‘No’ is this answer, of course. No, prayer does not work. If you want something to happen or are afraid or need reassurance, praying is not going to make a difference. I used to pray all the time growing up. I still pray nowadays even though I don’t believe in […]
Tag: humanity
Why is God ‘Good’?
Monotheism explains order, but is mystified by evil. Dualism explains evil, but is puzzled by order. There is one logical way of solving the riddle: to argue that there is a single omnipotent God who created the universe – and He’s evil. But nobody in history has had the stomach […]
Afterlife?
I believe that the only reason people believe in some sort of afterlife is that they are afraid of death. The ‘end of living’ can seem daunting to some. Hence humans have invented different theories for what happens after life in order to preserve the idea of living on. It’s […]
Is rape a feminist issue?
Disclaimer: this post is not proposing a ‘solution’ to how to stop rape, it is looking at rape from a humanitarian perspective and refuting the claim that it is a ‘feminist’ issue. I know men and women that have been raped and sexually assaulted. What we view as assault may […]
Counter Culture vs SJWs
In the 1960s, better known as the Swinging Sixties, change was sweeping the Western world. The rise of the Hippie Movement. The contraceptive pill. Free love. Don’t trust anyone over 30. The counter culture represented the young people opposed to their parent’s conservative views of the world. They were against […]
Why I don’t agree with #BlackLivesMatter
Note: this article was written in 2017 and my views on this have since shifted. Click here for an updated post I wrote in 2020. ‘Malcom X!’ he called out. ‘Do you mind shaking hands with a white man?’Just as the traffic light turned green, I told him – ‘I […]