The green movement today is a cult, full of empty-headed, virtue-signaling, do-gooders who think they can possibly have their hand on the global thermostat. What a joke. Mother Nature laughs at them. The light at the end of the tunnel for me, is that there are now some growing numbers of former greenies who have seen the light, and now realize that the current Green movement is a commercial fraud and an energy-physics and environmental farce, who are now speaking up. They have independent, thinking brains. They are worth listening to.
Such a good commentary on understanding Paul Kingsnorth's faith. To have the perspective of where he was adds so much meaning to understanding this place he is now at in faith. This Easter was a time to reflect on the difference between pursuing what we make sacred rather than what is truly sacred.
In my humble opinion, this Honestly podcast is a MUST listen on multiple levels…and Bari it’s already well known you’re a born writer…while also such a gifted orator & podcast host…one who actually LISTENS! and is therefore able to ask key, penetrating questions…really important stuff.
Wonderful interview. Mr. Kingsnorth articulates his ideas so clearly. It's funny - these are often topics of conversations among friends - how technology has changed and is changing our place in the world - the lines we are choosing to draw because of it. As we are approaching our 70's - having lived a sizable chunk of life pre-internet - perhaps we can be more objective vs. those who have been inundated and consumed from the start. I find Paul's writing and thoughts most comforting - he's even making me take a second look at Christianity which I had cast away years ago. So, thank you, Bari - sincerely.
Can I say how wonderful it is that there is a diversity of respectful opinions on religious themes expressed here at The FP that I find in few other places? I read things from devout/less-devout/secular Jews, secular ex-faithful, atheists, Buddhists, Christians of many stripes, and people who don't identify themselves religiously at all. Always respectful. I don't come here expecting to read things that are intended to convert, or change minds. But for writers to be able to state the irrational beliefs that form the basis for most faiths is refreshing.
In my humble opinion, Bari’s brilliantly navigated interview with Kingsnorth may be one of the most relevant interviews I’ve heard in recent times…a must listen?! 💎
Mad lad. But. "The Good Life" was sending him up... in the mid-Seventies. "Spider" Nugent was up a tree on "Corrie" in the Nineties. Does he think we are thick or summat?
"The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in
Meltdown expected, the wheat is growing thin
Engines stop running, but I have no fear
'Cause London is drowning
I live by the river"
-The Clash; 1979.
Sure no-one was paying attention and we didn't know what was going on. "Global Warming" shows up on the coat tails of not having the sky fall in due to "Global Cooling" and we are not paying attention? You're 'avin' a larf, mate. Fuck. Off. Condescending git. "Fallen Angels" (Niven, Pournelle, and Flynn) skewered "Global Warming" with much derision in 1991. I could go on but you get the drift. Now go away,
I think I understand why I'm so uneasy with all the climate change absolutes - when the alternatives to oil are things like covering hillsides in solar panels or burning hundred-year-old-plus forests in Germany, you're not making things better. Paul's thoughts gave me great clarity. Despite the small effects these changes actually have on the planet - they are actually just taxing the planet in other ways. I remain boxed in by the efficiency and energy density of oil and gas.
As a Christian I agree everything hinges on the resurrection of Jesus. Glad to read that.
Leave it to Weiss... Kingsnorth deserves our admiration for his journey and, also, and perhaps more importantly, his courage, since most (or all) of us will do anything to NOT change. Wherever I am on Passover, I will garner respect for the Kingsnorths.
Great piece. Every piece I have read by 'the environmentalists' contains not ONE mention of the Sun's behavior. It is the greatest influence of life on earth and it is never discussed by the 'grant(money) people'. Gaia is a religion to these people funded by lobbyists paying to cover our greatest farmland here in MN with toxic waste known as solar panels and paying farmers more than a corn yield(pennies). It is an abomination throughout.
Another piece of evidence that the entirety of the lefts worldview is built upon nothing but lies. Even their true believers realize it from time to time. The entirety of the climate change theory's are built upon lies, Lies that they tell themselves over and over again in their little protected bubbles where zero dissent is allowed. Where they actively censor or cancel anyone who attempts to dissent. Bari its a nice start but much more needs to be done. Keep up the good work.
Probably one of the most timely and intriguing interviews I have ever heard. It really touched me and has given me hope that there are others who are inspiring this world to take care of your local community, make for a more simple life in a complicated world, and grow your family in faith as best you can. His voice is very important in a seemingly chaotic world. Jesus wants to take all the anxiety away. Once you surrender, it is life changing.
Probably one of the most timely and intriguing interviews I have ever heard. It really touched me and has given me hope that there are others who are inspiring this world to take care of your local community, make for a more simple life in a complicated world, and grow your family in faith as best you can. His voice is very important in a seemingly chaotic world. Jesus wants to take all the anxiety away. Once you surrender, it is life changing.
Thanks Bari>> Have to start with WOW. HAPPY EASTER> Never heard of this gentleman which forces me to realize once again, after the people THP has introduced me to, I am not aware of and ignorant of so much more than I will honestly admit. Change is inevitable as we all must admit but clearly not always to the benefit of mankind. As a child my Mother took my large family to church every Sunday. I became an acolyte in my younger junior high school years. I admit I slowly moved away from Church going playing sports constantly and then fell in love with science and became a doctor. Was that move away from the Church caused by all my studying of science and technology?. I am 83 now and I am a Christian and have slowly come to my own vision that perhaps mankind is just a work in progress and GOD is not finished with us yet and continues to tinker and place all of this technology in front of us to see how we will manage it all. I don't think he has a right to consider his experiment as successful. Let us remember in my life alone mankind has seen it necessary to have a constant stream of wars. We cannot go one decade without a war. Present day not exactly looking terrific so I head back to when I was born 5 months before Pearl Harbor, then we know what happened. We do not seem with all our technology and wealth to somehow mange to not have a war.
The green movement today is a cult, full of empty-headed, virtue-signaling, do-gooders who think they can possibly have their hand on the global thermostat. What a joke. Mother Nature laughs at them. The light at the end of the tunnel for me, is that there are now some growing numbers of former greenies who have seen the light, and now realize that the current Green movement is a commercial fraud and an energy-physics and environmental farce, who are now speaking up. They have independent, thinking brains. They are worth listening to.
Such a good commentary on understanding Paul Kingsnorth's faith. To have the perspective of where he was adds so much meaning to understanding this place he is now at in faith. This Easter was a time to reflect on the difference between pursuing what we make sacred rather than what is truly sacred.
https://donstevens.substack.com/p/hunting-for-easter
In my humble opinion, this Honestly podcast is a MUST listen on multiple levels…and Bari it’s already well known you’re a born writer…while also such a gifted orator & podcast host…one who actually LISTENS! and is therefore able to ask key, penetrating questions…really important stuff.
Wonderful interview. Mr. Kingsnorth articulates his ideas so clearly. It's funny - these are often topics of conversations among friends - how technology has changed and is changing our place in the world - the lines we are choosing to draw because of it. As we are approaching our 70's - having lived a sizable chunk of life pre-internet - perhaps we can be more objective vs. those who have been inundated and consumed from the start. I find Paul's writing and thoughts most comforting - he's even making me take a second look at Christianity which I had cast away years ago. So, thank you, Bari - sincerely.
Can I say how wonderful it is that there is a diversity of respectful opinions on religious themes expressed here at The FP that I find in few other places? I read things from devout/less-devout/secular Jews, secular ex-faithful, atheists, Buddhists, Christians of many stripes, and people who don't identify themselves religiously at all. Always respectful. I don't come here expecting to read things that are intended to convert, or change minds. But for writers to be able to state the irrational beliefs that form the basis for most faiths is refreshing.
In my humble opinion, Bari’s brilliantly navigated interview with Kingsnorth may be one of the most relevant interviews I’ve heard in recent times…a must listen?! 💎
Mad lad. But. "The Good Life" was sending him up... in the mid-Seventies. "Spider" Nugent was up a tree on "Corrie" in the Nineties. Does he think we are thick or summat?
"The ice age is coming, the sun's zooming in
Meltdown expected, the wheat is growing thin
Engines stop running, but I have no fear
'Cause London is drowning
I live by the river"
-The Clash; 1979.
Sure no-one was paying attention and we didn't know what was going on. "Global Warming" shows up on the coat tails of not having the sky fall in due to "Global Cooling" and we are not paying attention? You're 'avin' a larf, mate. Fuck. Off. Condescending git. "Fallen Angels" (Niven, Pournelle, and Flynn) skewered "Global Warming" with much derision in 1991. I could go on but you get the drift. Now go away,
I think I understand why I'm so uneasy with all the climate change absolutes - when the alternatives to oil are things like covering hillsides in solar panels or burning hundred-year-old-plus forests in Germany, you're not making things better. Paul's thoughts gave me great clarity. Despite the small effects these changes actually have on the planet - they are actually just taxing the planet in other ways. I remain boxed in by the efficiency and energy density of oil and gas.
As a Christian I agree everything hinges on the resurrection of Jesus. Glad to read that.
Left-wing nut turns into a right-wing religious nut. Some people clearly have a predilection for zealotry
I am left with the sense that Paul is an honest man, seeking the truth.
Leave it to Weiss... Kingsnorth deserves our admiration for his journey and, also, and perhaps more importantly, his courage, since most (or all) of us will do anything to NOT change. Wherever I am on Passover, I will garner respect for the Kingsnorths.
Great piece. Every piece I have read by 'the environmentalists' contains not ONE mention of the Sun's behavior. It is the greatest influence of life on earth and it is never discussed by the 'grant(money) people'. Gaia is a religion to these people funded by lobbyists paying to cover our greatest farmland here in MN with toxic waste known as solar panels and paying farmers more than a corn yield(pennies). It is an abomination throughout.
Another piece of evidence that the entirety of the lefts worldview is built upon nothing but lies. Even their true believers realize it from time to time. The entirety of the climate change theory's are built upon lies, Lies that they tell themselves over and over again in their little protected bubbles where zero dissent is allowed. Where they actively censor or cancel anyone who attempts to dissent. Bari its a nice start but much more needs to be done. Keep up the good work.
Probably one of the most timely and intriguing interviews I have ever heard. It really touched me and has given me hope that there are others who are inspiring this world to take care of your local community, make for a more simple life in a complicated world, and grow your family in faith as best you can. His voice is very important in a seemingly chaotic world. Jesus wants to take all the anxiety away. Once you surrender, it is life changing.
Probably one of the most timely and intriguing interviews I have ever heard. It really touched me and has given me hope that there are others who are inspiring this world to take care of your local community, make for a more simple life in a complicated world, and grow your family in faith as best you can. His voice is very important in a seemingly chaotic world. Jesus wants to take all the anxiety away. Once you surrender, it is life changing.
Thanks Bari>> Have to start with WOW. HAPPY EASTER> Never heard of this gentleman which forces me to realize once again, after the people THP has introduced me to, I am not aware of and ignorant of so much more than I will honestly admit. Change is inevitable as we all must admit but clearly not always to the benefit of mankind. As a child my Mother took my large family to church every Sunday. I became an acolyte in my younger junior high school years. I admit I slowly moved away from Church going playing sports constantly and then fell in love with science and became a doctor. Was that move away from the Church caused by all my studying of science and technology?. I am 83 now and I am a Christian and have slowly come to my own vision that perhaps mankind is just a work in progress and GOD is not finished with us yet and continues to tinker and place all of this technology in front of us to see how we will manage it all. I don't think he has a right to consider his experiment as successful. Let us remember in my life alone mankind has seen it necessary to have a constant stream of wars. We cannot go one decade without a war. Present day not exactly looking terrific so I head back to when I was born 5 months before Pearl Harbor, then we know what happened. We do not seem with all our technology and wealth to somehow mange to not have a war.