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 [...]

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, [...]

When you don’t believe in anything

Filed under Personal on October 6th, 2008

I don’t believe in spirituality, religion, God, that human beings aren’t the same as animals, in dieting, that all obesity is wrong, or that lanky figures are. I don’t consider people to have souls, transmittable through years and generations, and as such do not believe in reincarnation, ghosts, the undead, spirits, that people can talk [...]

Biblical Quotes Gone Wild

Filed under Religion on July 27th, 2008

I know people who read the Bible everyday, trying to find spirituality, encouragement, knowledge — or something similar. Like the following from 1 John 4:9-10: “We love Him because He first loved us.” Ah, isn’t that sweet and inspirational. Yet, I have no fucking idea what to do with it. Just because someone loves you, [...]

An Atheist Look on Christianity et alii

Filed under Religion on May 6th, 2008

I’m sorry for getting all (non-)religious on your ass, but some stuff has been bothering me for a while now. If you know me, you’ll know I’m not religious in anyway. I was brought up Roman Catholic, but that never really stayed with me. I don’t believe in spiritual “beings”, ghosts, dead people wandering over [...]