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Ignorance is Bliss – True, Depends, or False?

Ian Denness — Sat, 17 Sep 2022 09:39:40 +0000

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 know. Those terrors would rob me of sleep! I am happy to be ignorant of them.

However, seeking answers for the big questions of life is another thing.

Questions like “What happens after we die?” I want to find out what is reality and truth about that!

For that question, many seem to especially use the “Ignorance is bliss” idiom instead.

Let’s seek for truth and reality!

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What’s lacking in Christianity?

Ian Denness — Mon, 20 Sep 2021 08:46:03 +0000

Do you think Christianity is deficient?

What I call ‘Cultural Christianity’ is definitely deficient, in my opinion.

That is what a lot of people think Christianity is, but it is only a name-only version, and a poor one at that. You could call it ‘Churchianity’ with popes, priests and platitudes. Going to church now and again, a thin veneer of religiosity, having a great time at Christmas and Easter, and a bunch of religious formulas, rules and traditions.

The Bible itself is usually secondary in this whole generalisation. Most of the population of our western societies have followed that over the centuries, and this has led to much of the confusion, hypocrisy and rejection of it over the last decades.

A living relationship, not a religion

The real thing is actually a radical and personal relationship with the living God of the Bible, which has been made possible through Jesus Christ. That is why it is called Christ-ianity. It leads to a changed life, a changed attitude and a changed future.

It is dependent on ordinary people like us realising who the God of the Bible really is, that he is completely holy and pure, and that we aren’t. It goes on from there to understand and thankfully accept what Jesus, the Son of God, at great personal cost, did for us in coming to earth and giving himself on the cross in Jerusalem as a substitute for us. And this out of pure and self-denying love, something totally foreign to any other belief system in the world.

To authenticate the truth of the spiritual transaction, God then brought Jesus back to life again, just as it had been predicted.

Our wrongs

Those of us who accept that we have wronged God, by ignoring him, and also wronged other people, have the opportunity of being completely forgiven our wrongs by God. However, since it is not just a mental acceptance, but a revolutionary change from the inside, we do need to change our lifestyle, learn to love others and to live to please God.

This free gift then gives us great joy and thankfulness, so much so that we want to live for him, rather than just for our own self-centred selves.

A new life

This new life should lead to faith, hope and love, with acts of kindness, sacrifice and serving of others. History has shown that such people over the centuries have willingly served the poor, the sick, the uneducated and the down-trodden.

However, there are still deficencies, as we are still very much human!

What do you think are the main deficencies?

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Does pursuing abortion and euthanasia enhance our credibility as a civilised society?

Ian Denness — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 03:45:00 +0000

‘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 accept

It is hard and inappropiate to call abortion anything other than the process of killing a baby in utero. It cannot be honestly sanitised to an alternative definition. Baby is the special word we have come to call the living human in the pregnant mother. We never hear a pregnant mum say her ‘foetus’ is kicking, or ‘just some tissue’ is starting to move, or has a heartbeat.

Once we know about the process of abortion, and especially if we see it on a live video, there is also no way we can think of the baby as anything other than living, and abortion as anything other than the killing of it. The reality is that the process is truly horrible to watch.

A mother’s love is normally accepted as the most exemplary of all forms of human love, isn’t it? Maybe there should be more forms of support for an expectant mother, so that she is more able to support and carry her baby to its birth?

I like that saying I heard somewhere – “Love them both.” They both have rights.

A civilized society?

What is that?

The Cambridge Dictionary is the first that came up with a one sentence definition on a search: – “A civilized society or country has a well-developed system of government, culture, and way of life and that treats the people who live there fairly.”

“Fairly”?

Abortion can’t be fair to the baby. The baby hasn’t done any crime. It is innocent of any wrong. As well, its DNA genetic make-up is completely unique and different to its mother’s and father’s. Amazingly, its circulating blood and other organ systems are totally separate, even though they are dependent and enclosed within the body of its dear mother. That place should be the safest of all places, and both should be protected and safe.

Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia?

When laws are enacted to allow such to happen, all looks safe and tidy. However, the risks for misuse can easily be imagined, if we are realistic.

To be fair, this needs to be discussed in another Post!

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