Tag: Religion

The distinction I am making here should help understand why practitioners of a religion can bring their religion to others, forcefully convert them to that religion, whilst NOT living out the ideals and morality of the said religion themselves. It was this distinction that made Mahatma Gandhi say ...

Auguste Comte believed a scientific society and God could not co-exist. A scientific society and religion, on the other hand, absolutely. He saw God and religion as separate entities, and that God’s ‘death’ should not lead to the death of religion, for the sake of humanity. Augu...

“The Anthropology of Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion” is a classic course in departments of anthropology all over the world. In part, this is because every human culture engages with these topics: “magic,” “witchcraft,” and “religion.” Clearly, they ar...

The stories are appearing more frequently in the news now that Roe v. Wade was overturned. In Hayward, Wisconsin, a small town in the northwestern quadrant, a cashier at the local Walgreens refused to sell a couple some condoms because of his faith. After embarrassing the couple in front o...

These are my first thoughts. Yet I haven't even asked the main question: Is there any basis for Aldous Huxley’s assertion in reality? So is it? What ‘true’, the statement by Aldous Huxley? Shall we have a journey into the anatomy of the mind in solitude and in situ? Or ...

Isuspect this article will irritate two groups of people: atheists, and Fundamentalist Christians. I’m not judging your religious beliefs, or lack thereof, rather I am often asked why I am not an atheist? I am asked this question nearly equally by the two above-named groups. Many of my friends...

Abraham, the Father of the Abrahamic Religions, holds a significant place in the beliefs and practices of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. His story, which is deeply rooted in religious texts, serves as a foundation for these faiths and shapes their understanding of God, morality, and the purpose o...