Taking Notice of the Fundamentally Religious

Filed under Religion on January 9th, 2010

“On your left you have a God who is all-knowning and omnipotent, and on your right you have a book that contains more errors than a Lindsay Lohan post-it. The left, being omniscient, omnipotent and living outside time, has no ability to change his mind; the right, being from human origin, contains more changes of opinion, mind and action than a Diana Ross show contains dress changes.”

The Great Flood That Never Came: Part X

Filed under The Great Flood on March 14th, 2009

And riots did they have. While Ferran, Thabit and Rayhan were exchanging worries and opinions safely inside the building, outside, right in front of the government office, the crowd burst into flames.

The Great Flood That Never Came: Part IX

Filed under The Great Flood on February 8th, 2009

Thabit led Ferran and Rayhan into his office and dramatically closed the door. With a loud bang it closed and the mood for their coming conversation had been set. Thabit walked up to the window and gazed at the crowd underneath it — all the while frowning and continuously sighing. “I wish I was dead,” [...]

The Great Flood That Never Came: Part VIII

Filed under The Great Flood on December 12th, 2008

A long time ago, a few months after Noah and Najma’s first son Shem was born, a long and painful birth, the family had been happily welcomed by the neighbourhood they had just moved into. A distant cousin of Lamech, Noah’s father, had left the cottage farm uninhabited after his death, one which was mourned [...]

Religion ridicules itself

Filed under Religion on December 4th, 2008

Whenever I’m discussing religion, it is not my intention to ridicule the beliefs of people who consider God to be a supreme being of unchallenged power; who see the Bible as the true representation of this being on this earth — an earth which was created by the same supreme being mentioned before, according to [...]

Atheism is not nihilism

Filed under Religion on November 13th, 2008

According to theists, the whole concept of a world without religion (beter put, without God) would be disastrous and is a concept idiotic from conception. Those same theists attribute basic nihilism to be equal to society-wide atheism, greatly exaggerating the importance of religion in defining moral principles for the community. Nihilism is attributable to atheism [...]