Idolatry, Technology and a Better World

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The Jewish and Christian scripture warning against idolatry insists that allowing yourself to be controlled and governed by anything less than an infinitely compassionate and loving Creator is a mistake.

The warning is given to protect us from voluntarily opting to live enslaved.

Settlement Project Speeches and Events in the San Francisco Bay Area, November 2023

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The Universal Peace Federation (UPF) hosted a seminar on Education for the 21st Century: Challenges, Moral Dangers, and Innovation from 10 am until noon, at the Bay Area Family Church, and later that evening The Alameda County Committee of Restoration (ACCOR) held a graduation ceremony for graduates of its 10-week course on the US Bill of Rights, in the home of Michael and Monika Kellett. Dr. Kaufmann offered the Keynote address in the morning seminar and graduation congratulatory remarks and speech content in the evening ceremony.

Settlement Project Speech at UPF Seminar: Toxic Polarization in America: What’s To Be Done?

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This particular gathering focuses on media, perhaps as in part responsible for our current shameful ugliness, as well as on ways media might contribute toward needed healing. My first premise is that our world is full of  noble, courageous, journalists ready to give their lives to honor truth-telling for the sake of a better world. Although I admire honorable journalists and am grateful for the indispensable service they offer, I myself try to avoid them and have as little to do with them as possible.