Question everything
Superstition comes in many forms. For many of us, it can be anything from owning a lucky penny to belief in a spirit world that lives along side our own. For almost my entire childhood, I grew up believing in all sorts of paranormal phenomena. It was at least the case that most people I […]
Living in a generally liberal society such as the UK, it is fairly common for people to come to be religious through culture rather than belief. Because of this, many people have either not questioned their religious upbringing or have rationalised their beliefs with trivial logic. With Christmas fast approaching, I thought this would be […]
For as long as humans could reason, we have been attributing unexplained phenomena to deities. The question of “does God exist?” has been debated amongst thinkers for several millennia. Another way to approach this problem is, “is it reasonable to believe that a god exists?”. The distinction may be subtle but plays an important role […]
It can be understood that the goals of societies are to maximise the well-being of all humans who share them (many will expand this to include all conscious creatures but I will leave this topic out for now). You could argue that the societal view of looking after its own members is also too narrow-minded […]
