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Raven Foundation founder
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    Discover the goals and
    hidden traps of Scapegoating.


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The Civil War and Sacred Ground
Moral Reflections on War
March 16 and 17, 2012

Raven Blogs


Parenting Advice to Prevent A.D.D.
    Do you have or know a child with an attention deficit disorder diagnosis? Then you are probably aware that the standard approach to diagnosing and treating A.D.D. is being seriously challenged by long term studies and neuroscientific discoveries. If you have been doing your best to cope with an A.D.D. child, this news may trigger a complicated range of emotions, everything from joy that there might be new hope for your child to anger, resentment, guilt or downright despair that by following the best medical advice of the last twenty years you may have harmed rather than helped your child. In spreading the news, it is not my intention to make anyone feel bad. That we have been misled is
The Attack on America's Way of Life
    The United States of America is under attack.  America has an enemy that will stop at nothing until it defeats our way of life.  If you are afraid of any possible threat to our way of life posed by Islamism, or China, or the European economic crisis, or the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, well, those are all child’s play when compared to this threat.   You may be wondering, “Just who is attacking the United States?”  According to the conservative website Caucus for America, which is “dedicated to the preservation and promotion of the historic American civilization,” liberals are to blame.  Liberals are attacking the religious core at the heart of America’s way of life.  The secular Left, which, according
Spiderman, Proverbs, and Jesus: Great Power and Great Responsibility
  Adam discusses a scene from Spiderman, where Uncle Ben says a proverb: "With great power comes great responsibility." This proverb guides Peter Parker as he fights crime in his role as Spiderman. The Bible has a book called Proverbs, in which parents are instructed to provide wisdom to their children. There are two paths, one of justice, compassion, and love, and another path of wickedness and violence. Which path will we go down? Paul picks this idea up when he talks about Jesus. According to Paul, God was reconciling the world to Godself through Jesus. We have the power to participate, or not participate, in

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Once you know what the Raven knows, you’ll begin to see that some stories justify violence by 
dividing the world up into us versus them, good guys and bad guys. Or they don’t get how inter-
related we are. They miss completely that our Selves are formed in relationships and our desires
are mimetic. The Raven calls these stories myths and gives them the lowest rating of 1 claw.

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The Raven ReView is our quarterly e-newsletter offering cartoons, contests, guest essays, upcoming events, and poll questions on a different theme for each issue. When you Soar With Us, you are among the first to receive the Raven ReView on its release date.

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SoarIt’s easy and free to be a member of the Raven Foundation. By providing your email address, you officially join us in our mission to make religion reasonable, violence unthinkable and peace a possibility. As a member you will receive our quarterly e-newsletter, discounts to Raven Foundation events and invitations to member only events. Not to mention, you’ll always know what we’re raving about. Please, join us!

The Raven Foundation, a 501(c)(3) private operating foundation, is privately funded and does not solicit contributions.

The Wicked Truth: When Good People Do Bad Things

wtruthThe Thinking Person’s Guide to The Wildly Successful Broadway Musical Wicked.

Employing political, social, and historical examples against the backdrop of the musical Wicked, The Wicked Truth explores the ways in which modern society is not so different than the mythical land of Oz, challenging the very framework of our culture, our understanding of Good and Evil, as well as our sense of right and wrong.

Explore The Wicked Truth About Love: The Tangles of Desire

TWTAL_Cover_webIn her second book, The Wicked Truth About Love: The Tangles of Desire, Raven Foundation Founder Suzanne Ross examines the trials and travails of romantic love through the lens of mimetic theory. On the website, you can watch videos, take a quiz, download music, read a chapter of the book, and discover your romantic pattern. It's wicked fun! Illustrations by Susan Drawbaugh of Wee Five Designs.