Why We Shouldn’t Question Another Person’s Religion

~ Vincent Mars ~ 22 Comments

Religion is not stubborn ignorance in the face of science. Religion is a different way of understanding the world, of coping with our inescapable sufferings, with our unavoidable death, of establishing principles and values to guide us in life. While I am not particularly religious myself, I am bothered when intelligent people, usually of scientific … Continue reading Why We Shouldn’t Question Another Person’s Religion

On Aimlessness

~ Vincent Mars ~ 24 Comments

Aimlessness has a rather bad reputation, in the West at least. Aimless people are generally seen as drifters, underachievers, or at best, rebels. But is aimlessness really condemnable? Must we always do something? Aim for something? Are we only the sum of our achievements or is there more to us than our diplomas, our houses … Continue reading On Aimlessness