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Think Again Thursday #1
Natural Family Planning —
Authority: 124
This is a little late in the day for the Think Again Thursdays feature, but I’ll give it a go…I write and comment, and you, my readers, rally to defend the point in question. I came across this blog entry, an open letter for a job working for a major birth control peddler. I won’t repost it here, as the ...1 week ago -
New Feature: Think Again Thursdays!
Natural Family Planning —
Authority: 124
In your blogroll, you’ve probably come across themed days, like “Quick Take Fridays,” “Wordless Wednesdays,” etc. I had an idea for my own: Think Again Thursdays! It happens quite often that I will come across some blog, some news story, some “informational” web page that totally dishes on natural ...1 week ago -
Accountability vs Blame
Marine Snow —
Authority: 123
Anorexia is like draft excluder. That squeezy foamy stuff that you squirt in cracks, the goo that puffs up to fill crevices and nooks and crannies. It’ll expand to fill as much room as it can take. Now that the stress of work is gone, puffetty-putt-poof. Up fluffs an eating disorder mindset to fill the [...]1 week ago -
On "Doubting Jesus Resurrection"
CADRE Comments —
Authority: 415
Kris Komarnitsky has a guest post on Common Sense Atheism, in which he summarizes the argument he made in his book of the same name, Doubting Jesus Resurrection. I have not read the book yet and I am sure it contains much more detailed evidence in support of that argument, but if the blog post is an accurate summary I ...1 week ago -
Many Americans Are Religiously Mixed Up
Heaving Dead Cats —
Authority: 419
This entry is part 21 of 21 in the series Research and Studies The Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life just released a new survey today. I’ve given it a quick persusal and I have to say, while some of it is interesting, most of it doesn’t surprise me. Apparently large numbers of Americans engage in ...2 weeks ago -
Terminal Hunger
Robin D. Laws —
Authority: 122
Whenever you find yourself lf stuck in a place running a continual news-loop with inescapably loud audio, the Esoterrorists put it it there, as an emitter of low-grade cognitive dissonance. They particularly target airports, where their installations play to a captive audience of the already anxious. Their client ...2 weeks ago -
Sex Sells, and so does Tiger Woods, but do we buy his apology?
Goal Posts —
Authority: 99
Four months ago, I wrote two blogs titled "Sex Sells, and so does Tiger Woods" ( #1 and #2 ). The blogs highlighted the fact that when Tiger contended for a championship, television ratings were more than 100% higher compared to when he was injured the year before, generating a tremendous amount of revenue for the ...2 weeks ago -
The power of positive thinking; put in perspective
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Authority: 161
Think happy thoughts is common wisdom that many people rely on for getting through feelings of depression, and painful or difficult situations. Often, people try to be happy when theyre not; hoping that they will become the happy person theyre impersonating. This folk wisdom is backed up by science-to a point. ...2 weeks ago -
Not so fast
labradore —
Authority: 436
"We dont need Ottawa." — Deputy Dan Kathy Blunderdale, speaking about the Lower Churchill on VOCM, September 4, 2009 . "Oh, yes we do," or words to that effect. — Dan, speaking about the same thing, some time in December .2 weeks ago -
Strategies for thesis completion: Not synthetic happiness
Blogs —
Authority: 161
As Clay Shirky has said about Web 2.0, "here comes everybody," and with that we get great conversation, with real listening. My blog entry today includes 2 readers responses to my entry about "a downside to synthetic happiness" and my attempt to clarify the concept further. I begin with the shortest entry written by a ...3 weeks ago -
‘Cognitive dissonance’ requires cognition
My Point Exactly —
Authority: 125
ThinkProgress points out the hypocrisy of Sarah Palin’s recent appearance on a conservative radio show in which she endorsed the wild-eye conspiracy theorists called “birthers” — saying “the public rightfully is still making [questions about Obamas place of birth] an issue” but then going on to ...3 weeks ago -
Why Does God Hate Pigs?
Heaving Dead Cats —
Authority: 419
This entry is part 10 of 10 in the series bible Lessons More to the point, why do Jews and Muslims hate pigs, since god doesn’t exist. But for the sake of argument, let’s look at the bible and quran to see what they say about the other white meat. Question: Are pigs native to the Middle East, then? If no ...3 weeks ago -
When Others Believe Your Abuser
Sanctuary for the Abused —
Authority: 127
WHEN OTHERS BELIEVE YOUR (Narcissistic or Psychopathic) ABUSER from this site: CLICK HERE Since when is it good to be friendly with bad people? Since when is winking at their wrongdoing a virtue? Perhaps someone can quote chapter and verse in the comments, because holier-than-thous really deserve to have ...3 weeks ago -
A downside to manufacturing our own happiness
Don't Delay —
Authority: 91
Research by Dan Gilbert (Harvard), his students and colleagues clearly indicates that we can synthesize our own happiness despite what would seem like dire circumstances or poor choices. The thing is, this powerful innate coping mechanism or psychological immune system can be a liability as well, because it can ...3 weeks ago -
Why manufacturing our own happiness is a problem for procrastination
Blogs —
Authority: 161
Research by Dan Gilbert (Harvard), his students and colleagues clearly indicates that we can synthesize our own happiness despite what would seem like dire circumstances or poor choices. The thing is, this powerful innate coping mechanism or psychological immune system can be a liability as well, because it can ...3 weeks ago -
To Judge Or Not To Judge
The Life Without Limits Community Blog —
Authority: 99
The day before U.S. Thanksgiving, we posted a video by a colleague of ours , about gratitude vs. appreciation, that got some polar opposite commentary. Some of the blog comments we didn’t approve, and other statements (written in ALL CAPS with lots of exclamation points!!!) went to our ticket desk, because the ...3 weeks ago -
Grinding . . . To . . . A . . . Halt. (Also known as “That Sneaky Bastard, Self-Sabotage”)
Take Up Your Bed and Walk —
Authority: 121
Yeeeaaaahhh. First off, I just added a page at the top: One Week at a Time . I have this habit of starting new healthy behaviors and then forgetting them a week or two later, when I add a new batch. So now I have them all in one place. In other news . . . I’m feeling SUPER un-motivated right now. I just ...3 weeks ago -
Marriage Help: Better Living through Cognitive Dissonance
Blogs —
Authority: 161
Misinterpreting the message of cognitive dissonance ruins marriages, a fact that totally eludes marriage therapists and relationship authors who promote "getting your needs met." Cognitive dissonance is the discomfort of self-image colliding with reality. Such collisions are inevitable, as self-image tends to be ...3 weeks ago -
Better Living through Cognitive Dissonance
Anger in the Age of Entitlement —
Authority: 91
Misinterpreting the message of cognitive dissonance ruins marriages, a fact that totally eludes marriage therapists and relationship authors who promote "getting your needs met." Cognitive dissonance is the discomfort of self-image colliding with reality. Such collisions are inevitable, as self-image tends to be ...3 weeks ago -
Confusion Technique
Sanctuary for the Abused —
Authority: 127
ONE TECHNIQUE USED BY ABUSERS & SEDUCERS Confusion Technique The birth of Milton H. Erickson’s Confusion Technique: Milton Erickson’s Collected Papers-Volume I-pg. 259 "One windy day as I was on my way to attend that first formal seminar on hypnosis conducted by Clark Hull in 1923 , a man came ...3 weeks ago
