The story of the Fall never made sense to me fully until I read the explanation in your book Ishmael. I’m curious as to how the serpent that tempts Eve fits into this explanation. I’m confused on this point since a serpent seems to be part of the Leaver community. So, what does the serpent really represent?Categories: I Have a Question About the Books/the Characters|Tags: Christian, Religion, Writing and Publishing| Read More
In Ishmael you state the Takers dependence on prophets. The Lakota had a prophet, White Buffalo Calf Woman. She gave the Lakota “laws” to live by. How about the Cheyenne, who have Sweet Medicine, he was a prophet. So how can I argue with people who say that the Leavers had prophets as well as the Takers?Categories: Here's My Opinion; What's Yours?, I Have a Question On a Specific Subject|Tags: Prophets, Religion, Tribal| Read More
I would like to know WHO IS JESUS FOR YOU?Categories: I Have a Question On a Specific Subject, I Need Some Clarification|Tags: Anthropology, Christian, Prophets, Religion| Read More
It’s my impression that the Makah are a Leaver people who are trying to reconnect with their distinct cultural identity. On the other hand, it’s being said by many that they’re not interested in the preservation of their culture, but the sale of black-market whale meat to Japan. What do you think?Categories: Here's My Opinion; What's Yours?, I Have a Question On a Specific Subject|Tags: Hunting, Leavers & Takers, Religion| Read More
Isn’t it possible that salvationist religion may serve as an antivirus, attached to and permeating the building plans of our damned culture, purposefully working out its destruction?Categories: I Have a Question On a Specific Subject|Tags: Animism, Christian, Evolution, Religion, Revolution| Read More
If the taker culture has strayed away from the way the gods purposed it to be, why don’t the gods do anything about it? For instance, why don’t the gods destroy those who don’t “live in their hands”? Or are they merely waiting for the takers to destroy themselves?Categories: I Need Some Clarification|Tags: Extinctions, Famine, Religion| Read More
I was wondering why in your telling of the Adam and Eve story, you left out the serpent, the creature the teller of the story condemns to a life on its belly. Could it be that the serpent stands for Adam’s worst instincts and that the crawling on the belly part means that after the fall, man is condemned to lead a life without grace?Categories: I Have a Question About the Books/the Characters|Tags: Animism, Christian, Religion| Read More
I find myself feeling troubled when I read that you seem to completely believe in evolution, when frankly there’s no proof for it. The entire educational system has incorporated this “false proof” and teach the children at very young ages that it is fact and that fact completely denies the idea of God.Categories: I Have a Bone to Pick with You!, I Need Some Clarification|Tags: Christian, Ecumenism, Education, Evolution, Religion| Read More
Ultimately, I see Jesus himself as a Leaver (evidenced by his lifestyle and attitudes). Do you agree?Categories: Here's My Opinion; What's Yours?, I Have a Question On a Specific Subject, I Need Some Clarification|Tags: Christian, Ecumenism, Prophets, Religion| Read More
Yes, but how are the strategies proposed in Beyond Civilization supposed to eliminate pollution, overpopulation, crime, teenage pregnancy, substance abuse, poverty, police brutality, political corruption, racism, child abuse, violence against women, homophobia, pornography, violence in film and music, exploitation of the elderly, date rape, judicial malfeasance, insider trading, road rage, and media bias?Categories: I Have a Bone to Pick with You!, I Have a Question About the Books/the Characters, I Have a Question On a Specific Subject|Tags: Agriculture, Animals & Animal Rights, Beyond Civilization, Birth Control, Education, Evolution, Extinctions, Famine, Hunting, Leavers & Takers, Medicine, Priorities, Religion, Revolution, Technology| Read More
