Category Archives: Religion

Ignorance, thy name is God.

The more we know, the less we need a god. The more we grow, the lesser god becomes. The more light shed on our past, present and future ideas, the duller the notion of god shines. The more bridges we build across conflicting systems of human welfare, the more god justifications fall through the gaps.Continue reading “Ignorance, thy name is God.”

The Religious Stockholm Syndrome

Sweden is among the least religious of countries in the world along with Estonia, Denmark, Czech Republic, Norway and Japan. So, naturally I balk at associating it, clumsily though it might be, to this concept of ‘falling’ in love with an oppressor as is the requirement for any of the fastidiously religious. Religious folk vehementlyContinue reading “The Religious Stockholm Syndrome”

Inertia of Servitude

With hindsight 20-20, I am increasingly boggled by what kept me religious way into my 40s! What conspired to blind me to live a life built around irrational belief states? Why didn’t I ask questions that now seem so obvious for me to ask and challenge the indoctrination I was subjected to? The answer thatContinue reading “Inertia of Servitude”