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Archive for August, 2007
On “The Politics of God,” Part 2
Aug 26
Posted by: Meta4Life in: Current Events, Life, Literature, Modern Religion, Politics, Religious Fundamentalism, Review, Spirituality, Thought
In this next section on the essay adapted from “The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics and the Modern West,” by Professor Mark Lilla of Columbia University, we examine the impulses that separated man from God, and secular politics from religion.
Section II: The Great Separation.
For those who study the evolution of human consciousness, this could as [...]
On “The Politics of God” Part 1
Aug 20
Posted by: Meta4Life in: Current Events, Modern Religion, Politics, Religious Fundamentalism, Review, Thought
“The Stillborn God: Religion, Politics and the Modern West,” by Professor Mark Lilla of Coilumbia University is to be published next month but the points he raises therein should have been in mainstream consciousness years ago.
The essay from yesterday’s New York Times begins with “The twilight of the idols has been postponed.” That in itself [...]
Why Our Modern Health Insurance System Won’t Survive
Aug 04
Posted by: Meta4Life in: Current Events, Health Care, Life
According to this report from Reuters today, “Health insurance premiums will cost families and employers an extra $922 on average this year to cover the costs of caring for the uninsured.”
How does this happen, you may be asking? Well, it’s what is otherwise known as a “vicious circle”: The costs of traditional medical care [...]
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