I felt a Funeral, in my Brain (Twice)

Filed under Personal on December 10th, 2008

From time to time, I feel like life is passing by much slower and at the same time much faster than I would like it to. Not the actual passing of time, this is not a case of seconds and minutes flying past the progression of life. It is so much more — this is [...]

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 [...]

Themes of my life

Filed under Personal on December 1st, 2008

I like to believe that my writings are a reflection of my own personality, my own interests and indifferences, the political and social stances that I take in life, and the problems I was dealing with at the time of writing. I don’t consider it a surprise that I myself was going through a lonely [...]

That which stands out is likely to be disputable

Filed under Religion on November 24th, 2008

When one appreciates a painting, poem, cinematic piece of art or any other piece of art, like a novel or an opera song, what is it that strikes you as true perfection in it? Not every art object will be perfect in its fullness, but bits of it — a chapter in a novella, a [...]

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 [...]

Eradication or secular edification

Filed under Religion on October 9th, 2008

“Religion, in all its forms — orthodox, spiritual, progressive, open, conservative, all — needs to be eradicated from society.” An opinion very common to many outspoken atheists, especially those with bad personal experiences in their past. To turn the whole world, the whole of society, into a secular state of mind, is a pretty hefty undertaking, [...]