by Ian Denness | Sep 17, 2022 | Bible, Choice, Reasoning, Secular
The “depends” won the day! It depends on whether the issue in question is trivial or big, some people thought. I don’t want to have full knowledge about all the dark doings on the streets of the centre of our city at night, like the police would...
by Ian Denness | Apr 11, 2022 | Bible, Choice, Identity, Individualism, Pleasure, Progressive, Secular, Selfism
Self-absorption or self-sacrifice? Another way of putting it – serving self only, versus serving others? If we are self-absorbed, do we recognize it? Self-absorption is only concerned with self, and the importance of self. If we are self-sacrificing, do we...
by Ian Denness | Mar 7, 2022 | Agnosticism, Bible, Choice, Hell, Karma, Life after Death, Secular
Mention of Hell…? That word can confront! We know that some think they are already living in it. Strangely enough, such people seem to live in the comfortable West, from my observation. What if Hell would be just in this life? What we do has consequences, so...
by Ian Denness | Oct 2, 2021 | Atheism, Bible, Choice, Sexual identity, Sexuality
Surely there is more to my life and identity than just my sexuality? We can do better than that, can’t we? What if I didn’t live in such an affluent country? Food, drinks, freedom, individualism, and employment as given ‘entitlements’? What...
by Ian Denness | Sep 17, 2021 | Choice, Identity, Life, Morality, Reasoning, Secular Atheism, Selfism
‘Pro-Choice or Pro-Life? Does being pro-life mean that society is more civilised, or does being pro-choice mean that? You can see from the blackboard result opposite that the majority of respondents in the market thought the latter. I do find that difficult to...
by Ian Denness | Sep 11, 2021 | Choice, Evil, Karma, Rebellion, Satan
Evil can be thought of as the absence of good. Another way to think of it is as the opposite of good. Some may say “bad karma”. An evolutionary worldview Evil would be fully expected in an evolutionary worldview, based on “survival of the...
