Are We So SPECIAL?
(Are we, the humans, so special that our souls would live forever, and, we have the right to be reckless to nature?)
How it all began?
Do we really need to know "how it all began"? So much so that we will believe in any fantasy that claims to know the "truth." The Earth is 4 billion years old, the universe is older. Barring any major asteroid strikes, the Earth will still be around for another 2 billion years. We cannot know "where it all began."
Should we confront absolutist arguments?
I describe myself as a humanist and atheist. My moral code comes from my upbringing within a society that values relationship over confrontation.
Pat Robertson Said It Again, But What's With Bob McDonnell??
Pat Robertson Said It Again, But What's With Bob McDonnell??
A week of carnage - mass murder of animals
This is the week of carnage. Apparently, God, gods and goddesses have given the sign – they demand blood. Man's inhumanity attains a crescendo when he sacrifices innocent animals on the altar. During this week, Nepal's ground will be soaked with blood from decapitated heads of thousands and thousands of buffalos. This is all to satisfy the whims of goddess Gadhimai. Do people really believe she would deliver the goods?