eulogy
Eulogy thanks to Berries Laura Emerson Alaskauu1.blogspot.com Alaskauu1.substack.com Book: Log Cabin Reflections, Kindle version Yesterday, my dad died. I spent a few hours processing the news, but all I felt was an emotional maelstrom and a physical need to go...
Lead With Love
Maybe - the truth about ... "We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.".. Einstein... and the deep philosophical knowing of ... 'we can't think our way out of this'... is actually revealing to us that our minds need to step back...
God, Or “God,” Or The Things On My List?
I don’t believe in God, because that word is too attached to religious myths, especially within Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. (The religions of Taoism, Buddhism, and Hinduism are far less attached to their myths, which are more like illustrative stories.) Lots of...
Purpose in the Living System
Yet, it’s hard to feel that in isolation, when we are separated from all that we can offer, when we are separated from our truth of who we are, we feel we have nothing to offer. Nothing to give. That there is little point or purpose to our existence …. And yet when...
What is Natural (or Secular) Spirituality?
What is Natural (or Secular) Spirituality? J.X. Mason July 29, 2024 From the free online book at www.ContinuingCreation.orgNatural-Spirituality, or Secular–Spirituality, emphasizes the inner peace of the individual, rather than a relationship with the “divine.”...
In Nature, There Are No Straight Lines
In Nature, There Are No Straight Lines When I fly into a city, what strikes me most are all the straight lines: long grids of streets and highways bisected at neat 90 degree angles, set with rectangular buildings, miles of telephone wires and railroad tracks. This...
The Epiphanies of Driving on Country Roads
Photo by Jan Canty on Unsplash. The Epiphanies of Driving on Country Roads The allure of the world in its natural state is a call to slow down, take the road less traveled, and be present. Road trips. They’re as much a part of summer as beach umbrellas and s’mores...