The Omelet Station asks us to consider that some actions are wrong if they detract from our good purpose, even if they seem not so bad in isolation.
As seen in other topics, like the anniversary this month of the #COVIDHoax in the U.S. and the continuing support for warmongering U.S. foreign policy, we find many people still cheering for awful behavior that looks heroic from a particular tribal lens.
As Lent begins, let’s examine our motives and take inventory of our attitudes and intentions. I’ll be doing so for myself, and I encourage anyone else to take stock of their own ethics.
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Links mentioned in the episode are below …
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Salad Bar (fresh links of interest)
“The Scientific Fallacy That Spawned COVID Absolutism” — https://thedailyeconomy.org/article/the-scientific-fallacy-that-spawned-covid-absolutism/
“Trump Advisers Want to Strip Public Spending From the GDP Tally. Why It Makes No Sense.” — https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/trump-advisers-want-to-strip-public-spending-from-the-gdp-tally-why-it-makes-no-sense/ar-AA1AaTFr
“The Daily Show” attempt at humor, WWE-Zelensky comparison: — https://x.com/TheDailyShow/status/1896772841443352741
From Substack, The Farce Feed, by Kyle Kissinger (no relation): “Zelenskyy Asks Netanyahu for Panhandling Advice” — https://thefarcefeed.substack.com/p/zelenskyy-asks-netanyahu-for-panhandling
From Substack, Permission Slipped, by Jen Downey: “Do Our Penetrating Questions Change ChatGPT? Or Does ChatGPT Change Its Answers Only For the Person Asking?” — https://jenswanndowney.substack.com/p/do-our-penetrating-questions-change
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Omelet Station (Bible study)
First Sunday of Lent — https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030925.cfm
Luke 4:1-13 — https://bible.usccb.org/bible/luke/4?1
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My own work I cited
Last week’s Sunday Buffet: “Stolen Gold & Stunted Growth” — https://goodneighborbadcitizen.substack.com/p/stolen-gold-and-stunted-growth
The most recent Wednesday Wakeup: “Filling Up Instead of Giving Up” — https://goodneighborbadcitizen.substack.com/p/filling-up-instead-of-giving-up
The most recent premium subscriber post, FM Radio: “GNBC Book, p. 18-19: Station 2 – Jesus Takes His Cross: Misguided Expectations?” — https://goodneighborbadcitizen.substack.com/p/gnbc-book-p-18-19
On the dubious nature of GDP: “High Holyday Hangover” — https://goodneighborbadcitizen.substack.com/p/high-holyday-hangover
On AI: “ ‘Drunk With Possibility’ or ‘Drunk With Power’?” — https://goodneighborbadcitizen.substack.com/p/drunk-with-possibility-or-drunk-with
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The book can be a meditation aid for Lenten stations of the cross, as this reviewer wrote on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R33RC637J9MH0O/
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