04Sep 2025 by Post

Xi and Putin: Tyranny and Transhumanism

bioethics, biotechnology, carbon molecules, China, Communists, death, despair, Falun Gong, hope, immortality, life-extension, obliteration, organ black market, organs, Orthodox Christians, political prisoners, Russia, Technology, transhumanism, transhumanists, tyranny, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping
Transhumanism is mostly a materialistic wail of despair in the night, a desperate quest for hope for those who are terrified that death leads to obliteration. Source
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16Dec 2021 by Post

Can Evidence of a Creator Bring Hope?

blood-clotting system, Books, Center for Science & Culture, creator, despair, Discovery Institute, educational outreach, Evolution, Faith & Science, government, hope, Intelligent Design, John Castino, media, Michael Behe, Minnesota Twins, Pope Benedict, PragerU, prisoners, Return of the God Hypothesis, Rookie of the Year, Stephen Meyer, universities, Videos
John Castino's life spiraled out of control. His faith in God was based on his feelings, and so when times turned bad, he lost his faith. Source
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24Dec 2020 by Post

#9 Story of 2020: An Antidote to Despair

abortion, adult home care, Africans, biology, brain surgery, chemotherapy, Culture & Ethics, despair, DSHS, Faith & Science, foodstamps, friendship, government aid, hematoma, homeless shelter, hospital, immigrants, Medicaid, pregnancy, racial hierarchy, Racism, rape, scientific racism, Section 8, subsidized housing, trust, WIC
I am a biologist, a worker in a field with a sorrowful history of categorizing human beings by race. Source
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12May 2020 by Post

New Jersey’s Suicide Confusion

assisted suicide, coronavirus, COVID-19, Culture & Ethics, despair, District of Columbia, doctors, New Jersey, Phil Murphy, public policy, suicide prevention, Well Being Trust
New Jersey recently became one of the seven states (plus the District of Columbia) to legalize assisted suicide by statute. In effect, New Jersey sanctions suicide for some residents through its public policy. Now, with COVID-19, New Jersey officials are worried about a spike in suicide caused by the shutdown, so for them, suicide is bad. From the NJ.Com story:  On top of the more than 78,000 Americans who have already died from the fast-spreading virus, a new study from the Well Being Trust found conditions from the pandemic — including lost jobs, isolation, and fear over the future — could lead to 75,000 deaths in the nation from drug or alcohol abuse and suicide over the next decade.This comes as a number of critics say they’re worried lockdowns designed to save lives from COVID-19 could…
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10Feb 2020 by Post

Fewer “Deaths of Despair” Increases U.S. Life Expectancy

addiction, addictive substances, assisted suicide, cancer, Culture & Ethics, deaths of despair, despair, fentanyl, New York Times, opioid painkillers, prosperity, suicide
Good news: U.S. life expectancy has increased. From the New York Times story: Life expectancy increased for the first time in four years in 2018, the federal government said Thursday, raising hopes that a benchmark of the nation’s health may finally be stabilizing after a rare and troubling decline that was driven by a surge in drug overdoses. Part of the reason for the improvement was a decrease in what are known as “deaths of despair”: Deaths from overdoses dropped by 4.1 percent in 2018, to 67,367 from 70,237 in 2017. The decrease was largely driven by a dip in deaths from prescription opioid painkillers, which set off the opioid epidemic in the late 1990s before heroin and, later, fentanyl moved in. Provisional data suggests those deaths continued to fall…
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