Jesus and America
The author of the meme at left makes a point we’ve covered here numerous times. There is no reason to think that God/Jesus favors, or should favor, the U.S. over the other countries on Earth.
Calling this “theological heresy,” on the other hand, seems unnecessarily nasty. Lots of Americans need this belief in their lives as if it’s oxygen. Let’s simply get used to living around these folks with tolerance and acceptance.
Yet, it’s interesting to think about what it would be like if there were less irrationality in the U.S. electorate. For instance, what level of support would there be for Donald Trump with his 91 felony counts if American voters were intelligent and reasonable people?
From the year I became an entrepreneur in 1984 until I moved into another line of work (environmental sustainability) in 2009, I’m guessing that my company (initially I myself) hired, say, 300 people. My policy was always: if two candidates for a position are roughly equally capable, and one is a white male and the other is a representative of a minority group, hire the latter over the former.
In a recent post, 
There seems to be a great number of social media posts recently on the subject of the supposed meaninglessness of our lives. Some people point to what they believe to be an absurd cycle of “eat, work, be entertained, sleep” that repeats itself endlessly until we become infirmed and ultimately die.
In this day in which so many Americans have completely given up on English grammar, it’s almost weird to see that the sign-maker here correctly used a semicolon to separate two independent clauses. Kudos.
There are vast differences between the Finnish and American cultures, principally that the Fins care deeply about the well-being of one another. This is not just talk; as shown at left, they spend their tax revenues in efforts to wipe out social problems.
It’s the 77th birthday of actor and ardent Trump supporter James Woods (pictured here). Woods’ status as a celebrity, coupled with his belief that Trump is right for America doesn’t make him unique, but it certainly makes him rare.
We sometimes wonder why so few people are jumping from the Trump/MAGA ship.
The only thing that’s “unnatural” about eating meat has occurred very recently in human history, and that’s factory farming. When I drive past thousand-acre pastures dotted with happy cows, I don’t have a problem knowing that most of these animals are going to wind up under cellophane in grocery stores, or served up on plates in restaurants.
Let’s contrast the advice that Pythagoras gave us (at left) with the sensibilities of the MAGA/Trump people.
