Many people have heard about Muhammad’s marriage to Aisha when she was 6 years old, and how he had sexual intercourse with her when she was 9, and he was in his 50’s (Bukhari, and Muslim). This is either denied outright (without evidence) or explained as an anomaly. The truth however is that classical Islam, … Continue reading It Wasn’t Just Aisha: Child Marriage and Sexual Exploitation by Muhammad, and in Early Islam (Including the Qur’an)
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Most Religious Muslims Aren’t Religious, And That’s a Good Thing
Introduction There is a persistent myth, widely believed both within Muslim communities and outside them, that “religious” Muslims, those who pray, fast, and openly identify with Islam, are living embodiments of the faith’s actual teachings. Mosques are full of such people: men who pray five times daily, women who fast every Ramadan, families who send … Continue reading Most Religious Muslims Aren’t Religious, And That’s a Good Thing
THE TRUTH ABOUT EMOTIONAL PAIN LIKE DEPRESSION/ANXIETY
YOU WOULDNT GO INTO A HOSPITAL WARD OF MALARIA AND TOUCH EVERYTHING WITHOUT WASHING UR HANDS TO PROVE UR STRONGER THAN IT HAHAH THATS MADNESS. WHY ? CUZ U KNOW YOU ARE GOING TO GET SICK IF YOU DO THAT. BUT IF YOU WASH YOUR HANDS YOU WILL BE OK. SO TOO WITH EMOTIONAL PAIN … Continue reading THE TRUTH ABOUT EMOTIONAL PAIN LIKE DEPRESSION/ANXIETY
Emotional Pain Is Not a Moral Test: A New Science of Healing
Introduction: For thousands of years, humanity has misunderstood pain.We once thought fevers were signs of sin.We believed earthquakes were divine punishments.We fasted, prayed, repented, and endured.Then came medicine. Science. Cause and effect. Healing. But in one domain, the ancient error still survives:Emotional pain. We are still told that if we feel sad, broken, or numb … Continue reading Emotional Pain Is Not a Moral Test: A New Science of Healing
Existence Is NOT Suffering: The Truth About Life
Introduction For thousands of years, many traditions—especially within certain spiritual and religious systems—have claimed that existence is inherently suffering. This idea, often repeated in slogans such as “Life is pain” or “Existence is suffering”, has shaped countless minds and lives, becoming a cornerstone of some philosophies and spiritual practices. But is it actually true? This … Continue reading Existence Is NOT Suffering: The Truth About Life
Comforting Thoughts on Death
Death terrifies because it confronts us with the unknown. Will we cease entirely, dissolve into nothing? Will we recycle into new forms, or step into a world beyond this one? The mind cannot map it, and so it trembles. Yet there are reasons for comfort. In nature, nothing is lost. Matter decays but becomes soil; … Continue reading Comforting Thoughts on Death
My Epistemology – How to Find and Investigate Truth
🧱 There Are Only Two Ultimate Kinds of Proof 1. Observation (Empirical or Phenomenological) Direct experience—either of the external world (empirical) or of consciousness itself (phenomenological).No matter how subtle or internal, it’s still a form of seeing. Examples: “I see plants growing toward light” → physical observation “I feel desire pulling me toward comfort” → … Continue reading My Epistemology – How to Find and Investigate Truth
The End of the Old World: Why Modern Life Feels So Hollow, Why Marriage is Dying (And What We Can Do About It)
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the concept of success—what it means, and more importantly, who gets to define it. By the popular standards of the Western post-1960s model, I should probably consider myself a failure. I didn’t go to prom. I didn’t party in high school. I didn’t even finish school the normal … Continue reading The End of the Old World: Why Modern Life Feels So Hollow, Why Marriage is Dying (And What We Can Do About It)
How to do philosophy
Real philosophy is systematic. Build solid arguments which start with foundations of reality. Follow the truth based on logical necessity to wherever it leads. Then try destroy what youve built to test if it's really true or not. Let go of what gets destroyed, keep what remains. This is also why there are many fake … Continue reading How to do philosophy
THE IS / OUGHT PROBLEM —- SOLVED.
The Collapse of the Is-Ought Distinction: A Metaphysical Foundation for Ethics Introduction: The Ancient Divide For over two thousand years, the question of ethics has wrestled with a problem that seemed inescapable: how can we derive what we ought to do from what is? The Scottish philosopher David Hume crystalized this challenge in the 18th … Continue reading THE IS / OUGHT PROBLEM —- SOLVED.
