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Newsletter Nr. 747
Amsterdam, December 15th, 2018


THE CULT OF TRUMPISM - ELLIOT BENJAMIN

It is not unusual to hear that the base of Trump supporters displays cult-like activity in their adoring dedication to Trump, as they continue to ignore the enormous and continuous amount of ethically and legally disturbing accounts of Trump's behavior. This includes Trump's alleged numerous sexual affairs punctuated by his paying off a porn star and Playboy centerfold to keep them silent, ripping immigrant children from their parents and using teargas against immigrant babies, believing Putin over the United States Intelligence reports in regard to Russia tampering with our election, and the list goes on and on to the point of nausea.

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PANNING PANISMS - A Reply to Steve Taylor and Rolf Sattler - ANDY SMITH

Steve Taylor's criticisms of materialism ["Beyond Materialism"] have provoked a lot of discussion here, both pro and con. Most of the arguments against Taylor, particularly by David Lane ["Understanding Matter" and "It's a Matter of Focus"], have focused on a defense of science in general and materialism more specifically, emphasizing that the self-critical approach of science is the best path towards any alternative. As far as I can tell, there has been relatively little direct criticism of Taylor's panspiritism view. David Lane did point out that “if consciousness is indeed a fundamental quality of the universe, I see no compelling reason why it would need 'large and complex' brains to better display it.” Frank commented that panspiritism seemed to have little explanatory power ["'Spiritual Science' is a Contradiction in Terms"].

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