This is how I answered a rather badly composed query that was posted on my timeline on the social media: The explosion of science in the 19th century was set off when atheism became an acceptable, if not entirely respectable way of thinking. Nobody pulled out the tongue and wired the jaws of Darwin, none … Continue reading What do Atheists Bring to the Plate?
Month: April 2019
Better Parent, Terrible God
Until someone defines God, I have not way to know whether I'm a believer, theist, deist, agnostic or atheist. But that god of religion - any religion - who waits for me to beg, grovel and plead for awarding me a fair judgment - oh, no, that god doesn't exist for me. Give it a … Continue reading Better Parent, Terrible God
Goodbye Babu Paul, my friend
It would actually be too presumptuous of me to call Dr. Daniel Babu Paul my friend. We just happened to be in the same Pre-University class in UC College, Alwaye (now Aluva) in 1957. Babu Paul was a shining star, intelligent and studious, already poised to do great things and a favourite of teachers and … Continue reading Goodbye Babu Paul, my friend
My Facebook Fixation
Sorry, these are only some of my previous posts on FB, Somehow I feel that they have a current flavour and that they are worthy of being shown on these pages. Hence, here goes: Imagine there's no religion, the World is one: John Lennon, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Q_YV49GH0g Frankly, this Oscar Wilde gem was borrowed from Facebook I … Continue reading My Facebook Fixation
The Doctor and the Infidel
It was more than a couple of decades ago when I met Dr. Das in a fishing suburb of Bombay. Jyoti Basu, the Communist Chief Minister of Bengal was his idol, and I, then a chronic patient of malaria, his favourite patient. Das charged the fisherfolk Rs. 2 in the name of consultation and Rs. … Continue reading The Doctor and the Infidel
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