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  1. "Name days are celebrated in many countries, particularly in Europe and the Americas, including Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Sweden, and Spain, as well as in some Latin American countries. These celebrations are often tied to #Christian traditions, where individuals celebrate a day associated with their baptismal name, typically that of a saint."

    #religion

  2. "Name days are celebrated in many countries, particularly in Europe and the Americas, including Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Sweden, and Spain, as well as in some Latin American countries. These celebrations are often tied to #Christian traditions, where individuals celebrate a day associated with their baptismal name, typically that of a saint."

    #religion

  3. "Name days are celebrated in many countries, particularly in Europe and the Americas, including Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Sweden, and Spain, as well as in some Latin American countries. These celebrations are often tied to #Christian traditions, where individuals celebrate a day associated with their baptismal name, typically that of a saint."

    #religion

  4. "Name days are celebrated in many countries, particularly in Europe and the Americas, including Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Sweden, and Spain, as well as in some Latin American countries. These celebrations are often tied to #Christian traditions, where individuals celebrate a day associated with their baptismal name, typically that of a saint."

    #religion

  5. "Name days are celebrated in many countries, particularly in Europe and the Americas, including Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Sweden, and Spain, as well as in some Latin American countries. These celebrations are often tied to #Christian traditions, where individuals celebrate a day associated with their baptismal name, typically that of a saint."

    #religion

  6. Als Bundeskanzler Merz (CDU) 2026 vor dem DGB „Demografie und Mathematik“ beschwor, hatte er wohl leider kaum die Erkenntnisse der Religionsdemografie vor Augen.

    Denn wusstet Ihr, dass die Geburtenraten weltweit absacken? Dass es außerhalb Afrikas keine einzige Demokratie mit mehr als zwei Kindern pro Frau mehr gibt - außer Israel 🇮🇱?

    Dass insbesondere in asiatischen und buddhistisch geprägten Gesellschaften wie Thailand 🇹🇭, Japan 🇯🇵 und Südkorea 🇰🇷 die Geburtenraten nahe oder sogar unter ein Kind pro Frau gefallen sind?

    Habe Euch mal eine Datengrafik zur Entwicklung der Geburtenraten (TFR) in den USA 🇺🇸, Türkei 🇹🇷, Israel 🇮🇱 & Thailand 🇹🇭 erstellt.

    Und einen Blogpost für Dialog & mit einem kostenfreien eBooklet verlinkt.

    #Religion #Demografie #Mathematik #Merz #DGB #Religionsdemografie #Thailand #Japan #Südkorea #Israel #USA #Deutschland #EU

    scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-

  7. Saint Augustine of Canterbury is commemorated on May 28. He was a Benedictine monk sent by Pope Gregory the Great in 596 AD to evangelize England. Augustine led a group of about forty monks on this missionary journey, though they nearly turned back due to reports of the fierce nature of the Anglo-Saxons.

    Landing in Kent in 597, Augustine was received by King Æthelberht, whose wife Bertha was already a Christian. The king granted them permission to preach and gave them a dwelling in Canterbury. Augustine's preaching and the monks' exemplary lives led to many conversions, including King Æthelberht himself, who was baptized that same year.

    Augustine became the first Archbishop of Canterbury, establishing it as the primary see of the English Church—a position it maintains today. He founded Christ Church in Canterbury and established a monastery dedicated to Saints Peter and Paul (later renamed St. Augustine's Abbey). He also worked to organize the English Church, consecrating bishops and establishing dioceses.

    His mission faced challenges in dealing with the existing Celtic Christian communities in Britain, which had different customs and practices. Despite some tensions, Augustine's work laid the foundation for Christianity in England. He died around 604 AD and was buried at his abbey in Canterbury.

    #religion #CatholicSaints #saints #catholic #catholics #catholicism #christianity

  8. Lets not mention the centuries of evil doings by the #catholic church or any other #religion for that matter.
    Lets not mention brainwashing young children to enlist them as member of this anti-democratic patriarchal institution. #childabuse #misogyny
    #hypocrite
    He just makes AI look like a competitor to his religion.
    What has Pope Leo warned about AI – and why that’s significant
    aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/26/w

  9. Lets not mention the centuries of evil doings by the #catholic church or any other #religion for that matter.
    Lets not mention brainwashing young children to enlist them as member of this anti-democratic patriarchal institution. #childabuse #misogyny
    #hypocrite
    He just makes AI look like a competitor to his religion.
    What has Pope Leo warned about AI – and why that’s significant
    aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/26/w

  10. Lets not mention the centuries of evil doings by the #catholic church or any other #religion for that matter.
    Lets not mention brainwashing young children to enlist them as member of this anti-democratic patriarchal institution. #childabuse #misogyny
    #hypocrite
    He just makes AI look like a competitor to his religion.
    What has Pope Leo warned about AI – and why that’s significant
    aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/26/w

  11. Lets not mention the centuries of evil doings by the #catholic church or any other #religion for that matter.
    Lets not mention brainwashing young children to enlist them as member of this anti-democratic patriarchal institution. #childabuse #misogyny
    #hypocrite
    He just makes AI look like a competitor to his religion.
    What has Pope Leo warned about AI – and why that’s significant
    aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/26/w

  12. Lets not mention the centuries of evil doings by the #catholic church or any other #religion for that matter.
    Lets not mention brainwashing young children to enlist them as member of this anti-democratic patriarchal institution. #childabuse #misogyny
    #hypocrite
    He just makes AI look like a competitor to his religion.
    What has Pope Leo warned about AI – and why that’s significant
    aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/26/w

  13. Hoy traigo a Socrates y a otros dos grnades pensadores que tratan de ayudar nos con la violencia leealo ... medium.com/@pronoviol/may%C3%A #Religión #Maestros

  14. On practicing religion…


    I believe angels protect me and my family.
    I believe there is a presence bigger than what my eyes can see.
    And honestly, there were moments in my life where faith was the only thing quietly holding me together.

    Every place I go, I make sure to visit a church and silently pray.

    Am I practicing religion?

    I never really know how to answer that question in one sentence.

    I was born into a family with two religions. My mother was Protestant. My father was Roman Catholic. Growing up, faith was present in different forms, different prayers, different traditions, and different ways of understanding God. Maybe that is why, somewhere along the way, I stopped trying to place God inside only one room.

    To me, God is everywhere.

    I talk to Him before I sleep at night.
    I pray when I wake up in the morning before my feet even touch the floor.
    I pray before leaving home.
    I pray when I arrive safely after work.
    Sometimes my prayers are long.
    Sometimes they are only whispers made from exhaustion, gratitude, fear, or hope.

    I believe angels protect me and my family.
    I believe there is a presence bigger than what my eyes can see.
    And honestly, there were moments in my life where faith was the only thing quietly holding me together.

    So do I practice religion?

    Maybe not in the way some people expect.

    An old catholic church in Vientianne, Laos

    I am not the perfect churchgoer.
    I do not memorize many verses.
    I cannot debate theology.
    There are seasons when work, distance, responsibilities, and life itself pull me away from routines people often associate with religious devotion.

    But faith still follows me everywhere.

    It sits beside me during long drives to work in Thailand.
    It waits for me in silent condominiums far away from home.
    It travels with me through airports, hotel rooms, unfamiliar cities, and lonely nights.
    It exists in the simple relief of hearing my children’s voices after a difficult day.
    It exists in surviving things I once thought would break me completely.

    Maybe religion, at its core, is not only about buildings, labels, or traditions.
    Maybe sometimes it is about returning to God repeatedly, even in imperfect ways.

    I think many people carry quiet forms of faith like this.

    The mother who whispers a prayer while her child is sleeping.
    The exhausted worker who says “Please guide me” before entering the office.
    The traveler who looks out of an airplane window and silently thanks God for another chance at life.
    The lonely person who still chooses to believe that heaven has not forgotten them.

    Inside the catholic church in SaPa Vietnam

    Not all faith is loud.

    Some faith lives softly inside routines.
    Inside survival.
    Inside gratitude.
    Inside ordinary mornings.

    And maybe that still counts.

    Maybe God listens even to the prayers spoken half-awake beneath dim bedroom lights.
    Maybe He hears tired people too.
    Maybe He was never asking for perfection in the first place.

    Only sincerity.

    And if that is true, then perhaps I have been practicing faith all along.

    💖💖💖

    #adventure #angel #asia #blog #blogging #community #dailyprompt #faith #family #gratitude #health #home #Inspiration #life #lifestyle #love #mentalHealth #mindfulness #motivation #people #personalDevelopment #personalGrowth #philippines #places #prayer #psychologyCom #reading #relationships #religion #selfCare #selfImprovement #spirituality #thailand #travel #travels #wellBeing #wellness #work #writing
  15. On practicing religion…


    I believe angels protect me and my family.
    I believe there is a presence bigger than what my eyes can see.
    And honestly, there were moments in my life where faith was the only thing quietly holding me together.

    Every place I go, I make sure to visit a church and silently pray.

    Am I practicing religion?

    I never really know how to answer that question in one sentence.

    I was born into a family with two religions. My mother was Protestant. My father was Roman Catholic. Growing up, faith was present in different forms, different prayers, different traditions, and different ways of understanding God. Maybe that is why, somewhere along the way, I stopped trying to place God inside only one room.

    To me, God is everywhere.

    I talk to Him before I sleep at night.
    I pray when I wake up in the morning before my feet even touch the floor.
    I pray before leaving home.
    I pray when I arrive safely after work.
    Sometimes my prayers are long.
    Sometimes they are only whispers made from exhaustion, gratitude, fear, or hope.

    I believe angels protect me and my family.
    I believe there is a presence bigger than what my eyes can see.
    And honestly, there were moments in my life where faith was the only thing quietly holding me together.

    So do I practice religion?

    Maybe not in the way some people expect.

    An old catholic church in Vientianne, Laos

    I am not the perfect churchgoer.
    I do not memorize many verses.
    I cannot debate theology.
    There are seasons when work, distance, responsibilities, and life itself pull me away from routines people often associate with religious devotion.

    But faith still follows me everywhere.

    It sits beside me during long drives to work in Thailand.
    It waits for me in silent condominiums far away from home.
    It travels with me through airports, hotel rooms, unfamiliar cities, and lonely nights.
    It exists in the simple relief of hearing my children’s voices after a difficult day.
    It exists in surviving things I once thought would break me completely.

    Maybe religion, at its core, is not only about buildings, labels, or traditions.
    Maybe sometimes it is about returning to God repeatedly, even in imperfect ways.

    I think many people carry quiet forms of faith like this.

    The mother who whispers a prayer while her child is sleeping.
    The exhausted worker who says “Please guide me” before entering the office.
    The traveler who looks out of an airplane window and silently thanks God for another chance at life.
    The lonely person who still chooses to believe that heaven has not forgotten them.

    Inside the catholic church in SaPa Vietnam

    Not all faith is loud.

    Some faith lives softly inside routines.
    Inside survival.
    Inside gratitude.
    Inside ordinary mornings.

    And maybe that still counts.

    Maybe God listens even to the prayers spoken half-awake beneath dim bedroom lights.
    Maybe He hears tired people too.
    Maybe He was never asking for perfection in the first place.

    Only sincerity.

    And if that is true, then perhaps I have been practicing faith all along.

    💖💖💖

    #adventure #angel #asia #blog #blogging #community #dailyprompt #faith #family #gratitude #health #home #Inspiration #life #lifestyle #love #mentalHealth #mindfulness #motivation #people #personalDevelopment #personalGrowth #philippines #places #prayer #psychologyCom #reading #relationships #religion #selfCare #selfImprovement #spirituality #thailand #travel #travels #wellBeing #wellness #work #writing
  16. On practicing religion…


    I believe angels protect me and my family.
    I believe there is a presence bigger than what my eyes can see.
    And honestly, there were moments in my life where faith was the only thing quietly holding me together.

    Every place I go, I make sure to visit a church and silently pray.

    Am I practicing religion?

    I never really know how to answer that question in one sentence.

    I was born into a family with two religions. My mother was Protestant. My father was Roman Catholic. Growing up, faith was present in different forms, different prayers, different traditions, and different ways of understanding God. Maybe that is why, somewhere along the way, I stopped trying to place God inside only one room.

    To me, God is everywhere.

    I talk to Him before I sleep at night.
    I pray when I wake up in the morning before my feet even touch the floor.
    I pray before leaving home.
    I pray when I arrive safely after work.
    Sometimes my prayers are long.
    Sometimes they are only whispers made from exhaustion, gratitude, fear, or hope.

    I believe angels protect me and my family.
    I believe there is a presence bigger than what my eyes can see.
    And honestly, there were moments in my life where faith was the only thing quietly holding me together.

    So do I practice religion?

    Maybe not in the way some people expect.

    An old catholic church in Vientianne, Laos

    I am not the perfect churchgoer.
    I do not memorize many verses.
    I cannot debate theology.
    There are seasons when work, distance, responsibilities, and life itself pull me away from routines people often associate with religious devotion.

    But faith still follows me everywhere.

    It sits beside me during long drives to work in Thailand.
    It waits for me in silent condominiums far away from home.
    It travels with me through airports, hotel rooms, unfamiliar cities, and lonely nights.
    It exists in the simple relief of hearing my children’s voices after a difficult day.
    It exists in surviving things I once thought would break me completely.

    Maybe religion, at its core, is not only about buildings, labels, or traditions.
    Maybe sometimes it is about returning to God repeatedly, even in imperfect ways.

    I think many people carry quiet forms of faith like this.

    The mother who whispers a prayer while her child is sleeping.
    The exhausted worker who says “Please guide me” before entering the office.
    The traveler who looks out of an airplane window and silently thanks God for another chance at life.
    The lonely person who still chooses to believe that heaven has not forgotten them.

    Inside the catholic church in SaPa Vietnam

    Not all faith is loud.

    Some faith lives softly inside routines.
    Inside survival.
    Inside gratitude.
    Inside ordinary mornings.

    And maybe that still counts.

    Maybe God listens even to the prayers spoken half-awake beneath dim bedroom lights.
    Maybe He hears tired people too.
    Maybe He was never asking for perfection in the first place.

    Only sincerity.

    And if that is true, then perhaps I have been practicing faith all along.

    💖💖💖

    #adventure #angel #asia #blog #blogging #community #dailyprompt #faith #family #gratitude #health #home #Inspiration #life #lifestyle #love #mentalHealth #mindfulness #motivation #people #personalDevelopment #personalGrowth #philippines #places #prayer #psychologyCom #reading #relationships #religion #selfCare #selfImprovement #spirituality #thailand #travel #travels #wellBeing #wellness #work #writing
  17. On practicing religion…


    I believe angels protect me and my family.
    I believe there is a presence bigger than what my eyes can see.
    And honestly, there were moments in my life where faith was the only thing quietly holding me together.

    Every place I go, I make sure to visit a church and silently pray.

    Am I practicing religion?

    I never really know how to answer that question in one sentence.

    I was born into a family with two religions. My mother was Protestant. My father was Roman Catholic. Growing up, faith was present in different forms, different prayers, different traditions, and different ways of understanding God. Maybe that is why, somewhere along the way, I stopped trying to place God inside only one room.

    To me, God is everywhere.

    I talk to Him before I sleep at night.
    I pray when I wake up in the morning before my feet even touch the floor.
    I pray before leaving home.
    I pray when I arrive safely after work.
    Sometimes my prayers are long.
    Sometimes they are only whispers made from exhaustion, gratitude, fear, or hope.

    I believe angels protect me and my family.
    I believe there is a presence bigger than what my eyes can see.
    And honestly, there were moments in my life where faith was the only thing quietly holding me together.

    So do I practice religion?

    Maybe not in the way some people expect.

    An old catholic church in Vientianne, Laos

    I am not the perfect churchgoer.
    I do not memorize many verses.
    I cannot debate theology.
    There are seasons when work, distance, responsibilities, and life itself pull me away from routines people often associate with religious devotion.

    But faith still follows me everywhere.

    It sits beside me during long drives to work in Thailand.
    It waits for me in silent condominiums far away from home.
    It travels with me through airports, hotel rooms, unfamiliar cities, and lonely nights.
    It exists in the simple relief of hearing my children’s voices after a difficult day.
    It exists in surviving things I once thought would break me completely.

    Maybe religion, at its core, is not only about buildings, labels, or traditions.
    Maybe sometimes it is about returning to God repeatedly, even in imperfect ways.

    I think many people carry quiet forms of faith like this.

    The mother who whispers a prayer while her child is sleeping.
    The exhausted worker who says “Please guide me” before entering the office.
    The traveler who looks out of an airplane window and silently thanks God for another chance at life.
    The lonely person who still chooses to believe that heaven has not forgotten them.

    Inside the catholic church in SaPa Vietnam

    Not all faith is loud.

    Some faith lives softly inside routines.
    Inside survival.
    Inside gratitude.
    Inside ordinary mornings.

    And maybe that still counts.

    Maybe God listens even to the prayers spoken half-awake beneath dim bedroom lights.
    Maybe He hears tired people too.
    Maybe He was never asking for perfection in the first place.

    Only sincerity.

    And if that is true, then perhaps I have been practicing faith all along.

    💖💖💖

    #adventure #angel #asia #blog #blogging #community #dailyprompt #faith #family #gratitude #health #home #Inspiration #life #lifestyle #love #mentalHealth #mindfulness #motivation #people #personalDevelopment #personalGrowth #philippines #places #prayer #psychologyCom #reading #relationships #religion #selfCare #selfImprovement #spirituality #thailand #travel #travels #wellBeing #wellness #work #writing
  18. On practicing religion…


    I believe angels protect me and my family.
    I believe there is a presence bigger than what my eyes can see.
    And honestly, there were moments in my life where faith was the only thing quietly holding me together.

    Every place I go, I make sure to visit a church and silently pray.

    Am I practicing religion?

    I never really know how to answer that question in one sentence.

    I was born into a family with two religions. My mother was Protestant. My father was Roman Catholic. Growing up, faith was present in different forms, different prayers, different traditions, and different ways of understanding God. Maybe that is why, somewhere along the way, I stopped trying to place God inside only one room.

    To me, God is everywhere.

    I talk to Him before I sleep at night.
    I pray when I wake up in the morning before my feet even touch the floor.
    I pray before leaving home.
    I pray when I arrive safely after work.
    Sometimes my prayers are long.
    Sometimes they are only whispers made from exhaustion, gratitude, fear, or hope.

    I believe angels protect me and my family.
    I believe there is a presence bigger than what my eyes can see.
    And honestly, there were moments in my life where faith was the only thing quietly holding me together.

    So do I practice religion?

    Maybe not in the way some people expect.

    An old catholic church in Vientianne, Laos

    I am not the perfect churchgoer.
    I do not memorize many verses.
    I cannot debate theology.
    There are seasons when work, distance, responsibilities, and life itself pull me away from routines people often associate with religious devotion.

    But faith still follows me everywhere.

    It sits beside me during long drives to work in Thailand.
    It waits for me in silent condominiums far away from home.
    It travels with me through airports, hotel rooms, unfamiliar cities, and lonely nights.
    It exists in the simple relief of hearing my children’s voices after a difficult day.
    It exists in surviving things I once thought would break me completely.

    Maybe religion, at its core, is not only about buildings, labels, or traditions.
    Maybe sometimes it is about returning to God repeatedly, even in imperfect ways.

    I think many people carry quiet forms of faith like this.

    The mother who whispers a prayer while her child is sleeping.
    The exhausted worker who says “Please guide me” before entering the office.
    The traveler who looks out of an airplane window and silently thanks God for another chance at life.
    The lonely person who still chooses to believe that heaven has not forgotten them.

    Inside the catholic church in SaPa Vietnam

    Not all faith is loud.

    Some faith lives softly inside routines.
    Inside survival.
    Inside gratitude.
    Inside ordinary mornings.

    And maybe that still counts.

    Maybe God listens even to the prayers spoken half-awake beneath dim bedroom lights.
    Maybe He hears tired people too.
    Maybe He was never asking for perfection in the first place.

    Only sincerity.

    And if that is true, then perhaps I have been practicing faith all along.

    💖💖💖

    #adventure #angel #asia #blog #blogging #community #dailyprompt #faith #family #gratitude #health #home #Inspiration #life #lifestyle #love #mentalHealth #mindfulness #motivation #people #personalDevelopment #personalGrowth #philippines #places #prayer #psychologyCom #reading #relationships #religion #selfCare #selfImprovement #spirituality #thailand #travel #travels #wellBeing #wellness #work #writing
  19. Alles Dasselbe?

    “Die Jugend liebt heutzutage den Luxus.”

    “Sie hat schlechte Manieren, verachtet die Autorität, hat keinen Respekt vor den älteren Leuten und schwatzt, wo sie arbeiten sollte. Die jungen Leute stehen nicht mehr auf, wenn Ältere das Zimmer betreten. Sie widersprechen ihren Eltern, schwadronieren in der Gesellschaft, verschlingen bei Tisch die Süßspeisen, legen die Beine übereinander und tyrannisieren ihre Lehrer.” Diese Klage von ihm hier ist jetzt mindestens 2425 Jahre alt. Das muss dem Folgenden vorausgeschickt werden.

    Lassen Sie uns ferner festhalten, dass “die Jugend” nur mehr oder weniger, eher mehr intelligent das an Gesellschaft und ihrer Wirklichkeit adaptiert und für sich anwendet, was die vor ihr Geborenen ihr zubereitet haben. Das sind Fakten, an denen vernunftorientierte Zweifel nicht wirklich möglich sind.

    Was mag es bedeuten, wenn nun z.B. Bernardo Cantz/telepolis, der – und dessen Medium – seinen persönlichen Hintergrund nicht bekannt macht, feststellt: Studium, Smartphones, Sinkflug: Warum die Gen Z schlechter abschneidet – Forscher schlagen Alarm: Eine ganze Generation könnte kognitiv zurückfallen – und die Ursache liegt näher, als viele denken.”

    Der Autor macht immerhin transparent, berücksichtigt das in seiner Kommentierung aber nicht, dass er über “Meta-Studien” berichtet. Was das ist, erklärt Wikipedia so:

    “Eine Metaanalyse ist eine Zusammenfassung von Primär-Untersuchungen zu Metadaten, die mit quantitativen und statistischen Mitteln arbeitet. Sie versucht frühere Forschungsarbeiten quantitativ bzw. statistisch zusammenzufassen und zu präsentieren. Der Unterschied zur systematischen Übersichtsarbeit (auch ‘Review’ genannt) liegt darin, dass ein Review die früheren Forschungsdaten und Publikationen kritisch würdigt, während die Metaanalyse nur die quantitative und statistische Aufarbeitung der früheren Ergebnisse umfasst.”

    Mann nennt es Politik

    Sie untersuchen also nicht selbst, sondern fassen zusammen, was untersucht wurde. Untersucht wird halt das, was jemand zum Untersuchen beauftragt hat. Was nicht untersucht wird, wird auch nicht rausgefunden. Untersucht wird, was die*der Auftraggebende herausfinden will. Mann nennt es Politik. Oder, wenn Sie so wollen, auch: Kapitalismus.

    Erfreulich differenzierter geht es in diesem Interview von Yann Barte/Jungle World zu: François Kraus, Meinungsforscher, im Gespräch über religiöse Jugendliche in Frankreich: »Religion ist zu einer Identität geworden« – Die französische Jugend bewegt sich nicht allgemein nach rechts, wird aber in Teilen religiöser und reaktionärer: Die »Jungle World« sprach mit dem Meinungsforscher François Kraus über das Schwinden gewohnter politischer Koordinaten, die Polarisierung zwischen den Geschlechtern und die politischen Folgen zunehmender Religiosität.”

    Als Ungläubiger muss ich die überbordende Gläubigkeit zur Kenntnis nehmen. Das missionarische Atheistendasein habe ich vor etlichen Jahrzehnten aufgegeben. Ich will ja anders sein, als all die irren Missionar*inn*e*n. Als Agnostiker ist das Maximalziel die friedliche Koexistenz mit der Übermacht der Verrückten. Gewiss dürfte das Muslimische in Frankreich ein höheres gesellschaftlich relevantes Gewicht haben, als hierzulande. Prinzipiell gegensätzliche Verhältnisse kann ich dagegen nicht erkennen. Sie? Generell sind die Ergebnisse eher nicht weltabgewandt von der die befragten Menschen umgebenden gesellschaftlichen Wirklichkeit. Mann könnte halt schlicht zu vernünftigeren Schlüssen kommen, als es viele mindergebildete Geschlechtsgenossen tun. In Frankreich wie hier.

    Und die Mächtigen? Alle unter einer Decke?

    Spektakulär finde ich die Erkenntnisse, die Philipp Fess/telepolis hier referiert:

    China, Russland und der Traum vom ‘eurasischen Jahrhundert'” – Putin und Xi präsentieren ein Manifest gegen US-Dominanz. Kritiker sehen darin Hoffnung auf Multipolarität – andere nur eine neue Form globaler Kontrolle. – Vereint gegen die eine Nation? Wladimir Putin und Xi Jinping haben beim russischen Staatsbesuch am 20. Mai in Peking eine gemeinsame ‘Erklärung zur Errichtung einer multipolaren Weltordnung und einer neuen Art internationaler Beziehungen’ unterzeichnet.”

    Gegen Ende zitiert der Autor einen “US-Ökonomen” namens Patrick Wood, den er so zusammenfasst: “Woods These ist so einfach wie provokant: Die Eliten aus Washington und Peking arbeiteten seit Jahrzehnten am selben Projekt: dem einer technokratischen Weltordnung.” Das wäre, wenn es stimmte, eine spektakuläre Erkenntnis. Wirklich?

    Nunja, es wäre nicht das erste Mal, dass die Herrschenden auf Kosten der Beherrschten herrschen. Und es ist leider noch nicht einmal ausgeschlossen, dass sie mit- bzw. gegeneinander Krieg führen, auf Kosten der Beherrschten beider Seiten. Oder was machen Netanyahu und die Hamas? Oder Trump und der Iran? Auch Putin und Selenskyi? Hitler und Stalin? Die Imperialisten, die gegeneinander den 1. Weltkrieg 1914 entfesselten? Was all die können, können Trump (oder sein baldiger Nachfolger) und Xi Jinping schon lange. Xi Jinping hat kein Interesse an Kriegführung, weil er ihren ökonomischen Unsinn und ihre Risiken kennt, ein Imperialist mit Stärke. Bei Trump hingegen regiert der Imperialismus der Schwäche. Der ist und bleibt gefährlich.

  20. Alles Dasselbe?

    “Die Jugend liebt heutzutage den Luxus.”

    “Sie hat schlechte Manieren, verachtet die Autorität, hat keinen Respekt vor den älteren Leuten und schwatzt, wo sie arbeiten sollte. Die jungen Leute stehen nicht mehr auf, wenn Ältere das Zimmer betreten. Sie widersprechen ihren Eltern, schwadronieren in der Gesellschaft, verschlingen bei Tisch die Süßspeisen, legen die Beine übereinander und tyrannisieren ihre Lehrer.” Diese Klage von ihm hier ist jetzt mindestens 2425 Jahre alt. Das muss dem Folgenden vorausgeschickt werden.

    Lassen Sie uns ferner festhalten, dass “die Jugend” nur mehr oder weniger, eher mehr intelligent das an Gesellschaft und ihrer Wirklichkeit adaptiert und für sich anwendet, was die vor ihr Geborenen ihr zubereitet haben. Das sind Fakten, an denen vernunftorientierte Zweifel nicht wirklich möglich sind.

    Was mag es bedeuten, wenn nun z.B. Bernardo Cantz/telepolis, der – und dessen Medium – seinen persönlichen Hintergrund nicht bekannt macht, feststellt: Studium, Smartphones, Sinkflug: Warum die Gen Z schlechter abschneidet – Forscher schlagen Alarm: Eine ganze Generation könnte kognitiv zurückfallen – und die Ursache liegt näher, als viele denken.”

    Der Autor macht immerhin transparent, berücksichtigt das in seiner Kommentierung aber nicht, dass er über “Meta-Studien” berichtet. Was das ist, erklärt Wikipedia so:

    “Eine Metaanalyse ist eine Zusammenfassung von Primär-Untersuchungen zu Metadaten, die mit quantitativen und statistischen Mitteln arbeitet. Sie versucht frühere Forschungsarbeiten quantitativ bzw. statistisch zusammenzufassen und zu präsentieren. Der Unterschied zur systematischen Übersichtsarbeit (auch ‘Review’ genannt) liegt darin, dass ein Review die früheren Forschungsdaten und Publikationen kritisch würdigt, während die Metaanalyse nur die quantitative und statistische Aufarbeitung der früheren Ergebnisse umfasst.”

    Mann nennt es Politik

    Sie untersuchen also nicht selbst, sondern fassen zusammen, was untersucht wurde. Untersucht wird halt das, was jemand zum Untersuchen beauftragt hat. Was nicht untersucht wird, wird auch nicht rausgefunden. Untersucht wird, was die*der Auftraggebende herausfinden will. Mann nennt es Politik. Oder, wenn Sie so wollen, auch: Kapitalismus.

    Erfreulich differenzierter geht es in diesem Interview von Yann Barte/Jungle World zu: François Kraus, Meinungsforscher, im Gespräch über religiöse Jugendliche in Frankreich: »Religion ist zu einer Identität geworden« – Die französische Jugend bewegt sich nicht allgemein nach rechts, wird aber in Teilen religiöser und reaktionärer: Die »Jungle World« sprach mit dem Meinungsforscher François Kraus über das Schwinden gewohnter politischer Koordinaten, die Polarisierung zwischen den Geschlechtern und die politischen Folgen zunehmender Religiosität.”

    Als Ungläubiger muss ich die überbordende Gläubigkeit zur Kenntnis nehmen. Das missionarische Atheistendasein habe ich vor etlichen Jahrzehnten aufgegeben. Ich will ja anders sein, als all die irren Missionar*inn*e*n. Als Agnostiker ist das Maximalziel die friedliche Koexistenz mit der Übermacht der Verrückten. Gewiss dürfte das Muslimische in Frankreich ein höheres gesellschaftlich relevantes Gewicht haben, als hierzulande. Prinzipiell gegensätzliche Verhältnisse kann ich dagegen nicht erkennen. Sie? Generell sind die Ergebnisse eher nicht weltabgewandt von der die befragten Menschen umgebenden gesellschaftlichen Wirklichkeit. Mann könnte halt schlicht zu vernünftigeren Schlüssen kommen, als es viele mindergebildete Geschlechtsgenossen tun. In Frankreich wie hier.

    Und die Mächtigen? Alle unter einer Decke?

    Spektakulär finde ich die Erkenntnisse, die Philipp Fess/telepolis hier referiert:

    China, Russland und der Traum vom ‘eurasischen Jahrhundert'” – Putin und Xi präsentieren ein Manifest gegen US-Dominanz. Kritiker sehen darin Hoffnung auf Multipolarität – andere nur eine neue Form globaler Kontrolle. – Vereint gegen die eine Nation? Wladimir Putin und Xi Jinping haben beim russischen Staatsbesuch am 20. Mai in Peking eine gemeinsame ‘Erklärung zur Errichtung einer multipolaren Weltordnung und einer neuen Art internationaler Beziehungen’ unterzeichnet.”

    Gegen Ende zitiert der Autor einen “US-Ökonomen” namens Patrick Wood, den er so zusammenfasst: “Woods These ist so einfach wie provokant: Die Eliten aus Washington und Peking arbeiteten seit Jahrzehnten am selben Projekt: dem einer technokratischen Weltordnung.” Das wäre, wenn es stimmte, eine spektakuläre Erkenntnis. Wirklich?

    Nunja, es wäre nicht das erste Mal, dass die Herrschenden auf Kosten der Beherrschten herrschen. Und es ist leider noch nicht einmal ausgeschlossen, dass sie mit- bzw. gegeneinander Krieg führen, auf Kosten der Beherrschten beider Seiten. Oder was machen Netanyahu und die Hamas? Oder Trump und der Iran? Auch Putin und Selenskyi? Hitler und Stalin? Die Imperialisten, die gegeneinander den 1. Weltkrieg 1914 entfesselten? Was all die können, können Trump (oder sein baldiger Nachfolger) und Xi Jinping schon lange. Xi Jinping hat kein Interesse an Kriegführung, weil er ihren ökonomischen Unsinn und ihre Risiken kennt, ein Imperialist mit Stärke. Bei Trump hingegen regiert der Imperialismus der Schwäche. Der ist und bleibt gefährlich.

  21. 📣 Book Release Announcement 📣

    As our one living planet teeters upon its very axis, heavy munitions pound the Earth stomping out lives like falling forest trees. Up among the branches 🫀love🫀conquers all when we pursue its infinite variations actively and with intention. In this spirit my old pal the photographer Fabrizio Dal Vera and I share our studio shoot of How To Survive Secular Mysticism - a spiritual manifesto, by moi and now available on plural-studio.net/how-to-survi

    there is nothing in this book
    that you do not already know
    though you may have
    forgotten
    therefore soften your perspective as you engage
    these realities
    softness allows the future to be remembered into
    the present
    like brush lines in an act of creativity

    How To Survive Secular Mysticism is a fierce meditation on the cultural hijacking of mystical language and imagery. Alex Head’s swirling aesthetic sensibility and kaleidoscopic commentaries pull us through the subtle yet profound distinctions between lived spirituality and its secular simulacrum, demanding conscious intention and devotional presence amid ever-intensifying chaos.



    - Ferdiansyah Thajib, author of Enduring Otherwise

    Dense and earnest, this is someone thinking seriously about finding transcendence through art, community, and presence rather than doctrine. ‘Secular mysticism’ numbs you, disorients you, and opens you to external control. Genuinely strange and original writing, somewhere between cultural criticism, spiritual autobiography, and conspiracy theory, held together by artistic intelligence.



    - Erin Honeycutt, pamphleteer

    Secular Mysticism includes but is not limited to:

    • Uninitiated or uneducated audiences exposed to

    religious ideas and icons such as the ‘all seeing eye’

    • Drugs and alcohol consumed without intention

    • Social-media generated content consumed without

    consent

    • Trigger responses to environmental stimuli that confuse

    thoughts and feelings, opening a way in for fear and anger

    • Hypnotic sexual imagery such as the ‘Super-Hero’

    Launch event in Berlin coming soon.

    Colophon:
    How to Survive Secular Mysticism
    Alex Head
    Plural Studio
    2026, Berlin
    First edition
    All rights reserved
    Fonts: Suisse Neue, Suisse International, Suisse
    Works, Work Sans, Fergus McDonald
    Layout: Lizard in the Spring
    Editing: Anna Kostreva
    Cover image, after a collaboration with artist
    Gabriel Birch, circa 1994
    ISBN: 978-3-9828617-0-8

    #drugs #religion #hypnosis #sacred #taoism #buddhism #hinduism #christianity #judaism #secularism #secularmysticism #faith #belief #intoxication #dreamtimehealing #aboriginal #holographickinetics #startrek #thoughts #feelings #sex #vision #visions #initiates #esoteric #secret #love #culture #human #intelligence #art #magic #Berlin

  22. 📣 Book Release Announcement 📣

    As our one living planet teeters upon its very axis, heavy munitions pound the Earth stomping out lives like falling forest trees. Up among the branches 🫀love🫀conquers all when we pursue its infinite variations actively and with intention. In this spirit my old pal the photographer Fabrizio Dal Vera and I share our studio shoot of How To Survive Secular Mysticism - a spiritual manifesto, by moi and now available on plural-studio.net/how-to-survi

    there is nothing in this book
    that you do not already know
    though you may have
    forgotten
    therefore soften your perspective as you engage
    these realities
    softness allows the future to be remembered into
    the present
    like brush lines in an act of creativity

    How To Survive Secular Mysticism is a fierce meditation on the cultural hijacking of mystical language and imagery. Alex Head’s swirling aesthetic sensibility and kaleidoscopic commentaries pull us through the subtle yet profound distinctions between lived spirituality and its secular simulacrum, demanding conscious intention and devotional presence amid ever-intensifying chaos.



    - Ferdiansyah Thajib, author of Enduring Otherwise

    Dense and earnest, this is someone thinking seriously about finding transcendence through art, community, and presence rather than doctrine. ‘Secular mysticism’ numbs you, disorients you, and opens you to external control. Genuinely strange and original writing, somewhere between cultural criticism, spiritual autobiography, and conspiracy theory, held together by artistic intelligence.



    - Erin Honeycutt, pamphleteer

    Secular Mysticism includes but is not limited to:

    • Uninitiated or uneducated audiences exposed to

    religious ideas and icons such as the ‘all seeing eye’

    • Drugs and alcohol consumed without intention

    • Social-media generated content consumed without

    consent

    • Trigger responses to environmental stimuli that confuse

    thoughts and feelings, opening a way in for fear and anger

    • Hypnotic sexual imagery such as the ‘Super-Hero’

    Launch event in Berlin coming soon.

    Colophon:
    How to Survive Secular Mysticism
    Alex Head
    Plural Studio
    2026, Berlin
    First edition
    All rights reserved
    Fonts: Suisse Neue, Suisse International, Suisse
    Works, Work Sans, Fergus McDonald
    Layout: Lizard in the Spring
    Editing: Anna Kostreva
    Cover image, after a collaboration with artist
    Gabriel Birch, circa 1994
    ISBN: 978-3-9828617-0-8

    #drugs #religion #hypnosis #sacred #taoism #buddhism #hinduism #christianity #judaism #secularism #secularmysticism #faith #belief #intoxication #dreamtimehealing #aboriginal #holographickinetics #startrek #thoughts #feelings #sex #vision #visions #initiates #esoteric #secret #love #culture #human #intelligence #art #magic #Berlin

  23. 📣 Book Release Announcement 📣

    As our one living planet teeters upon its very axis, heavy munitions pound the Earth stomping out lives like falling forest trees. Up among the branches 🫀love🫀conquers all when we pursue its infinite variations actively and with intention. In this spirit my old pal the photographer Fabrizio Dal Vera and I share our studio shoot of How To Survive Secular Mysticism - a spiritual manifesto, by moi and now available on plural-studio.net/how-to-survi

    there is nothing in this book
    that you do not already know
    though you may have
    forgotten
    therefore soften your perspective as you engage
    these realities
    softness allows the future to be remembered into
    the present
    like brush lines in an act of creativity

    How To Survive Secular Mysticism is a fierce meditation on the cultural hijacking of mystical language and imagery. Alex Head’s swirling aesthetic sensibility and kaleidoscopic commentaries pull us through the subtle yet profound distinctions between lived spirituality and its secular simulacrum, demanding conscious intention and devotional presence amid ever-intensifying chaos.



    - Ferdiansyah Thajib, author of Enduring Otherwise

    Dense and earnest, this is someone thinking seriously about finding transcendence through art, community, and presence rather than doctrine. ‘Secular mysticism’ numbs you, disorients you, and opens you to external control. Genuinely strange and original writing, somewhere between cultural criticism, spiritual autobiography, and conspiracy theory, held together by artistic intelligence.



    - Erin Honeycutt, pamphleteer

    Secular Mysticism includes but is not limited to:

    • Uninitiated or uneducated audiences exposed to

    religious ideas and icons such as the ‘all seeing eye’

    • Drugs and alcohol consumed without intention

    • Social-media generated content consumed without

    consent

    • Trigger responses to environmental stimuli that confuse

    thoughts and feelings, opening a way in for fear and anger

    • Hypnotic sexual imagery such as the ‘Super-Hero’

    Launch event in Berlin coming soon.

    Colophon:
    How to Survive Secular Mysticism
    Alex Head
    Plural Studio
    2026, Berlin
    First edition
    All rights reserved
    Fonts: Suisse Neue, Suisse International, Suisse
    Works, Work Sans, Fergus McDonald
    Layout: Lizard in the Spring
    Editing: Anna Kostreva
    Cover image, after a collaboration with artist
    Gabriel Birch, circa 1994
    ISBN: 978-3-9828617-0-8

    #drugs #religion #hypnosis #sacred #taoism #buddhism #hinduism #christianity #judaism #secularism #secularmysticism #faith #belief #intoxication #dreamtimehealing #aboriginal #holographickinetics #startrek #thoughts #feelings #sex #vision #visions #initiates #esoteric #secret #love #culture #human #intelligence #art #magic #Berlin

  24. 📣 Book Release Announcement 📣

    As our one living planet teeters upon its very axis, heavy munitions pound the Earth stomping out lives like falling forest trees. Up among the branches 🫀love🫀conquers all when we pursue its infinite variations actively and with intention. In this spirit my old pal the photographer Fabrizio Dal Vera and I share our studio shoot of How To Survive Secular Mysticism - a spiritual manifesto, by moi and now available on plural-studio.net/how-to-survi

    there is nothing in this book
    that you do not already know
    though you may have
    forgotten
    therefore soften your perspective as you engage
    these realities
    softness allows the future to be remembered into
    the present
    like brush lines in an act of creativity

    How To Survive Secular Mysticism is a fierce meditation on the cultural hijacking of mystical language and imagery. Alex Head’s swirling aesthetic sensibility and kaleidoscopic commentaries pull us through the subtle yet profound distinctions between lived spirituality and its secular simulacrum, demanding conscious intention and devotional presence amid ever-intensifying chaos.



    - Ferdiansyah Thajib, author of Enduring Otherwise

    Dense and earnest, this is someone thinking seriously about finding transcendence through art, community, and presence rather than doctrine. ‘Secular mysticism’ numbs you, disorients you, and opens you to external control. Genuinely strange and original writing, somewhere between cultural criticism, spiritual autobiography, and conspiracy theory, held together by artistic intelligence.



    - Erin Honeycutt, pamphleteer

    Secular Mysticism includes but is not limited to:

    • Uninitiated or uneducated audiences exposed to

    religious ideas and icons such as the ‘all seeing eye’

    • Drugs and alcohol consumed without intention

    • Social-media generated content consumed without

    consent

    • Trigger responses to environmental stimuli that confuse

    thoughts and feelings, opening a way in for fear and anger

    • Hypnotic sexual imagery such as the ‘Super-Hero’

    Launch event in Berlin coming soon.

    Colophon:
    How to Survive Secular Mysticism
    Alex Head
    Plural Studio
    2026, Berlin
    First edition
    All rights reserved
    Fonts: Suisse Neue, Suisse International, Suisse
    Works, Work Sans, Fergus McDonald
    Layout: Lizard in the Spring
    Editing: Anna Kostreva
    Cover image, after a collaboration with artist
    Gabriel Birch, circa 1994
    ISBN: 978-3-9828617-0-8

    #drugs #religion #hypnosis #sacred #taoism #buddhism #hinduism #christianity #judaism #secularism #secularmysticism #faith #belief #intoxication #dreamtimehealing #aboriginal #holographickinetics #startrek #thoughts #feelings #sex #vision #visions #initiates #esoteric #secret #love #culture #human #intelligence #art #magic #Berlin

  25. 📣 Book Release Announcement 📣

    As our one living planet teeters upon its very axis, heavy munitions pound the Earth stomping out lives like falling forest trees. Up among the branches 🫀love🫀conquers all when we pursue its infinite variations actively and with intention. In this spirit my old pal the photographer Fabrizio Dal Vera and I share our studio shoot of How To Survive Secular Mysticism - a spiritual manifesto, by moi and now available on plural-studio.net/how-to-survi

    there is nothing in this book
    that you do not already know
    though you may have
    forgotten
    therefore soften your perspective as you engage
    these realities
    softness allows the future to be remembered into
    the present
    like brush lines in an act of creativity

    How To Survive Secular Mysticism is a fierce meditation on the cultural hijacking of mystical language and imagery. Alex Head’s swirling aesthetic sensibility and kaleidoscopic commentaries pull us through the subtle yet profound distinctions between lived spirituality and its secular simulacrum, demanding conscious intention and devotional presence amid ever-intensifying chaos.



    - Ferdiansyah Thajib, author of Enduring Otherwise

    Dense and earnest, this is someone thinking seriously about finding transcendence through art, community, and presence rather than doctrine. ‘Secular mysticism’ numbs you, disorients you, and opens you to external control. Genuinely strange and original writing, somewhere between cultural criticism, spiritual autobiography, and conspiracy theory, held together by artistic intelligence.



    - Erin Honeycutt, pamphleteer

    Secular Mysticism includes but is not limited to:

    • Uninitiated or uneducated audiences exposed to

    religious ideas and icons such as the ‘all seeing eye’

    • Drugs and alcohol consumed without intention

    • Social-media generated content consumed without

    consent

    • Trigger responses to environmental stimuli that confuse

    thoughts and feelings, opening a way in for fear and anger

    • Hypnotic sexual imagery such as the ‘Super-Hero’

    Launch event in Berlin coming soon.

    Colophon:
    How to Survive Secular Mysticism
    Alex Head
    Plural Studio
    2026, Berlin
    First edition
    All rights reserved
    Fonts: Suisse Neue, Suisse International, Suisse
    Works, Work Sans, Fergus McDonald
    Layout: Lizard in the Spring
    Editing: Anna Kostreva
    Cover image, after a collaboration with artist
    Gabriel Birch, circa 1994
    ISBN: 978-3-9828617-0-8

    #drugs #religion #hypnosis #sacred #taoism #buddhism #hinduism #christianity #judaism #secularism #secularmysticism #faith #belief #intoxication #dreamtimehealing #aboriginal #holographickinetics #startrek #thoughts #feelings #sex #vision #visions #initiates #esoteric #secret #love #culture #human #intelligence #art #magic #Berlin

  26. If you are a Catholic either practicing, cultural or just an ally, you can use the Pope's words to refuse to use and/or work with AI - as an infringement of your religious rights. I see lawsuits. Okay it's a bit of a loophole - but all is fair in the war on AI slop

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cedppn

    #aislop #humanrights #religion #catholic #pope

  27. If you are a Catholic either practicing, cultural or just an ally, you can use the Pope's words to refuse to use and/or work with AI - as an infringement of your religious rights. I see lawsuits. Okay it's a bit of a loophole - but all is fair in the war on AI slop

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cedppn

    #aislop #humanrights #religion #catholic #pope

  28. If you are a Catholic either practicing, cultural or just an ally, you can use the Pope's words to refuse to use and/or work with AI - as an infringement of your religious rights. I see lawsuits. Okay it's a bit of a loophole - but all is fair in the war on AI slop

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cedppn

    #aislop #humanrights #religion #catholic #pope

  29. If you are a Catholic either practicing, cultural or just an ally, you can use the Pope's words to refuse to use and/or work with AI - as an infringement of your religious rights. I see lawsuits. Okay it's a bit of a loophole - but all is fair in the war on AI slop

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cedppn

  30. If you are a Catholic either practicing, cultural or just an ally, you can use the Pope's words to refuse to use and/or work with AI - as an infringement of your religious rights. I see lawsuits. Okay it's a bit of a loophole - but all is fair in the war on AI slop

    bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cedppn

    #aislop #humanrights #religion #catholic #pope

  31. sieh an, sieh an,
    Im Katholischen Spanien sind Gerichtsverfahren gegen die Angestellten der Katholischen Kirche zeitnah möglich.
    Diese reagiert erwartungsgemäß wie immer, Vertuschung und Untätigkeit.

    72 Jahre Haft gefordert: Pfarrer in Spanien wegen vierfacher Vergewaltigung vor Gericht

    " Der katholische Priester aus Málaga soll vier junge Frauen unter Drogen gesetzt, missbraucht und sie dabei gefilmt haben. Dessen Ex-Freundin fand die Aufnahmen, Kirche und Bischof von Málaga blieben aber untätig. Ein weiterer Missbrauchsfall mit Vertuschung wird in Valencia gegen eine Schule des Opus Dei verhandelt. "

    costanachrichten.com/costa-del

    #Spanien #Katholisch #Kirche #Pfarrer #Bischof #Vertuschung #Untätigkeit #Folter #Vergewaltigung #Mißbrauch #Religion #KeinGott #Atheist