REAL Wellness Perspectives on Radical Nationalism
Introduction REAL wellness is a philosophy and lifestyle designed for consciously pursuing and sustaining mental and physical wellbeing. It is focused on four primary dimensions: Reason (critical thinking); Exuberance (meaning and purpose, joy, etc.); Athleticism (exercise and science-based nutrition); and Liberty (personal freedoms). These four dimensions constitute the acronym "R-E-A-L" in REAL wellness, and constitute the focus of skills and practices associated with this way of thinking and acting. Radical Islam and Christian Nationalism are destructive branches of two religions. Both are incompatible with REAL wellness. Radical Islam is universally understood as an existential threat to all non-believers (infidels); less recognized is the danger of Christian Nationalism to our secular Republic in America. Each of these two extremes are discussed in turn. Radical Islam Ayaan Hirsi Ali wrote two influential (and controversial) books on the subject of Radical Islam--...