by Ian Denness | Oct 2, 2022 | Forgiveness, Hope, Identity, Life, Meaning in life, Secular
God has given us so much! Many couldn’t think of anything… A few said, “Not much!” What about sunsets, sunrises, flowers, life itself, love and friendships, as well as hope! Certainly our own human weaknesses can destroy much happiness. There...
by Ian Denness | May 9, 2022 | Bible, Existentialism, Hope in life, Judgement, Life, Spirituality, Uncategorized
Who is happy with God listening in to all their thoughts? Those who voted ‘No God’ made it easy for themselves. However, there were an equal number of votes for ‘Yes’, God can know our thoughts! Some of those were Christians (Followers of...
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 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 | Judgement, Karma, Life, Morality, Selfism, Spirituality
We all make choices about this It probably comes down to “who do I want to please?” Mostly, it will be ourselves. To some extent, that is reasonable, isn’t it? However, who else? It could be our best friend, our partner, our god, or God. It could...
by Ian Denness | Aug 31, 2021 | Hope, Identity, Life, Meaning in life, Purpose of life, Spirituality
We all have that question sometimes Do you keep on remembering those times in your life? They can be milestones, or they can be dark nights of despair. Is there meaning in life? It’s all very well for the guy in the picture – the sunrise is great, the sky...