Shining the light of truth on delusion
Please excuse me while I go on a little rant. We're all probably guilty of this to one degree or another, but those of us still holding to conventional ideas of common courtesy pay a higher price. Let's begin, shall we? We have entered an era of 'microwave, I want it now' expediency. Everything we need or think …
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I would like to take you on a personal journey. It is a journey I am hesitant to make as I will need to admit some things from earlier in my life that I would like to leave behind. Those of you who follow me on my Twitter account are probably aware of my …
From apple pie to religion, the road to our ultimate subjectivism is paved with the gravel of the senses.
Conversations about the divine tend to focus on the content of belief, the what, over the purpose and motivation for such understanding, the why. However, there is value in the investigation of the human need for faith in a deity, just as there are in the elements of that belief system. Among the problems I have encountered …
I was involved in a thread the other day about whether higher education and intelligence were markers for people being less religious. Which, of course, implies the opposite must, therefore, be true. Humans are prone to use ‘us vs. them’ as a way to distinguish and elevate themselves above their perceived enemies. This trope, …
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From the 35,000-year-old cave art at Leang Timpuseng, Indonesia, to the Cuneiform writings of the Sumerians from 3500 years ago, to modernity, Homo sapiens have been on a journey towards self-awareness. Along the way we have asked the questions ‘Who am I?' and ‘Why are we here?' But from where did the need to ask …
