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The Challenge To Democracy

Posted on December 5, 2022 by lewbornmann

Recent challenges to democracy include a deterioration in the integrity of constitutional democracy, manipulation of state election laws to limit or overturn the will of the voters, and a global trend toward autocracy in places where democratic institutions have long prevailed. The U.S. currently stands at a precipice necessitating a long overdue course correction. Continue reading →

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Religious Faith vs. Beliefs

Posted on December 28, 2020 by lewbornmann

Many religion still remain similar to when it was considered necessary to offer a sacrificial goat or buffalo but there is an essential change taking place in what it means to be “religious” today. Continue reading →

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Unto Caesar

Posted on December 23, 2018 by lewbornmann

It seems to me…. “Science investigates; religion interprets. Science gives man knowledge which is power; religion gives man wisdom which is control.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.[1] Religion is based on a set of personal beliefs; science is based on … Continue reading →

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Science Skepticism

Posted on December 19, 2017 by lewbornmann

It seems to me…. “Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that ‘my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge’.” ~ Isaac Asimov[1]. … Continue reading →

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Why Dysfunction?

Posted on February 2, 2015 by lewbornmann

It seems to me… “In politics stupidity is not a handicap.” ~ Napoleon Bonaparte. Our political parties have fundamentally different visions of what kind of country we should have and neither is feeling sufficiently politically weak to agree to the … Continue reading →

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Tolerance/Intolerance

Posted on April 15, 2014 by lewbornmann

It seems to me… “Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.” ~ Voltaire. Starting over three hundred years ago, treatment of the Native … Continue reading →

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Religion: Literal vs. Figurative

Posted on February 4, 2013 by lewbornmann

It seems to me… “Religions get lost as people do.”  ~ Franz Kafka. I was raised as a Catholic, attended Catholic high school for two years, a Quaker high school my final two years, and started college at a Southern … Continue reading →

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