Freethinker's corner
I will not go quietly into the night!
Category: Musings
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You make your mark and then expire. You came, you lived, you died. There is no steady, no flow, no continuance. Unless you make an indelible mark, once you expire, the book is closed, and may never be opened again. Less than a flash, more like a sparkle, your length of existence is deplorably short.…
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In short: diversity. The very thing many would thought would be beneficial may cause human demise. There are myriad cultures with many different belief systems and levels of sophistication. Many peoples are extremely poor and struggle with even the everyday needs for staying alive. Whereas individually a group might work together within itself to reach…
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What if this is all a charade? Years ago Donald Trump declared himself an atheist. Suppose he was not lying that one single time. Look at the damage that has been done to specific groups: > The GOP is in worst favorable opinion than it ever has been. > The religious have been completely exposed…
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emotionless emo·tion·less | \ i-ˈmō-shən-ləs \ Definition of emotionless : showing, having, or expressing no emotion :an emotionless stare Other Words from emotion Is an emotionless reaction really a reaction? If the intent is to agitate or unnerve, then the expected result is absent. Yet, there was written or oral words occurring as a result,…
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What does a person do who has simply sickened of society? You can’t divorce yourself from it if your means of survival is tied to it. There are some people who think politics are a fun game. You have one group establish something and then the other group comes in and un-establishes it. You come…
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Human memory is so very unreliable. Long term, it is nearly useless. A memory is created. Even initially it is not a true portrayal of reality, it is a fabrication of your mind created from whatever details draw your attention. As time passes, a memory fades. Data seems to be lost. You know that the…
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Humans really do not like the idea that they are just animals. They go to elaborate means to ignore that fact. They invent gods that consider them the favored life on earth, in fact, the reason the earth was created. Humans being the reason god created the universe, why be surprised that humans consider earth…
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Sometimes I want to write and nothing comes. Other times a topic rises from the sewage around me, but alas, I am away from my computer, and then the topic seems to submerge itself back into the black ooze. A lot of times I want to write about a topic but I consider how it…
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Assuming life occurs spontaneously via abiogenesis throughout the universe, can humanity possibly be indicative of what will be found on other worlds… as far as intelligent life forms? Are we to expect each life form to be as immoral, apathetic, and miserable has human beings? Every human is capable of lying, cheating, and stealing. If…
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Being totally honest at times can lead to being immoral. For example, the doctor that tells the patient that he/she is doomed and there is no hope, even if there isn’t, can completely destroy a person in the last hours, days, weeks of their life… and even hasten death. Better to administer hope, and useless…