I don’t ‘hate’ religion. Maybe I once thought I did, but I don’t really. I don’t think it’s ‘the root of all evil’ or that it ‘poisons everything’. Do I think it’s done a lot of negative things to the human race? I do, in terms of indoctrination, fear-mongering and […]
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No, Christmas is not a Christian holiday. There’s nothing at all wrong with Christians celebrating it – or Muslims, or Jews, or atheists for that matter, but it’s origins were Pagan. Christmas was originally the celebration of the Winter Solstice, or ‘the Sun Festival.’ Christ, if he existed, was said […]
Continue ReadingIn Sixth Form I did an EPQ and got a B for it, which naturally I was pretty happy about. An EPQ is an extended research project you can do where you pick a topic and research about it. I was so excited and pumped about mine I wrote the […]
Continue ReadingDo you believe that our lives are mapped out in a sense, by a ‘God’ or just by the universe, or do you think that everything happens due to our individual choices and coincidences? I’m a determinist, and I do believe in fate. I don’t believe in a God but […]
Continue ReadingIt’s gross and creepy. Hold your pantyhose, keep your balls on, I’m not saying I agree with incest. The point of discussion is to look deeper into things and ask ‘why’, as opposed to brush things off as ‘right’ or ‘wrong.’ So incest makes most of us shudder. The general […]
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I know what you’re thinking. Of course murder is always wrong. At face value; murder, cheating, lying, stealing all seem terrible. But I don’t believe that ethics is clear-cut, and I don’t believe in absolutist morality. When you look beneath the surface and take in situational relevance, everything changes. Lawful […]
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