excerpt:"One of AIG’s (a fundamentalist organization known as "Answers in Genesis") most important arguments is that the Earth and the universe are both only 6,000 years old. This age was arrived at using the chronology given in the Bible. According to recent creationism, the creation story in Genesis is to be taken literally. Thus, God… Continue reading Young Earth vs Scientific age calculations of the Universe
Assumptions – 1
So, in the 1980's, I was studying earth history in university. As i was raised in a literalist Christian setting, it became quickly obvious to me, how there were two positions on the age of the earth. My upbringing said "the Bible says the earth is 6000 to 7000 years old, because the bible says… Continue reading Assumptions – 1
History of Glaciation in Southern Saskatchewan
excerpt:"Today, much of the present landscape of Saskatchewan owes its origin to glacial erosion and Glacial Deposition of the Laurentide Ice Sheet. The effects of this glacier can be conveniently separated between the north and south of the province using the edge of the Precambrian Shield as a boundary. The hard exposed bedrock of the… Continue reading History of Glaciation in Southern Saskatchewan
Mid-Ocean Ridges: Magnetics & Polarity How Fast is the Mid-Ocean Ridge Spreading?
Bernard Shaw – The Four Desires …. and a rebuttal
(The rebuttal first) The fact is that, in the beginning, we all have an inner being (one person), and "everything out there". Our awareness makes an artificial distinction of an inner world ("I") from an outer world (Everything else.... society etc). If our inner being gets fixated and caught up in our status in society… Continue reading Bernard Shaw – The Four Desires …. and a rebuttal
Chinese Immigrants in the B.C. Gold Rush
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/early-chinese-canadian-gold-miners-130000047.htmlThere was a large and prosperous Chinese community in Barkerville, B.C., a center in the 1860's. Early Chinese Canadian gold miners remembered for their contribution to B.C.'s Cariboo communities excerpt:"The Cariboo Gold Rush from 1861 to 1867 attracted thousands of prospectors from other parts of Canada, Britain, the United States, Latin America and China. The Royal B.C.… Continue reading Chinese Immigrants in the B.C. Gold Rush
Q-Anon conspiracy Doctrines – the REAL virus of the 2020’s
From what i have seen, the 2 greatest factors changing 2020's folks worldview are the extreme liberal ideologies and Q-Anon retaliatory and exaggerated response. In many ways, it is extremist rationalism on the one side vs "the believers in the hidden and unseen forces of evil". (The believers in the hidden and unseen forces of… Continue reading Q-Anon conspiracy Doctrines – the REAL virus of the 2020’s
Minimalism…. Maximalism ach… Now works for me
Minimalism - less is more Maximalism - more is more....... Both reaching for something, pulling on something.... Both planning an outcome, and then struggling to move towards it..... hmmm...... i like Now - it is just what it is gives me the freedom to do what ever the heck i want to do with it.… Continue reading Minimalism…. Maximalism ach… Now works for me
Daily Practices
Daily Practices such as chanting, reciting sacred texts, prayer, "worship", bowing down in humility, yoga, taking time for a daily quiet time such as meditation, the lighting of candles and incense, all can reconnect us to our inner wisdom guide. The urge to do so, found in all cultures of the world, is the inborn… Continue reading Daily Practices
Why Only the Worldview “Reality” can save humankind – Part 2
So, what would this "Reality" social system look like?NOTES HERE - but there are issues already revealing themselves, in how this might work...which have made me doubt, that without the type of system which western folks hate, some form of totalitarian system, there is no way to re-work the system which rises above the mess… Continue reading Why Only the Worldview “Reality” can save humankind – Part 2
Reality is Dharma 