Meria Heller – Hell and High Water with Meria and Chuck Ochelli – 04.15.18

Hell & High Water, with Meria and Chuck Ochelli. Todays topic is the environment. What is a patriot? Are you a patriot for humanity? Iowa Farmers & trump; laws and freedoms apply to all;trump is an open enemy of the environment;Fukushima;nuke plants;Indian Point and 9/11;endangered species act gutted;climate changes;Pompeo;Calvinism;religious distortions;Steve Wozniak & f/b;what are the two most important issues we face? destruction of …

Did Affluence Spur the Rise of Modern Religions? By Bret Stetka

About 2,500 years ago something changed the way humans think. Within the span of two centuries, in three separate regions of Eurasia, spiritual movements emerged that would give rise to the world’s major moral religions, those preaching some combination of compassion, humility and asceticism. Scholars often attribute the rise of these moral religions—Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, Hinduism and Christianity included—to population …

Poll: Majority of Americans Agree Fighting Climate Change a ‘Moral Obligation’

A majority of Americans believe they are “morally obligated” to fight climate change, a new poll byReuters/IPSOS has found. Of the 2,827 people surveyed in the poll, 66 percent said world leaders are ethically bound to reduce carbon emissions, while 72 percent believed that responsibility lay with themselves as well. In addition, 64 percent believe that rising greenhouse gases, which drive climate …