by Ian Denness | Jan 18, 2022 | Agnosticism, Bible, Dying, Jesus, Meaning in life, Secular
“Idols” in the survey was taken to only mean “celebrity idols” That was a surprise to me! What about “idols” that we make in our lives as being of the greatest importance to us personally, and as a society? Things like money and...
by Ian Denness | Sep 2, 2021 | Atheism, Christianity, Dying, Humanism, Life, Morality
The WHO statistic is disquieting, isn’t it? Nowadays it’s difficult to know what percentage of pregancies end in spontaneous abortions (miscarriages), and what percentage from induced abortions (terminations of pregnancy). It seems that the spontaneous...
by Ian Denness | Aug 31, 2021 | Dying, Heaven, Hell, Judgement, Karma, Life after Death
A great question! Since everyone ends up dying, then it makes sense to ponder the question, don’t you think? Benjamin Franklin apparently said: “… in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Not everyone pays tax,...
by Ian Denness | Aug 31, 2021 | Dying, Evil, Hell, Judgement, Justice, Life after Death
The Big Questions? Different for everyone I suspect. Maybe we have some respectable questions that we allow ourselves to mention to others. And then some we keep nicely hidden and secret for just ourselves to wrestle with and worry about. Maybe that’s because...
by Ian Denness | Aug 14, 2021 | Dying, Heaven, Hell, Judgement, Karma, Life after Death
The statement opposite is one I presented for responses recently in the market, before the last lockdown happened for Covid. “Only bad* people go to heaven.” (*conditions apply) Most people who voted thought there was ‘no heaven’. The second...
