A00211 - Book of the Month for the Month of November 2023: Astrotopia by Mary-Jane Rubinstein: The Descent into Hell
A few months ago, my middle daughter sent me a text message and asked that I listen to the following podcast: Podcast | Mary-Jane Rubenstein, "Astrotopia: The Dangerous Religion… (newbooksnetwork.com) After listening to the podcast, I was thoroughly depressed and felt like resigning from Star Fleet Academy. I encourage all who can to listen to the podcast to do so and to contemplate what this means for the future of mankind. As my middle daughter explained, the issues set forth in the podcast are some of the profound reasons why I only have fur babies as grandchildren. As for those who are reading the book and pondered the connection between Astrotopia and Native American Heritage Month, well Professor Rubinstein makes the connection between the current space quest with the spirit of Manifest Destiny that defined America and with the spirit of divine command of conquest that was previously mandated in the land of Canaan. As Professor Rubinstein writes; "If you think ba