Author Archives: John Bremner
On Fish and Faith
It may not be immediately obvious that faith is a bad thing about religion, but some thought on the subject makes it clear. We hear of someone being called a man or woman of faith, and that brings a certain amount of respect in religious circles. They may even be given that respect in secular … Continue reading
Humankind
Looking at the world as it currently is, it would be easy to despair of humankind. Rarely a day goes by without some atrocity committed in the name of a god or prophet or group of believers, usually from the Judeo/Christian/Islamic tradition. Sometimes the atrocity is committed because of land boundaries, but often it is … Continue reading
Fundamentalism
Fundamentalism in religion is to believe absolutely in the central tenets and the earliest tenets of the religion. It goes back to the beginnings of the religion and gets rid of the subtleties of modern thought that may have made the religion more acceptable to people living in today’s world. So a fundamentalist Christian believes … Continue reading
Usefulness of Christianity
For the most part, Christianity in modern Britain (now that we are no longer burning non-believers at the stake) can serve a useful purpose. It gives those people who need it, and do not have the initiative to think for themselves, something to believe in that is fairly harmless when kept within our own society, … Continue reading
On Dogma
Throughout religious history, especially in the monotheistic religions of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, in all their many manifestations and break-off sects, there has been a set of dogma that believers adhered to, often blindly believing that their holy books gave them direct instructions from their versions of God, through revelations of one or another prophet, … Continue reading
The Bliss of Ignorance
The Bliss of Ignorance is directly responsible for religious reverie, and that sublime state of infuriating superiority and pity that those of religious bent take towards non-believers. The thinking person can never have such certainty, because we realise how little we know about anything; that much of what we think we know will be revised … Continue reading
Awakening from the Religious Daze
This is the beginning of the New Age of Atheism, when humans are awakening from the religious daze they have been in for aeons, and beginning to realise that they have been fooled by preachers long enough – and what they previously believed not only has no basis in reality, but is actually very funny … Continue reading
On Self-Belief
One way to look at religion is that there is a great comfort to be had by the mental connection with an invisible friend, whom some people call God. When things go wrong those of faith have a shoulder to lean on, and this helps them to feel that everything is eventually going to be okay. … Continue reading
Maxine
Maxine was driving down the street in a sweat because she had an important meeting and couldn’t find a parking place. Looking up toward heaven, she said, “Lord, take pity on me. If you find me a parking place I will go to church every Sunday for the rest of my life and give up … Continue reading
God’s Sense of Humour
I had the pleasure of being invited to a Passover meal recently and despite not understanding Hebrew, I enjoyed the experience. We were given a little pamphlet that had an English translation of the proceedings. It was basically a comic. What surprised me was that it seemed to be mostly about thanking the god of … Continue reading »
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