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 31, 2021 | Individualism, Life after Death, Loneliness, Nihilism, suffering, Suicide
It’s extremely sad… Mental illness, whether called Depression, Bipolar, Schizophrenia, or whatever, or just plain deep sadness through recent unhappy circumstances, anything that leads to a lack of hope in life, and then suicide is so sad. The loss of a...
by Ian Denness | Aug 24, 2021 | Atheism, Hope, Meaning, Morality, Secular, Truth
Recently, a friend claimed that Secular Atheism gives him meaning, morality, and hope. I found that incredible. I couldn’t see how that was possible. Unless, that is, we define meaning, morality and hope differently. So, although a discussion could be prickly,...
by Ian Denness | Aug 21, 2021 | Christianity, God, Judgement, Karma, Life, Morality
We make choices We all make choices from day to day and year to year as to how we will live our individual lives. Also, we all have personal standards that we have set for how we live our lives, be they from our parents, family, school, Facebook, Instagram, or some...
by Ian Denness | Aug 21, 2021 | Bible, Christianity, Eternal, Heaven, Hell, Islam, Life after Death, Spirituality
It would depend on whether eternal life for us was going to be positive or negative, wouldn’t it? Location is everything! I can’t imagine someone wanting eternal life, if for them it was going to be hell! Then there is whether we think that reality will...
by Ian Denness | Aug 21, 2021 | Individualism, Judgement, Moral Relativism, Morality, Sexuality
The Sexolution The sexual revolution has been going for many years now. Over the years, that has included free sex, multiple sexual partners, freedom to do whatever, but also increased chance of STIs, less marriage, less commitment to long-term faithfulness. What are...
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...
