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Paul Von Ward, with graduate degrees from Harvard (MPA)and Florida State University (MSc), is an independent scholar and interdisciplinary cosmologist. His books are We've Never Been Alone (theory of advanced beings), The Soul Genome (reincarnation), Children of a Living Universe (natural science and cosmology), and others. Paul's public service career included roles as Protestant minister, U.S. naval officer, American diplomat, U.S. State Department official, and the founder/CEO of Delphi International. His websites are: www.reincarnationexperiment.org and www.vonward.com.
(2 comments) SHARE Tuesday, September 18, 2012 American Politics Go Deeper Than Politics
Current cultural and political conflicts are based in unprovable assumptions about the nature of reality. This article describes how worldview beliefs become emotionally embedded in the human mind, regardless of their validity. This mechanism animates today's religious true believers to challenge any threats to their psychological sense of existential security. It suggests the answer is to definitively reveal their origins.
(2 comments) SHARE Friday, January 13, 2012 Twelve 2012 Myths
Twelve myths that undermine America's ability to overcome its immediate challenges. We delude ourselves and embrace assumptions that are clearly false, just to absolve ourselves from any future consequences of inaction. But the same myths are used to manipulate others in political campaigns, religious evangelism, and social pressure.