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John Mackey of Whole Foods, Libertarian Blindness, and New Age Spirituality
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Gus diZerega
John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods, is at it again, using his version of libertarianism to deny global warming. It is a false crisis that responding to would impoverish and enslave us. Even a writer who has long defended him before now has finally had it with the guy. I was going to unload on…
Avatar and the attack on Pantheism
By
Gus diZerega
Catholic Ross Douthat is bothered – more than bothered – by Avatar’s pantheism. If one were looking at an attack on Pagan sensibilities, Douthat’s column would be a good place to start. Beliefnet’s own Rod Dreher of “Crunchy Con” fame uses it to jump on pantheism as well. I offer one response to these in…
Avatar and the resurgence of Pantheism
By
Gus diZerega
I had come across so many right wing and Christian attacks on James Cameron’s Avatar that I made up my mind definitely to see it, and to write on it after doing so. But I haven’t seen it yet. The right wing and Christian attack on its pantheism is now apparently taking off big time,…
Reinventing the Sacred by Stuart Kauffman
By
Gus diZerega
Books exploring the philosophical implications of science by contemporary scientists tend to fall into two categories: those that assert and explore the implications of scientific reductionism and those that explore the implications of quantum physics. Neither is directly relevant o a Pagan world view, and both can be used to attack it. Now Stuart Kauffman’s…
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