The Paradox of Our Age
We drink too much; smoke too much; spend too recklessly; laugh too little; drive too fast; get too angry; stay up too late; get up too tired; read too seldom; watch TV too much and pray too seldom.
Read moreCategory Archives: Humanities
We were sinless when we were nude
By Adnan Mouhiddin
I wonder why nudity in this photo, and nude art in general, offends “moral” people. It offends religious people deeply. It offends those claiming to have been raised on solid moral grounds. It offends them as if nudity is a sin and/or immoral behaviour.
Read moreAfter the liberation…
Viktor E. Frankl sharing his experience after being liberated from the concentration camp in WW2. (Man’s Search For Meaning)
Read moreRestorative Justice
By Adnan Mouhiddin
In 1789, Gabriel de Mably, a French Philosopher, argued that punishment should strike the soul rather than the body. His statement was considered revolutionary in his era standards, when criminals were physically tortured under horrifying methods and techniques. The rise of alternatives to punishment is as old as the history: In the face of the ‘eye for an eye’ law, Jesus the Nazareth offered those who were without a sin to cast the first stone. But has anything changed since Mably’s statement?
Read moreLetter from a Birmingham Jail
If I have said anything in this letter that overstates the truth and indicates an unreasonable impatience, I beg you to forgive me. If I have said anything that understates the truth and indicates my having a patience that allows me to settle for anything less than brotherhood, I beg God to forgive me.
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