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SCIENCE, THE SCAPEGOAT OF RELIGION AND COMMERCE by Charles Carreon 05/11/08 http://rapeutation.com/AZmandelbrotpix36_small.gif Since I listen to NPR, I often hear a gentle, liberal voice posing a question from The Templeton Foundation, established by Sir John Templeton, retired millionaire fund man...

BELIEFS VS. DOGMAS: THE DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE OF RELIGIOUS FAITH by Charles Carreon September 1, 2008 A hot chick I knew in the seventies had a bumpersticker that said, “Sorry my karma ran over your dogma.” Would that it were often so. Rather, it seems to be the reverse. Suffering the karma of ha...

ARE NUCLEAR MISSILES OUR EASTER ISLAND STATUES? by Charles Carreon 04/20/09 <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/UJXnO5Ig0DA" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> Everybody has heard ...

RANDOMNESS -- A MYTH SCIENTISTS CREATED TO SIMULATE IGNORANCE by Charles Carreon 06/01/09 <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/aMKkAM-XhQ8" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> "Chanc...

REPROGRAM YOURSELF! -- A REFUTATION OF THE METHODS AND CONCLUSIONS OF STANLEY MILGRAM'S BEHAVIORAL CLASSIC, "OBEDIENCE TO AUTHORITY" by Charles Carreon August 16, 2009 Obedience to Authority, by Stanley Milgram Stanley Milgram’s Obedience to Authority: An Experimental View, published in 1974, is a ...

JAMES RAY SWEATBOX TRAGEDY -- GET RICH OR DIE FRYING by Charles Carreon 10/20/09 <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/NHljZKrjAg4" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe> Success – it’s ...

THE FALL AND RISE OF LEONARD COHEN by Charles Carreon 2/11/10 Rejoice! The troubadour par excellence of the late twentieth century has risen from the crypt in which he had untimely entombed himself, and put to flight the rumors anticipating his final demise. In the performance captured in the Live ...

THE RAM DASS BRAIN HEMORRHAGE INCIDENT -- AN OPPORTUNITY TO EXPLORE FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS OF SPIRITUAL LIFE by Charles Carreon 06/19/10 Science has likely been advanced more through the ages by giving thoughtful attention to chance occurrences than by conducting planned experiments. Physicians have...

The Oestian Way by Charles Carreon June 14, 2012 https://www.american-buddha.com/oestiaambu.1a.gif PREFACE The purpose of this writing, that was begun, continued and completed at the insistence of my lifelong companion Tara Carreon, is to establish a new religion for a new time and a new place. The...

A LAW UNTO ITSELF: THE VATICAN RULES by Charles Carreon January 26, 2006 "One of [Father Francis P. Rogers'] victims described waking up intoxicated in the priest's bed, opening his eyes to see Fr. Rogers, three other priests, and a seminarian surrounding him. Two of the priests ejaculated on him w...