War Losses

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Theodicy and the Problem of Evil

Matthew 2
¹⁷ Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying:
¹⁸ In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning:
  Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.

Coming Out

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James Van † Der Beek

John 8:32

And ye shall know the truth,
and the truth shall set you free.

Requiem For A Dying Faith

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Snow White: Winter Is Coming!

If there truly is a God, whose Son gave His Holy Apostles power to bind and unbind all things in heaven and on earth, and all those myriads of popes, patriarchs, (arch)bishops, cardinals, and priests are their living successors, why are they so utterly powerless in stopping or preventing Russian missiles flying through the sky from ever reaching Ukraine and brutally massacring its inhabitants ?

Silent Night

Silent Prayers Met With Divine Silence

Psalm 45:10

Be still, and know that I am God.

The Power Of Prayer

What Dreams May Come

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In Dreams Begin Responsibilities

Sirach 34
¹ The hopes of a man void of understanding are vain and false: and dreams lift up fools.
² Whoso regards dreams is like him that catches at a shadow, and follows after the wind.

³ The vision of dreams is but a reflection:
 the likeness of a face beholding itself.
⁴ Of an unclean thing, what can be cleansed ?
 and from that which is false, what truth can come ?
⁵ Divinations, and soothsayings, and dreams are vain:
 and the heart fancies, as a woman's heart in travail.
⁶ Set not thy heart upon them, for dreams have deceived
⁷ many, and they that put their trust in them have failed.
⁸ The law shall be found perfect without lies:
 and wisdom is perfection to a faithful mouth.

On God's Involvement In The Big Bang

Hypothetically speaking, of course...

Lessons In Misguided Optimism

What atheism, Holocaust denial, and Russian war propaganda have in common:

John 20:25 Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.

Why I Would NEVER Embrace Scientific Atheism

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Or Why Are There So Few Women In S.T.E.M. Fields ?

It's Just Another Skeptic Sunday

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Lies We Can Believe In !

Perfectly Rational Explanations

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...And Other Psychological Coping Mechanisms

Designed To Protect The Human Mind From Accepting The Unthinkable

I'm Dreaming Of A White Christmas...

Black Lives Matter !

( The only question is : To whom ? )
The differences between various denominations, be they religious, political, philosophical, or ideological, are usually much subtler than one would otherwise be inclined to either suspect or expect. Thus, for instance, if the traditional Easter greeting is “Christ is risen !” (notice the brazen exclamation mark at the end), intellectually enlightened forms of atheism or agnosticism would not necessarily counter this statement by boldly, and rather ostentatiously, affirming its opposite (followed, presumably, by an even greater number of exclamation marks; say, three: one for each person of the Holy Trinity), as one would, somewhat understandably, be tempted to believe; but rather by subversively having its ending replaced by a question mark, as in “Christ is risen ?”. Similarly for the well-known response “Truly He is risen !” being made to read “Is He truly risen ?” instead. Indeed, it would be a very welcome change to see unbelievers greeting each other in the streets with “Christ is born, glorify Him ?” during the winter holidays, rather than resorting to their usual unimaginative quips, such as “This season, celebrate reason !”, as if Christians, who, following the very first verse of Saint John's Gospel, profess Christ to be the Incarnation of God's divine Logos (which is where the word logic, a synonym for reason, comes from), don't do just that; but I digress... The same observation also applies to countless other slogans as well, including the one under discussion. Black (or unborn) lives may indeed matter; but to how many, and how much, remains to be established... (and the odds do not appear to be in their favor).

The Jesus-Myth Theory

A.
A1. The French revolution took place in 1789. The French are a Romance population of Latin descent.

A2. The Romanian revolution took place in 1989. The Romanians are a Romance population of Latin descent.


B.
B1. Leonhard Euler died on September 18^th, 1783. He was a deeply religious man, as well as a famous mathematician.

B2. The owner of this blog was born on September 19^th, 1983. He is a religious man, and a mathematician.


C.
C1. Trajan, the famous Roman Emperor who conquered Dacia (modern-day Romania), was born on September 18^th, 53.

C2. I'm a Romanian, my father's name is Traian, he was born in '52, and my birthday falls on September 19^th.


From this undisputed data, we clearly conclude the following facts:
1. I do not exist, and -by extension- neither does this post. The fact that you're `reading` this right now clearly means that you're a clinically insane individual currently experiencing a hallucination, and most likely in need of some serious psychiatric treatment. Any person supposedly `confirming` the so-called `existence` of this post is either severely deluded as well, suffering from what specialists might call folie a deux, or else simply being polite, perhaps even afraid of your possible reaction, or probably only jesting, thinking that you are merely joking as well.

2. All the suffering that I've endured in my entire life has been nothing more than an illusion: I never existed, and neither did my pain. The tragedy and horrific events which took place in the winter of '89, and which plague my country until the present day, never happened. The tears, the blood, the martyrs, the fear, the terror, the torture, the killings, the slaughter, the bullets: mere figments of the dreams (and nightmares) crafted by the wild imagination of a non-existent and illusory being, akin to that of the main character of the 2009 movie Mr. Nobody, and reminiscent of the main ideas expressed in such successful Hollywood productions and big screen blockbusters as Inception and the legendary Matrix trilogy. There truly is no spoon.

Religion As The Cause Of All Evil

When John Hinckley attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan in order to impress the living Hollywood legend Jodie Foster, no one in his right mind dreamed of accusing the famous actress of being in any way involved in -let alone responsible for- the unfortunate tragedy. But when people commit atrocities in the name of Christianity, the same logical courtesy is not extended...

Religion, Democracy, and Education

For all sane people everywhere, these three notions are among the purest of all possible concepts, which -by the very virtue of their noble nature- could never be joined together with that which is brutal, barbaric, degrading, disgusting, impure, inferior, ignoble, savage, repugnant, or in any way less than sublime. Like murder, for instance. After their illustrious forefathers have slain countless lives in the name of the former, today's `civilized` Westerners have no qualms in smearing the name of the latter two by bombs and abortions. Apparently, war begets peace, and actual gun-powder is what's really needed to ignite the `explosion` of freedom and prosperity throughout the world. Not to mention the mandatory trip to the abortuary, which every self-respecting Western woman owes to herself and to her future career... probably one as an English teacher, instilling in her future pupils high moral values, like sacrificing oneself for others (as opposed to sacrificing others for oneself, or for one's own interests: such as, say, taking the life of an unborn child for the sake of furthering one's career...) Or perhaps that of an accomplished poet or musician, delighting the hearts and ears of her audience with surreal sounds and lyrics, resplendent of a heavenly beauty which lies in stark contrast and direct opposition to that of the darkness of her ugly deed...

The Jesus-Myth Theory And The Fourth Of July

This post may come a day late (and a dollar short), but I just had to write it:
A1. The United States celebrate their National Independence Day on the Fourth of July (1776).
A2. Their national colors are the Red, White, and Blue.

B1. France celebrates its National Day on the Fourteenth of July (1789), commemorating the Storming of the Bastille.
B2. Its national flag is also Red, White, and Blue.

Now, if we were to faithfully apply to these well-known and undisputed facts the same brilliant logic or principles which guide the Jesus-Myth Theory, we would have to conclude that -given all these numerical, historical, and even chromatic coincidences- one of the two nations would have to be a myth clearly based on or inspired by the other, and that either France or America never actually existed...

Doubting Thomas

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"Science" & Religion

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...and people still wonder why the two don't mix...

Undeniable Proof of Intelligent Design

A Picture's Worth More Than A Thousand Words...

Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives.

William Foster

Atheism