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I wonder if they are sure if that percentage are even alive (and no, I'm not talking just about COVID). Having a primarily senior demographic can lead to quick change of fortunes. I belong to a Mainline Protestant church which isn't the same as it was before the pandemic. Like many Mainline...

I find ignorance to be difficult to understand as an excuse. Willfull ignorance, perhaps, but that's still culpable. That's just one sentimentally romantic hymn out of a vast multitude. It also speaks of God's immanence in nature, but not nature's kinship with humanity.

But they weren't knowingly committing mass violence against nature. In fact some of their beliefs (animism or panpsychism) militated against that. Modern American Christians don't have that excuse. They know what they are doing is causing grave harm, but they don't seem to care, for the most...

It's not just merely a hypothetical. The family home of Edwarda O'Bara was harassed by the Hemlock Society and random callers (one of whom even riddle the house with bullets), because they chose to take care of her, despite having fallen into a diabetic coma at a young age, and spending the...

There are psychotherapists that specialize in treating psychic trauma, such as from abuse or sexual assault. A trusting therapeutic relationship and teaching patients techniques to accept their feelings can go a long ways to help. On the other hand, telling somebody that is traumatized that...

With the right kind of therapy, and time, people like that can almost always experience some relief from feelings that life is not worth living. I think euthanasia is almost always wrong, but I also realize it is a delicate issue.

In the Episcopal Church... use of the filioque is actually optional, though customary.

While alcoholism did him no favors, eating fast food every day definitely does nothing good for your health. I was unaware he was an alcoholic. Apparently it's something he didn't disclose until he got caught up in #MeToo (and I had stopped paying alot of attention to news around that time...

Sugar is a kind of carbohydrate fuel, and provides a ready energy source for the muscles of the body to engage in vigorous activity (that's why endurance athletes often use sugar supplements). It's only a problem if it is eaten excessively, and sugary foods are used to substitute for healthier...

Look at the popularity of paraphrased Bibles, like the New Living Translation, most of which have significantly reduced reading levels to reach a wider audience. The Revised Standard Version is considered to be at a 12th grade reading level, in comparison. At our church, one of the readers...

Fruit is mostly water and fiber. Eating more fruit is associated with weight loss, not weight gain: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5084020/

Isn't voter intimidation a crime?

This seems like speculation. I have never heard of a person getting fat eating fruit, quite the opposite. Fruits, next to vegetables, are one of the least calorically dense foods you can eat, and can easily be part of a healthy weight-loss diet. Very unlikely for those that are obese or...

I heard about him, too. He reminds me of St. Therese of Lisieux, another simple soul who died at a young age, who was also canonized.

Award-winning filmmaker Morgan Spurlock has passed away from cancer at the relatively young age of 53: https://apnews.com/article/morgan-spurlock-dies-246036b526cdeaf55f7d1335461775a5 If you are of a certain generation, this guy was iconic. Even greater than Michael Moore, IMO, in terms of...

I actually monitored my visceral fat levels using an infrared device and I concluded it was a waste of time and money. Visceral fat tends to track along with total body fat, more or less. But if you have to have an objective measurement to go by in making a crude estimate, a tape measure is...

Today my morning HRV came back 6/10, so I'm advised to take another rest day. My sleep quality also wasn't the best, though I got enough time asleep, the HRV during the night wasn't the best. On saturday I will probably do a normal low intensity routine at the gym.

Non-Chalcedonians have them all beat, in that case.

I'm sure the hospital's legal staff have good reasons for their actions. Their duty is to serve the hospital staff. No doctor signs up for spending time in jail or risking prison

"Light, Love, and Purpose" hardly sounds like a dark Satanic creed.