Thumbnail for: Free Xenon was Interviewed by Cooperation Paradigm on Tue, 3 Jan 2023. The interview is titled "On Politics, Religion, Sexuality, Resource Based Economies, and More with James O'Neill". The left side shows Free Xenon and the right side shows Cooperation Paradigm.

Free Xenon’s Interview by Cooperative Paradigm (Tue, 3 Jan 2023)

Introduction I was very fortunate to have been interviewed by Cooperative Paradigm on Tue, 3 Jan 2023. You can find more about Cooperative Paradigm here: A transcript will be coming eventually. If anyone wants to do it for me. I am more than happy to post it. I will also post an edited version of […]

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Greta Christina speaking at Skepticon 4 in 2011

Why Are You Atheists So Angry? by Greta Christina from Skepticon 4 in 2011 (Video)

Introduction About This Post This video is important enough that I have embedded it in my post Religion, an Overview (Oct 2018). Greta Christina’s presentation has an important enough of a message that I wish to to maintain it for posterity, just in case the video is eventually removed. This video was important just because […]

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Evolution of Myth and Religion Tree

Transforming the World Conversations (Religion) Notes and Links (22 feb 2019)

Here are links for my Transforming the World Conversation (Religion) on Fri, 18 Jan 2019. I have tried to keep this links as uncontroversial and as academic as possible, with the exception of the section of separation of church and state. The previous date was snowed out and was rescheduled for Fri, 22 Feb 2019. […]

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Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs (8 levels)

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs (MHoN) and the Biopsychosocial model in Psychology (BPS)

In several of my more technical posts that talk about politics, religion, economics, etc I talk about Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs (MHoN) and about Biopsychosocial (BPS) issues so I would like to take a moment to create a post on this to collect throughts, images, and links on these important topics so I can refer people to it and so they can learn about this which can greatly increase people’s understanding of many parts of our human experience as well as how our world works. And, honestly, I though I already had a post on this, soooo…

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New Page: Declaration of the Unified Rights of Humanity (DURH)

This is something I have posted and then deleted, much like my page The 7 Philosophical Pillars for Peace within Humanity. As with the previous document, I find myself driven to post this again so that I have it here so I can reference and work on it, and so that others can benefit from […]

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Types of Attraction & Orientation (v2); Durant Haruna

Transforming the World Conversations (Sexuality and Gender) Notes and Links (14 Dec 2018)

Here are some links that may be of interest of my Transforming the World Conversation held on 14 Dec 2018 which concentrated on Sexuality and Gender. Sexual Orientation and Gender Types of Attraction & Orientation (v2) What’s Your True Sexual Orientation? The Purple-Red Scale Is Here to Help You Find Out The Move Away From […]

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Evolution of Myth and Religion Tree

Religion, an Overview

I am going to post some really general information on religions from a more academic perspective. Keep in mind, it has been quite a few years (a little more than a decade) since I have really studied this and related topics, so I will try to keep this pretty general. I will also pull ideas from my previous posts on the topic of religion too, as well as some of my other related unpublished works.

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Conversations Across the Social Spectrum

My New Class: Transforming the World: Conversations on Social, Economic, Political, and Sustainable Policy

As I have stated on my new Patreon project I am planning on creating a class in our Yoga studio for conversations on political topics. Here is its description: Transforming the World: Conversations on Social, Economic, Political, and Sustainable Policy Description These FREE conversations will be facilitated by James O’Neill and will focus on social, political, economic, […]

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Video: “The Perimeter of Ignorance” (Neil deGrasse Tyson)

Introduction I am not sure how I have not shared this here yet, but a quite a few years ago I found this wonderful video of a presentation given by the notorious NdT (Neil deGrasse Tyson) at Beyond Belief: Science, Religion, Reason, and Survival from 2006. The title of his presentation is “The Perimeter of […]

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Polyamory, Jealousy, and the Eight Walls of Intimacy

Note: This post will be a sort of a part of a 2-part follow-up to my post on Understanding and Managing Jealousy: Part 1 – The Implied Monogamous Relationship Agreement (IMRA) Part 2 – Polyamory, Jealousy, and the Eight Walls of Intimacy If you have not read the other two articles then please take a look. […]

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The Implied Monogamous Relationship Agreement (IMRA)

Note: This post will be a sort of a part of a 2-part follow-up to my post on Understanding and Managing Jealousy: Part 1 – The Implied Monogamous Relationship Agreement (IMRA) Part 2 – Polyamory, Jealousy, and the Eight Walls of Intimacy If you have not read the other two articles then please take a look. […]

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The First Three Weeks Since Tanya and Uliana are in Belarus

I am writing this post during my fourth week alone, and my first week back to work, so this will be all from memory, and not completely correct, but it will be close enough for government work. I was planning on doing a week by week post, since I expected to be really busy, but […]

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“Choose to Bless the World” by Rebecca Parker of Starr King UU Seminary

This is a wonderful poem that I heard read at our congregation at the Free Congregation of Sauk County, and it touched me enough to post it. It is written by Rebecca Parker, a Methodist/Unitarian Universalist minister, who attended famous UU seminary the Starr King Seminary. Choose to Bless the World by Rebecca Parker Your […]

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