Category: Reason

  • Here I sit, inactive. I have been told I have no free will. What will happen is predestined. So, having given up the futility of making the decisions of what it is to do next, I await the predestined actions that must occur next since I am but a leaf pushed by the wind of…

  • free·think·er (frē′thĭng′kər) n. One who has rejected authority and dogma, especially in religious thinking, in favor of rational inquiry and speculation. objectivity – judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices Total objectivity is impossible. Therefore, would it not be true also that totally free-thinking is also impossible? In favor of…

  • Are you planning to die? Has some sort of vigil been established in your waning years wherein you are sitting, looking out the window perhaps, waiting for the grim reaper to appear? Maybe you have already made your final plans, bought the grave site and the casket. Perhaps, in depressed anticipation you have finalized your…

  • This post is about procreation, reproduction, and a feminist’s insistence that a man should have no part other than contributing his genetic material. Feminist’s insist that abortion be an “on demand” right and that men should have no say one way or another as to its use. They insist that there is no circumstance where…

  • Thanks to the feminist movement in a few decades men have gone from being respected protective members of the family to being depicted in TV and Movies as buffoons. You cannot name one recent program or movie where men are presented as responsible intelligent father figures. In tv sitcoms they may be good-hearted father figures…

  • drug·gie also drug·gy (drŭg′ē) n. pl. drug·gies Slang One that takes or is addicted to drugs When you decided that the definition of atheist described your belief system did you think that you were going to be rubbing elbows with druggies? Was there any idea in your mind that the groups you might frequent would…

  • Feminism was predicated on two lies. One lie is that there was a patriarchy, a male dominated hierarchy determined to oppress women. Two, that any man actively oppressed women. Women held public office even before they had the vote. A patriarchy would not have allowed that. Women gained the vote. A patriarchy would not have…

  • Various postings I have seen on Facebook have asserted, actually asserted, health benefits in smoking Marijuana. It is, I admit, a proven fact that marijuana can inhibit pain in some suffering individuals, but, they need not smoke it. Some of the short-term effects are: Rapid heart rate Increased blood pressure Increased rate of breathing Red…

  • Socialism will not work because Humanity is imperfect. People are greedy. Even the empathetic brains we are all born with are ineffective in alleviating this failing of humanity. Some people for some reason turn the feelings of empathy into sadistic delight in other’s tragedies. Others use the opportunity to place themselves in high positions. Sometimes…