“If God answers prayers, we should see miraculous effects of prayer. With millions of prayers having been said every day for thousands of years, we would expect some to have been answered by now in a verifiable way. They have not. “If God has revealed truths to humanity, then these truths should be testable. Over …
Aristotle believed that happiness was central purpose of human life and a goal in itself. That is, happiness depends on the cultivation of individual virtues, including physical as well as mental well-being. He argued that virtue is achieved by maintaining the Mean, which is the balance between two excesses. Aristotle is a main advocate of …
The Washington Post, on Thursday 26 April, carried an article about the increasing number of unmarried people (at least, I assume they are all unmarried). who desperately miss human physical contact and who are paying about $80 a time to be cuddled, non-sexually of course, by professional cuddlers. Cuddling shops have apparently opened in Portland …
California is a wonderful state. It enjoys the world’s best tech companies, bountiful and increasingly eco-friendly energy resources, a entertainment industry unparalleled in global clout, a vast array of productive and innovative businesses, and almost perfect weather. But in recent years, and particularly since Trump became president, Californians feel increasingly dissatisfied with Washington. On every …
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Climate change – An apology What will they say of us when we are gone, When it dawns on them all that their grandparents knew (As they wrestle with flooding, starvation and storms) Of the turmoil their world would be struggling through? What will they think of us selfishly set Upon motors and holidays, easily …
