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Lausten, I believe you misunderstand me,  I was just blowing steam there.  In fact since writing that I decidedly stayed away from all this, let it settle out a bit, till  about half our ago.  I sure don’t apologize for being upset at what we’ve allowed these past decades.

As for what’s possible and what’s not, all we need to do is look at the trumpster movement.

Besides, nothing else is working.

Besides, in the end this is just me trying to cope with being witness to society’s self-destruction and the a foreknowledge of the hell hole of a world we are creating for my younger loved ones.

Thanks for the advice Lausten and Tim – all patty-cake stuff, but that’s cool, very helpful just the same.  Although I guess that would really be up to you to judge:

Thank you for taking the time to send me your email.  Not being of the trade I’ll admit your invitation for a “pitch” caught me flat footed and I needed to mull it over for a few days.

I’m not sure what you’re looking for, so I’m offering three distinct pitches.

If I’m pitching myself and why I’m worth you taking an interest in my writing, I would start with my attitude,  “If we aren’t changing minds, we’re failing!”

Then there’s the mission statement I created to explain my position:

“We The People have a moral ethical right – along with a pragmatic need – to learn what scientists have learned about this planet’s biosphere and climate engine without constant dishonest crossfire.

We should not tolerate serious scientists always being drown out by amoral, dishonest, too often slanderous and frankly childishly ignorant arguments – that an astoundingly ruthless GOP PR factory repeats over and over again, without ever learning a damned thing from the evidence in front of us.”

“Sowing Doubt” towards serious science through deception and the normalization of ‘Faith over Fact’ has evolved into a high art-form wielded with ruthlessness and the biggest megaphone the GOP can buy.  (see Merchants of Doubt for a historical recounting)

I’ve been paying attention since the ‘70s, all the while enlightened society has acquiesced and given foolish self-delusional thinking, such as the conceit that a petty human can know God Almighty or her Will.

Why aren’t we allowed to point out that Heaven and Hell can only exist within our own minds (except where we create it ourselves here on Earth.)

What’s wrong with expecting humanity to comes to grips with the fact that after we die, our bodies and spirits are absorbed right back into Earth and the endless pageant of evolution.  We have this moment and then comes the endless sleep and it is good!

The normalization of self-serving fantasy-thinking, over the sober and honest review of information and facts, has lead to our current crisis.  I’ve spent decades wondering why have they had such a free reign with such juvenile, ignorance arguments and thinking?

I want to challenge that destructive self-certain willful ignorance.  Not with attacks, so much as with fundamental simple sound challenges and arguments – along with asking why dishonesty has become okay.  Why not start encouraging then to doubt their “Faith.”  If nothing else, it’ll give folks on my side food for thought.

I’ve come to realize our individual human experiences with God, whatever that may be, is the most intimate relationship in our human lives, it is non-transferable.

I can say that “I am an Earth Centrist,” then explain what that means and why it’s important.  How it touches our world outlook, along with our hearts and spiritual needs, as we deal with our day to days in an unforgiving material world.

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If I were making a pitch for an article, I’d offer the following summary and ask how many words will you give me and how personal (or not) would you want it?

 

… The missing key is appreciating the fundamental “Magisteria of Physical Reality,” and recognizing both science and religion are products of the “Magisteria of Our Mindscape.”

Science seeks to objectively learn about our physical world, but we should still recognize all our understanding is embedded within and constrained by our Mindscape.

Religion is all about the human Mindscape itself, with its wonderful struggles, fears, spiritual undercurrents, needs and stories we create to give our live’s meaning and make it worth living, or at least bearable.

What’s the point?

Science, religions, heaven, hell, political beliefs, even God, they are all products of the human Mindscape, generations of imaginings built upon previous generations of imaginings, all the way down.

>>> Not to say they are the same thing.  They are not!

Both are equally valid and necessary human endeavors, but they are fundamentally and qualitatively different.

Religion deals with the inside of our minds, hearts, souls and personal struggles.

Science does its best to objectively understand the physical world beyond our own ego’s.

Here we are, 2018, sober assessment of physical facts is out of fashion and fantasy thinking in the service of ruthless avarice is in.

Now it literally threatening to topple USA’s government Of The People, By The People, and For The People, in favor of a Me First, power and profits are more important than anything, oligarch run machine.

Well, unless an awful lot of side-liners start getting engaged in our democratic process.

All the while the actual physical creation outside of our conceited little minds keeps on unfolding, following well understood geophysical rules regardless.

citizenschallenge.blogspot   com/2019/04/citizenschallenge-why-you-earth-centrist.html

confrontingsciencecontrarians.blogspot   com/2018/09/key-to-gould-nonoverlapping-magisteria.html

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If I were to make a pitch for a monthly column, I would like to go where the wheels of faith-based delusional thinking hit the blacktop of reality.  The Climate Science contrarian community’s outpouring of coordinated malicious fraud.

I have spent decades seeking out climate science contrarians to debate, yet after many lively starts, they consistently run away to hide. Thus, I’ve had to resort to Virtual Debates whereby I quote their transcripts and respond to claims made.

My response is a combination of dissecting the rhetorical tricks of their trade, while explaining Earth’s climate complexities that are being deliberately hidden from their audience.  Along with offering copious links back to actual experts on the topic at hand.

So far they win by ignoring me, since I am invisible.  Give me a little visibility.

I would love nothing more than to have a monthly column dedicated to dissecting selections of the endless firehose of ignorance dependent contrarian fraud showing up in articles and YouTube videos.

confrontingsciencecontrarians.blogspot     com/p/in-nutshell-jim-steele-proposes-that.html

confrontingsciencecontrarians.blogspot      com/p/hall-of-shame.html

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I have only taken a few writing courses over the decades, so I understand my work is rough, but I work at it, and I believe in tough critique, hurt feelings be damned.  Meaning, I’m ready to buckle down and get more serious, but I need outside feedback and support to take it to the next level.

Thank you for your time and consideration.  Please let me know how I can prove myself to you.

Sincerely,

Further background,

 

Columns

I do some blogging,

citizenschallenge.blogspot

confrontingsciencecontrarians.blogspot

whatsupwiththatwatts.blogspot

Durango Telegraph – Caught Red-handed stealing land – April 4, 2019

no-villageatwolfcreek.blogspot

Reflections On Justice Sotomayor’s Confirmation Process

citizenschallenge.blogspot   /2009/08/reflections-on-justice-sotomayors.html

An Essay Concerning Our Weather

Humanist; November 1995

http:       //connection.ebscohost  com/c/articles/9511065740/essay-concerning-our-weather

needed to disconnect links  😉