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For someone who does not believe in a sentient God or gods, you might find it a bit bewildering that I really do enjoy visiting old churches, churchyards, cemeteries and striking Cathedrals.  Which have apparently been built in celebration of or declaring the greater glory of God.  Yes, I marvel at the handiwork of the great craftsmen and probably women and the faithful who have made these monuments, which, though they no longer speak of the power of God.   But rather of the people who built them, with less advanced tools than we now have.  I have also seen Muslim mosques and Sikh temples, although I have only been in the latter on one occasion, and have not been in the former.  And yes, I am impressed and amazed by their magnificence. But again, while the faithful might see them and their magnificence as attesting to the glory of their Gods.   To be continued!

On a lovely Winter's day, how nice and relaxing it is to be sitting in the comfort of wherever and be able to gaze upon a Sun-coloured scene like this, and have your ears feasting on the lovely and calming music which is regaling it?! Enjoy!!!!!

History,  it is said, is a 'great teacher'. But in truth,  'history' , especially human history, and you might be thinking that only us humans have the perception, the concept of 'history.  'History ', which we could define as the accumulated knowledge and/or record of salient occurrences taking place over a period of space and time. The fact is that, ' history ' is neither a good nor a poor teacher; it is not a teacher at all. Although it is, indeed, a thing, a subject, a record, written or memorised or past events.  Of course, it would be wrong for us to think that only us humans live within the framework of history.  Since all living things carry within our genetic pool, the record of  our history .  This applies to how we interact with our external environment, whether we are migratory birds or other animals.   With the ability to instinctively foretell and predict changes in the weather and make and execute plans to mi

That these physical representation of 'god', were undoubtedly not as intelligent or more intelligent and powerful than the humans who have been worshipping them.  They could do nothing for themselves; so how could they do anything for or to humans? Looking back, now, it is clear that such believers and worshippers had to suspend any disbelief they had about the powerlessness or power of these images.  How they had to debase themselves and deny their own power. So as to be in order to able elevate the images of their 'god' to the point of them becoming sacred and 'worshippable.' I can see how the Christian, Islamic and Jewish religious elites, while holding onto their own 'sanitised religious relics'.  Could attack those religious beliefs that still wanted to hold on to their 'religious props', as embodiment of 'their gods.'  To be continued!

Mind you, none of this has so far resulted in lessening of her apparently profound dissatisfaction with life, her life, and her expression of negativity.  Encouraged to focus on her happiness, my dear mother was quick to rejoin; 'what happiness?'  The implication being that, 'with nothing to be happy about, how can I be happy?'  And yet, although my mother has, on more than one occasion, ventured to take it to the next step, of suggesting that she might as well die, as her life is not worth living.  He constant preoccupation with her aches and pains, her failing vision and so forth.   And her implied, if not expressed need for more medicines and medical treatment, could suggest that she might not be in as much of an hurry to leave the land of the living as she might be letting on. To be continued!

'In order to reduce the cost of their long running conflict and clear the air, it might be better for the Iranians to declare and fight an all-out war with the United States.' Yes, things are not good, and there are clear indications that, if the Iranian government is to be successful, in weathering the American storm. Then it needs to lighten up and play the Americans at their own game.  After all, how crazy it seems, that American Christian fundamentalists should be criticising the Iranian Islamic fundamentalists for their hold on political power in Iran? Iran and its people are indeed at an historical cross-road, but it is not one which they have arrived at must now.  They have been here for over the past 50-60 years, as the government of the United States continuously tries to destroy their right to choose and travel their own path to independent, sovereign nationhood.  The Americans are waging ruthless economic war on them, which is probably as des

There was a time in my life when rejected animism or the belief in inanimate objects, such as a statue, a wooden or stone sculptured object having 'magical' or 'god-like' power.  Whether for good or for evil. My refutation of such a belief was this: That how could anybody be so dumb as to think that this piece of wood, stone, etc, can have the power to do this or that think?  How can those who believe that such objects have the power which they are ascribing to them, not see that what they are saying does not make any sense at all? But, such believers have and/or would have argued, it is not the 'object' that has this supernatural or 'godly power.' No, these objects are only the physical representation of 'our gods.'  Ah, how interesting is that rejoiner?  Those of us who know a bit about the Abrahamic religions - Christianity, Islam and Judaism - stipulating that 'God' has forbidden humans from making so-called