Earth Day celebrates the earth and our relation to this wonderful place.  But our society relates to our home the way a sociopath relates to others: only as a tool, and only valued when useful.  Modern science is invoked to justify this amorality, as if that settles the issue.  Most of us have forgotten how…

Earth Day is approaching, and while I want to honor it, today I was sent a link to an article that suggests honoring Earth day would be a mistake.  The author, Bradley Doucet, repeats standard attacks from various kinds of right wingers on environmentalists.  There is nothing new here, but a lot we encounter all…

When I was reading Starhawk’s argument  for why the Pope should apologize, for past crimes by the Catholic Church, I was bothered by a key paragraph  that raised other issues.  When I wrote my piece in response  to David Gibson’s discussion, I decided to deal with it separately, at a later time.  That time is…

Cari Ferraro has made some really perceptive posts in the comments, and has asked me how she can post to my blog from hers.  I can’t find her email, but even if I did, I wouldn’t know what to say.  The techies here at Beliefnet do it all.  Anyone have good ideas? Her own blog…

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