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Third in a series… I am reposting updated versions of previous essays (i.e. “Humanity’s worst ideas, better alternatives”, “The Christian contradiction”, “Campbell on the meaning of human life”, “Two main approaches to organizing human societies”) because they go to the … Continue reading →

“The same mythical themes are repeated across all history and across all the cultures (and ideologies/worldviews/belief systems) of the world” (my paraphrase of Joseph Campbell). What “most” people believe, Wendell Krossa The point here- It is not just religious people … Continue reading →

Second in reposted series… Over our lifetime we construct a personal worldview because we are driven by our primary impulse for meaning. In constructing our worldview, we embrace ideas that embody/express how we feel, how we understand and explain the … Continue reading →

Section topics: A response to Brian Crowley re embracing the climate alarmism narrative; “Lunacy, insanity, craziness…” Terms too strong to describe climate alarmism? You read and decide; The misuse of “misinformation”; Celebrating CO2 (Craig Idso on the benefits of more … Continue reading →

First in a series I am reposting updated versions of previous essays (i.e. “Humanity’s worst ideas, better alternatives”, “The Christian contradiction”, “Campbell on the meaning of human life”, “Two main approaches to organizing human societies”) because they go to the … Continue reading →

Section topics: Inciting the madness of crowds with apocalyptic alarmism. The anti-fossil fuel crusade as a crowd madness episode. The core climate issue: The physics of CO2 (the CO2 warming influence declines logarithmically with increasing atmospheric levels. A doubling of … Continue reading →

Section topics: The science of CO2– the true state of climate contradicts the Western climate apocalypse crusade (i.e. the “climate crisis” and consequent irrational salvation scheme of decarbonization that renders Western societies vulnerable to totalitarian threat); Critical factors in climate … Continue reading →

Topics below: Incremental authoritarianism, creeping totalitarianism; Ellens and Lotufo on “Monster God” (core themes in human narratives); Climate updates; Fighting the ultimate monster; Alarmism patterns; Climate physicist William Happer on the warming influence of CO2 (warming influence declines logarithmically with … Continue reading →

Section topics: Climate updates; Hollywood’s obsession with primitive apocalyptic mythology; Mulling/ruminating on theology; Creeping authoritarianism; The nature of core reality; No conditions at the core of reality changes everything; Humanity’s single most profound insight; Countering alarmism with evidence-based hope; Patterns/outcomes … Continue reading →

Here is a list of some of the most fundamental ideas that have shaped human consciousness and life across the millennia of our existence. The list offers alternatives to some of the worst ideas that people have embraced across our … Continue reading →

Intro comments: Paul’s Christ myth has been the single most influential myth in history. It is primarily responsible for perpetuating the primitive myth of apocalyptic in Western consciousness. And yes, there is an “anti-Christ” in Christianity but its not who … Continue reading →

Speculating with Campbell on the meaning of human life and experience Wendell Krossa Or: How to tower in stature as maturely human, how to become the hero of your story or quest. Joseph Campbell said that we all live a … Continue reading →