smells like groupthink (a vintage poem)
in checking out the dusty, virtual shelves of my old pc this, another poem heretofore not published, that I initially wrote perhaps close to 40 years ago — so well before the current age of ‘small screens’ and handheld devices that have, in some ways, displaced the traditional tool of mass-influence the ‘tv’! yet television […]
imagining God
a brief response prompted by the query (above) spotted on social media: If such a Thing that some call God ‘exists’ it is ineffable. (i.e. “too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words.” — as defined by Oxford Languages on Google) Some suggest that God is all-powerful (omnipotent), and knows-all (omniscient), but […]
a response: a different view of an indifferent god
The following is a response to another article (* see link below) that I was prompted to read by its author through a social media group. It might also be useful, alongside this response to view an earlier post on this blog which elucidates my suggested perspective: “what is god or what if god is“ […]
inner space
Many people spend a lot of time wondering about what may be going on in ‘outer space’… The Terra-forming of Mars… The progress of Interstellar probes and telescopes… And whether there are aliens ‘out there’, and if so where are they? And so on… We don’t spend so much time thinking about ‘inner space’… But, […]
two lessons: the devil may be in the detail but heaven could be the result
Ricky Gervais the comedian and atheist has a (to me) very funny stand-up routine that pokes fun at the inconsistencies in Genesis and what appears to be the obvious flaws in allegorical tale…but I also like to think that at its heart Genesis has a ‘key thought’ that seems to be increasingly relevant as humanity […]
what is God? or what if God is…?
So, what is God? Or rather What if God is…? Some would suggest it’s a ‘big’ question but …here is a simple record of a recent social media post (I made) and the ‘beginnings’ of some philosophical musings about what (the thing that some people refer to as) God may be… If you’d prefer you […]
H. sapiens: species of distinction or extinction?
Having just watched a short summary of extinction events occurring over the past 500 years I was inspired to observe: An interesting summary… It tends to support what I have increasingly thought… that the answer to the question: “What is the purpose of life?” is simply “To beget life” The meaning of life… (For H, […]
logic and enlightenment
An interesting little allegory arguably concerning ‘logic’ and ‘enlightenment’ that has been passed around the Internet allegedly coming from the pen of Hungarian writer, Útmutató a Léleknek goes as follows: “In a mother’s womb were two babies. One asked the other: “Do you believe in life after delivery?” The other replied, “Why, of course. There has […]