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Jesus for atheists
I guess this is not much more than a review of Leo Tolstoy’s book ‘A Confession’ and his other books on religion. I’ve been an atheist as long as I felt that the words in the Lord’s Prayer were ridiculous. I believe the Bible is a work of fiction like any other book that talks…
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What if the trees were the real angels?
“What if the trees were the real angels?” — Me, Lier, 2021 This is what I sat to think looking at this war memorial angel statue in Lier. Turns out there is a name for this – Pantheism. My interpretation is roughly that Nature and God are the same thing. This makes sense to me…
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Fumblings about compassion
“One with compassion is kind even when angry one without compassion will kill as he smiles.” Shabkar – Tibetan poet I went to Krakow, Auschwitz I and Auschwitz II – Birkenau. It was surprising how un-horrifying it was. Birkenau was certainly bleak but its very hard to picture in my my mind the terror of…
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Philosophy for the love of it
I’m going to post my thoughts here. “Shitty philosophy” seems like the best description of what I do. I’m an amateur philosopher, in the sense that I do it for the love of it. I search for the border between religion and science. I also swear lots, so might as well get you prepared for…
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Ian's Philosophy 