Looking at the world through a different set of lenses
Currently (August 2021) the predictable consequence of NATO pulling out from Afghanistan is happening. The Taliban are re-taking control. Tragic for those Afghans who do not subscribe to their mediaeval philospophy and methods of government. President Bush Jr went in without any clear long-term plan, certainly not with the concept of nation-building. which was the … Read more
You must have experienced this at least once. You think of someone, for no real reason; probably someone you haven’t heard of, or thought about, for quite a long time. Then s/he contacts you, or something else happens which is to do with her/him. Alternatively, the phone rings, and before you answer it, you know, … Read more
The people who lived in the Cave lived in the Darkness. They could see outside that there was light, but it never came into their cave. They asked their Chief to drive out the Darkness. The Chief asked the River if it could wash out the Darkness. The River flooded the Cave, but when it … Read more
I fail to understand the reasoning of those religious extremists who are convinced that their belief system is the only valid one and everyone else is wrong. I assume that they do believe in an ultimate Creator, who created them as well as everyone and everything else which exists. In which case how can they … Read more
The Christian churches preach, and pray, that we may inherit eternal life. That is a total misuse of the word ‘eternal’, which means something which has no end, and, crucially, no beginning. Not to be confused with ‘infinite’ which as mathematicians can tell you, does have a starting point, though no end. We are either … Read more
This old saying is all too true, but not appreciated by most of us in how we deal with life. It goes with the dictum ‘Do unto others as you would they do unto you’. It is even apparent in the Lord’s Prayer ‘Forgive us our sins as we would forgive those who sin against … Read more