Monthly Archives: March 2026

See this new material below: “The long-standing dualism between revenge and unconditional love has not remained confined to religion— it has shaped the psychological foundations of modern political systems.” Qualifiers on material below: I have a quibble with Carl Jung … Continue reading →

Grok has done a great job below explaining how bad ideas in our major religious traditions have promoted “conquest, crusades, and demonization of others as enemies”. Grok details why people continue to embrace these bad ideas (i.e. locating identity too … Continue reading →

Note below the link to a new article by Michael Shellenberger on the leftist bias in AI models. Also, his apparent call, as he has done often before, for a revival of an undifferentiated Christianity in response to the abandonment … Continue reading →

Many complain of meaninglessness today, fueled by depression, anxiety, despair, etc., and vented in hedonism, all in a modern era of unprecedented abundance, the “best time ever to be alive on earth”. Where I can get too wordy (see my … Continue reading →

Note below my reminder “Insert” on the culpability of all three western religious traditions for holding the core “bad idea” themes that validate and motivate the fringe extremists in their traditions. Just taking another poke at tribalism and its tendency … Continue reading →

Quote from below: “Universal archetypal templates… have wired human storytelling and belief systems from the dawn of culture onward. These aren’t “quoted” or formally credited across generations; they just keep resurfacing because they’re baked into the collective human psyche, as … Continue reading →

Do you really want to properly and thoroughly resolve the ongoing problem of theocracy-driven wars? Do you really want to defeat the “idea” that General Nagata said had to be defeated if we are to properly end the repeated ISIS-like … Continue reading →

How liberal democracy defangs/defuses the impulses to violence and war by countering apocalyptic narratives with their Zoroastrian dualism of a war of good true believers against evil enemies. All three AI make the good point that there is no ultimate … Continue reading →

“The Beatles’ Fastest Single, Recorded LIVE to the World”, Inside the Beat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9DvdhqeUwTc John Lennon on writing “All You Need Is Love” for a worldwide BBC telecast: “It sort of dawned on me that love was the answer when I … Continue reading →

More probing the psychology of belief, and the refusal of some to admit to evidence that exposes the blinding dogmatism in relation to foundational beliefs, etc. The linked podcasts and articles below point back to a common thing, people who … Continue reading →

Below- My pushing AI (Grok and Chat) to understand the profound dualism and contrasts between the message of Historical Jesus and Paul’s Christ myth. Why bother? Because the Christ of Paul has long functioned as a most influential archetype (“worldwide” … Continue reading →

The Triggernometry guests in the link below have explained what the Iran issue is really about. As they state, the theocrat leaders of Iran are committed to sparking the end of the world, just as the ISIS terrorists tried in … Continue reading →