Tolerance is tricky when it comes to applying it to our daily living. As a humanist, I find myself struggling to keep my compass oriented toward goodness while trying to differentiate between ‘wanting’ good and ‘imposing’ it. There is also this incentive to check my moral outrage from aligning with bigots who can use myContinue reading “The Tolerance Paradox”
Tag Archives: Religion
Coming Out As a Non-Believer
Coming out to our loved ones – and this is imperative – only whose feelings matter to us and who love us truly – is a difficult thing for most nonbelievers. For the rest of the world, our disbelief shouldn’t really generate much angst. But with loved ones, the act requires you to have clarityContinue reading “Coming Out As a Non-Believer”
No Harm, No Foul?
I’ve come to a place where I don’t feel the need to fight every belief anymore. As long as a belief isn’t harming someone, physically, psychologically, or financially, I’m okay letting it be. And that’s a big shift for me, because I used to think that bad ideas had to be confronted everywhere, all theContinue reading “No Harm, No Foul?”
Thoughts on Hinduism
As someone raised within the deep folds of India’s Hindu culture, I am frustrated when non-Indians draw parallels from the Abrahamic religions to Hinduism, assuming a one-to-one, monolithic correlation… and right away stumble in their understanding. I don’t claim to have exclusive ‘insider’ status as a commentator particularly since I don’t reside within the geographicalContinue reading “Thoughts on Hinduism”
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”
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