Personal reflections · Recovery · Science and Philosophy

What I Do and Don’t Know

The older I get, the more I realize how inadequate my education was. My writing, my strongest skill, is littered with grammatical errors. I am passionate about the injustices I’ve discovered in the years since I’ve started educating myself, instead of relying on my parents to inform me about the world. When two people are… Continue reading What I Do and Don’t Know

Recovery · Religion and Spirituality · Science and Philosophy

Losing Grip on Eternity, Part 2: Heaven as an Excuse

This post was originally uploaded on July 28, 2015. It was re-uploaded as part of the archive restoration project.   “Aren’t you sick of wasting so much time?And yes it’s true – you’re a foolIf you think you were bornTo be waiting while you’re hatingWhat you’re waiting for.” –Celldweller, Birthright Growing up, I often heard… Continue reading Losing Grip on Eternity, Part 2: Heaven as an Excuse

Recovery · Religion and Spirituality · Science and Philosophy

Losing grip on eternity: Part 1: Foundations and Questions

Content note (added January 2024): This post was originally posted on July 27, 2015. It contains a historical inaccuracy. The Quran was not written and published until about 600 years after the beginning of Christianity.  “I was swimming through the wavesFor what must have been daysBut could find no relief;When I started sinking downI thought… Continue reading Losing grip on eternity: Part 1: Foundations and Questions