24 December 2015

Indian Nations and Tribes of the Great Lakes in 1640

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The following is Chapter X of the Jesuit Relation XL (1640), Fr. Joseph-Marie Chaumont to R. P. Philippe Nappi, the Superior of the Profess...
21 December 2015

The Way of The Force

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In honor of the release of Star Wars: The Force Awakens , I am rewriting some of the material I have posted recently, substituting “The For...
20 December 2015

My favorite Carl Sagan quote

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"In some respects, science has far surpassed religion in delivering awe.   "How is it that hardly any major religion has look...
19 December 2015

Kampampangan deities

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Once the lands of the Kapampangan people spread across Pampanga, southern Tarlac, half of Zambales, Bataan, most of Nueva Ecija, part of Bu...
09 December 2015

A Case for Cosmic Unbelief

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From a cosmic perspective, the future has already happened, and the past is yet to be, and the moment where we are now is the beginning, an...
07 December 2015

Cosmic narcissistic hubris defined

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On Planet Earth, a 1.12 trillion (12 zeroes) cubic kilometer ball with a sapient population of 7.3 billion (9 zeroes), in a galaxy 8 sedec...
05 December 2015

Second Amendment revision recommended by retired Justice John Paul Stevens

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From his book, Six Amendments:  How and Why We Should Change the Constitution . "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the sec...
03 December 2015

Irish deities and their family connections

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The following is a list of known deities of the ancient pre-Christian Irish, with as much as is known of the function and family connection...