Forums for November
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November 6--Immortality I recently read that there are several forms of immortality that people strive for:
- Genetic immortality through procreation (Genghis Khan)
- Causal immortality by making a difference (the person who invented the wheel)
- Cultural immortality via remembrance by ensuing ages (poets, novelists, painters)
- Ideological immortality in passing on values and ideas (any number of philosophers and theologians)
What do you think of this concept? Are you interested in pursuing any of these types of immortality?
November 13--After World War II, Dr. Willem van Eelen studied medicine at the University of Amsterdam. A professor showed the students how he had been able to get a piece of muscle tissue to grow in the laboratory. This demonstration inspired van Eelen to consider the possibility of growing edible meat without having to raise or slaughter animals. Imagine, he thought, protein-rich food that could be grown like crops, no matter what the climate or other environmental conditions, without killing any living creatures. If anything, the idea is more potent now. The world population was just more than two billion in 1940, and global warming was not a concern. Today the planet is home to three times as many people. According to a 2006 report by the Food and Agriculture Organization, the livestock business accounts for about 18% of all anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions - an even larger contribution than the global transportation sector. -- Jeffrey Bartholet; “Inside the Meat Lab”, Scientific American, June 2011, pp. 66-69. Would you eat this meat or synthetic food in general?
November 20--Beginning With Grace Kate Braestrup made up a prayer at the beginning of a Thanksgiving meal:
We are thankful for the food
And for the hands that prepared it
And for our family and for our friends. Amen.
(“Beginning with Grace,” UU World, Spring 2011)
Why do we say grace before meals? Do you say grace before every meal? Special meals?
November 27--Social Justice What do you think the common understanding of "social justice" is at UUFS? (NOTE: Not what should be the common understanding but rather, as a matter of your experience, what is this understanding?)
November 6--Immortality I recently read that there are several forms of immortality that people strive for:
- Genetic immortality through procreation (Genghis Khan)
- Causal immortality by making a difference (the person who invented the wheel)
- Cultural immortality via remembrance by ensuing ages (poets, novelists, painters)
- Ideological immortality in passing on values and ideas (any number of philosophers and theologians)
What do you think of this concept? Are you interested in pursuing any of these types of immortality?
November 13--After World War II, Dr. Willem van Eelen studied medicine at the University of Amsterdam. A professor showed the students how he had been able to get a piece of muscle tissue to grow in the laboratory. This demonstration inspired van Eelen to consider the possibility of growing edible meat without having to raise or slaughter animals. Imagine, he thought, protein-rich food that could be grown like crops, no matter what the climate or other environmental conditions, without killing any living creatures. If anything, the idea is more potent now. The world population was just more than two billion in 1940, and global warming was not a concern. Today the planet is home to three times as many people. According to a 2006 report by the Food and Agriculture Organization, the livestock business accounts for about 18% of all anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions - an even larger contribution than the global transportation sector. -- Jeffrey Bartholet; “Inside the Meat Lab”, Scientific American, June 2011, pp. 66-69. Would you eat this meat or synthetic food in general?
November 20--Beginning With Grace Kate Braestrup made up a prayer at the beginning of a Thanksgiving meal:
We are thankful for the food
And for the hands that prepared it
And for our family and for our friends. Amen.
(“Beginning with Grace,” UU World, Spring 2011)
Why do we say grace before meals? Do you say grace before every meal? Special meals?
November 27--Social Justice What do you think the common understanding of "social justice" is at UUFS? (NOTE: Not what should be the common understanding but rather, as a matter of your experience, what is this understanding?)
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