A TV series titled True Believers (Vice channel) was about several cults. One episode featured a self-help guru named Teal Swan, who leads a group informally called the Teal Tribe…
If Being an Alien Gives Purpose…
Year: 2024
Minister of Loneliness
It was the summer of 2021. I hadn’t picked up on the news that Japan’s prime minister had appointed a Minister of Loneliness. (Apparently the UK had done that a…
AI Jesus
A 1995 article in The Lookout magazine reported on the world’s first Buddhist “robo priest.” This ministering machine in Japan contained prayers and rituals for various Buddhist sects. Arrangement could…
Witnessing — Come On In!
Back in the day, TV personality Art Linkletter was used to awkward conversations—with little kids, that is. Some of his famous kid interviews became his book Kids Say the Darndest…
A Critique of the Ancient Aliens TV Series
The Ancient Aliens TV series (History channel) has viewers asking questions but, in my opinion, not asking far enough down. Let’s look into one sample episode to highlight problems that…