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Re-Religionization: Secularization Can’t Stop Human Nature

Re-Religionization: Secularization Can’t Stop Human Nature

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Summary: Religiosity is an inescapable part of human nature. Secularization won’t—can’t—overcome it. Instead, the growing trend of secularization has just led those professing no religion to express their innate religious natures in sub-optimal, ill-thought-out, ad hoc ways. I just finished reading Ritual: Perspectives and Dimensions by Catherine Bell. It is an academic work surveying the field of ritual studies, describing the role rituals play in human existence, and discussing the various types of rituals. I found particularly interesting this passage…

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Let’s go visit the planets!

Let’s go visit the planets!

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I’ve finished my very first children’s book, and it is now available for sale. I wanted to write a book about astronomy that had good rhymes my 2 year old son would enjoy. The result is my first book, “Let’s go visit the planets.” You can download a PDF version here. A high-quality, full color, soft cover copy of the book costs $8 plus shipping, available here.