Bøger af John O Hunter

Though the search for truth is sometimes a thicket of difficulty, it can be found. We don't create truth, we find it, and we have no power to change it. The truth may not make us comfortable, but it does make us free. Knowing and living the truth saves our souls, and it is the only path to lasting and honorable fulfillment.

Chasing Crazy Horse II is a hard-hitting polemical survey of the current dangers to our land and water because of fierce new mining technologies-- deep earth drilling and hydro-fracking-- to reach natural gas and oil trapped in huge rock formations, such as the Bakken (North Dakota), the Barnett(Texas), Powder River Basin(Wyoming), and Marcellus Shale(New York/Pennsylvania). The author begins where he left off in his first volume of Chasing Crazy Horse, tracing further losses of native American lands in the Missouri River basin, then moves to the phenomenal surge of new wealth and jobs at the cost of environmental degradation in Plains states. The driving force is the promise of becoming carbon-based energy dominant, freed from dependence on foreign oil. All of the states involved in the fracturing technology have serious issues with water contamination. Unlike the Plains states, New York has an abundance of fresh water with many lakes and streams and waterfalls. The state has not yet made the leap to large-scale hydro-fracking, but the stage is set for serious confrontation. The author cites not only basic values at stake, but "a better way" through more patient reliance on the natural world, Native American example, and science of artificial intelligence.

In Part one, Dr. Hunter looks back at the massive shift in our morals during the 20th century, with a nostalgic appreciation for the past. He describes the power of propaganda and Orwellian influence, as well as the power of art and literature to defeat the lie, with specific reference to artists such as Alexander Solzhenitsyn. While the author expresses concern about the present, his Christian faith and knowledge of artificial intelligence make him a believer in our future. The stage is set for the next stage of evolution. If the next generation can team up with thinking machines there is possibility to reach a higher spiritual and material ground than we''ve ever known before. Part two Is an historical and philosophical exploration of sacred texts, primarily those dealing with Christianity but also including Eastern religions such as Buddhism. Major emphasis is on the work of St. Paul. The influence of modern social science,such as Organization and Community Development,as well our longstanding problem of racial turmoil is a major focus:The social impact of America''s "peculiar institution," slavery,and of black leaders Malcolm X and Martin Luther King,Jr.are highlighted.

Forty years ago, who would have predicted marriage would no longer have meaning, body parts of aborted babies would be sold, and basic freedoms of speech and religion would be under attack? Back then, we still had primitive notions that the father of a child had an inescapable duty toward not only his baby but to the mother, we thought infanticide and suicide were wrong, and we even thought cities and states could not deny the rule the law. My, how things have changed! In this book, John O. Hunter looks back at the massive shift in our morals with a nostalgic appreciation for the past. He also describes the power of propaganda and Orwellian influence, as well as the power of art and literature to defeat the lie, with specific reference to artists such as Alexander Solzhenitsyn. While the author expresses concern for the present, his Christian faith and knowledge of artificial intelligence make him a believer in our future. The stage is set for the next stage of evolution, as long as the next generation can team up with thinking machines to reach a higher spiritual and material ground than weve ever known before.