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November 12, 2013

How is Buddha Relevant to the World of A Small Town Lawyer?

...g (I say “he” although this line of thinking spread through several of the religions and traditions of the time) is his decision to teach it as a religion and expect others to follow what he figured out instead of making that journey themselves. He accepted the premise that all the organized religions do. People just are not smart enough. There is no way we can educate enough critical thinkers to let them study the world and figure it out for them...

May 17, 2012

How I Got My Score Over 50 on Klout.com; Bird by Bird

...   I have touched on my philosophy and religious beliefs. “Burt’s Views on Religion and Religiosity” became a chapter in my book. Some of my fundamentalist friends are “praying for your immortal soul”. But I cannot resist being a voice for science and reason. I think to do otherwise reveals that I have failed to adapt to the modern age. I agree with Justice Holmes. We cannot prove our values or beliefs are better than anyone else’s, but as our “ca...

August 31, 2010

Social Media for Lawyers, and Real People

...n for other books by him and was surprised that he writes now about Jewish religious studies. Scrolling Forward makes clear so much we take for granted in human written communication. 4. A ridiculous number of science fiction novels, historical novels, archeology, anthropology, and natural science tomes that would be difficult to duplicate in an adult’s lifespan. 5. Facebook, The Missing Manual (The book that should have been in the box), which is...

October 26, 2020

Competence: The Path to Acquiring It

...or superficial person. They say a lawyer should not reveal his politics or religious beliefs for fear of alienating her or his potential clients. Sorry, I am past that. If you want to hire a lawyer who believes the same as you, go for it. But, remember, you need an advocate, not a cheerleader. If you are nasty, abusive, or dogmatic, prepare to change. I won’t mirror you or channel you. I am me. But your bullies will think I am a bully. Get it? If...

June 7, 2013

Burt’s Response to the Challenges of the Modern World

...refully limits his intake of information to liberal political messages and religious writings. His FB posts are countered by other Face Bookers who carefully limit their intake to Fox news and diatribes from the right. q. My support of Senator Manchin’s gun registration bill, the ONE bill with a chance of passage, earned me a rant, at the barber shop and on Facebook, from the Second Amendment fanatics threatening an armed rebellion if it passed! T...

December 10, 2018

Truth, Myths, and Lies

...olden rule”, and turning the other cheek. The historical precedent of wise religious and philosophical figures, all over the globe, coming up with these ideas as our civilizations matured is profoundly important, even though the myths used to convey them are lame and false. In a tribal, myth-filled, brutal, violent, and ignorant, world, such ideas truly were revolutionary. That was the amazing thing, that these ideas would occur to brilliant peopl...

January 13, 2013

A Life of Reading

...and explained it, to everyone I could corner. When I appear to be rough on religions and religious pronouncements, it is my reading that is partly to blame. One cannot read biographies of Darwin, or The Song of the Dodo, or Jared Diamond’s books on societies and civilizations, or the history of the Egyptians, or the work of the Leakeys, and also believe that water can be changed into wine, the dead brought back to life, or demons cast from a menta...

June 25, 2018

Tying It All Together: Mediation, Unbundling, Collaboration, and a New Paradigm

...urch would be a source of physical health and emotional health as well has religious health. During the same period, perhaps the Church could ease away from the supernatural dogma, focus on universal values (secular and religious values), and physical fitness and mental fitness. Just think what a rational church, with healthy members, filled with energy and commitment, could do to change a community, a State, a Country, and a World? I realize thes...

October 21, 2010

Common Sense, Political Correctness, and “Literacy”.

...olled by “Natural Law” that they have figured out, usually based upon some religion’s tenets. He explains there is no “natural law”, but states there are a collection of “can’t helps” that govern his moral and ethical sense. He includes law against murder or rape as consistent with his “can’t helps”. I cannot help but believe that a person who says, “I don’t believe in evolution. It’s only a theory.” is ignoring plain scientific fact. Many politic...

May 30, 2013

Where Have You Been Mr. Hunter?

...happy that I enjoyed reading my own writing. The same for “Burt’s Views on Religion and Religiosity”.     Instead of posting, I poured the equivalent of 6-8 blog articles into a continuing legal education (CLE) presentation for 50 lawyers at the WV State Bar Center in Charleston on the fundamentals of law office technology for small family law firms in early May. It was great fun showing off. It was crammed with valuable information; so much so, I...