Not That Guy: Scornful Doubter

There are those who do not believe. That’s their prerogative and I’m not going to impose my view on them at all. What I would say, however, is that in not believing, it’s really important to be careful not to be a scornful doubter. What I love about stories – true or fictional – are […]

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You’re Better Off Believing?

Basing life purely off what your senses pick up must be quite draining. Really and truly we don’t just base life off that. There are some things that support that. There are some ideas that underpin our views, even if they’re mixed and somewhat confused if you were to consider them carefully. There might be […]

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Is It The Hope That Kills You?

There is a sort of intellectual agnosticism that has a problem with some expressions of faith. It is not outright atheism because it is not so committed to ruling out divine influences. Its content knowing that there’s things beyond its understanding. Maybe there’s divinity somewhere, maybe not, but they don’t get hung up on it. […]

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Dryden Shorts: Advances in Ignorance

Development, progress and growth. There’s little to disregard about those words. No one wants to regress. Yet sometimes when I hear people talking about ideas, concepts and perspectives on life and contrast them with certain values from centuries and millennia ago, there’s a rather conceited and arrogant approach. It’s as if we’ve really come far […]

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