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Why Open-Humanistic Unitarian-Universalism?
The long title of the article: Why Open-Humanistic Unitarian-Universalism is at the Heart of Things in 21st Century? In recent times I have signed off my communication, “May I not hope to be heard with candor? God deliver us all from prejudice and unkindness, and fill us with the love of truth…
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Experiencing Northern Colorado
Experiencing Northern Colorado: Video https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ja7t-n_bBuh0U86k_LH18vGKfRm4M5QL/view?usp=sharing Experiencing Northern Colorado: PowerPoint Show Experiencing Northern Colorado: PDF Selected information on Colorado from Wikipedia Entry: The Rocky Mountains within Colorado contain 53 true peaks and 58 named peaks that are 14,000 feet (4,267 m) or higher in…
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An example of basic prejudice in both machine and humans
What I said to the machine: Is it a holiday today anywhere in the United States? Of course, you understand, machine, that today is AEST? No, I was asking about May 27 AEST, which is not Monday in the United States. You cannot make the time cognition conversions. Machines are stupid. …
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An Invitation for Open Thinking
Neville Buch’s discussion with Dave Benson, an Australian theologian working in the United Kingdom. The discussion centres on the Bible Society’s recent report: BS-The Quiet Revival-Final-Digital-EG The Quiet Revival The following is what I communicated after considering the report and reading the comments by Steve Hollinghurst, and the comments of the…
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Thinking on Attitudes Among those Who Think About Unity and Universality
“Attitudes: Socio-Historical Change in Unitarian Universalism,” Dr. Neville Buch” Today, I am looking at attitudes in Unitarian-Universalism, and they are not always good, but in critical thinking each person can renew, for themselves, better unitarian universalism thinking. Each of us has a free mind but we are not free in our thinking…
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Misunderstandings about Unemployment and Under-Employment
Unemployment and Under-Employment is greatly misunderstood in the Anglo-American world because each person’s political prejudice, bias, and personal agenda, and the unwillingness to confront uncomfortable truths. Unemployment and Under-Employment has double-effects in the Anglo-American economy, as David A. Graham describes below, and what is happening is that ‘selfish’ political agendas are conflicting with…
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Meeting the moment. Understanding the times we’re in has never been more important (Gary Werskey, Inside Story, 29 April 2025)
Gary Werskey is an American-born, Harvard-trained Australian historian of art and science. Currently he is an Honorary Associate in the University of Sydney’s History Department. Werskey has just completed two long-term projects in the history of Australian Art. NewSouth Books has published the ‘Picturing a Nation: The Art & Life of A.H. Fullwood’ (March 2021).…
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A progressive super-majority will define Australia’s 48th Parliament ( Richard Denniss | The Australia Institute)
From Richard Denniss Executive Director The Australia Institute Neville — We are in a new political paradigm – and our work is cut out for us. A progressive super-majority will define Australia’s 48th Parliament, while the Liberal Party’s power has been devastated by voters. As the final votes are still being counted,…
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Thank You. Trump Edged an Australian Centre-Left Victory
I wish to thank you, my American friends, in an ironic way. Many of you did not want Donald Trump as your President, but the fact, as of last night, is a pattern of the Trumpism setting, a emerging pattern of other countries moving to the Centre Left: Canada a few weeks ago, Australia last…
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Understanding patrimonialism is essential to defeating it
From Jonathan Rauch, One Word Describes Trump: A century ago, a German sociologist explained precisely how the president thinks about the world, The Atlantic, February 24, 2025. Patrimonialism is less a form of government than a style of governing. It is not defined by institutions or rules; rather, it can infect all forms of government by replacing…