Thank you for sharing sincerely and honestly about the mess that you and your generation got stuck in because older people wanted to win a war that wasn't their's to fight in someone else's country.
Monotheistic patriarchal religious theology, ugh. Yes Jesus of Nazareth was an amazing individual and the center of a philosophy that can be awesome, but here's the thing at what point do and can you choose to have your own relationship with the Divine? Christian fundamentalism doesn't like people to answer…
You are inspiring me to write about the monkey on my back that I am fighting. It is a substance that is perfectly legal, comes in pink bags or boxes with two initials on the label. Fighting the MF is not sweet.
Peter Preskar
The Goddess is coming and she is, well not in a good mood would be something of an understatement.
Under the circumstances, let me suggest that this article has seriously contributed to my consideration to become a vegetarian.
You gotta figure when someone's white great grandpa calls them out for being racist, how does the song go, "... a change is gonna come."
Well done. Further support for the adage "religion is the last refuge for a scoundrel", especially a socially and culturally indulged and privileged scoundrel.
The day before I read your brilliantly thoughtful and informative piece, I was thinking about my childhood in St. Louis, Missouri. During the summers of the 1960s and 1970s. a popular entertainment was a river cruise on the party ship the SS Admiral. https://www.builtstlouis.net/admiral01.html
The trips were fun, however, I…