Is Being Happy the Goal of Life?

My 1985 edition of the Pocket Oxford Dictionary defines ‘Happy’ as “feeling or showing pleasure or contentment; fortunate of words or behaviour, apt, pleasing, satisfactory, avoidance of extremes.” The term a ‘happy medium’ points towards a balanced view or outcome. Although the actual meaning of the word happy is more nuanced than the more superficial […]

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Heaven and Hell, Angels and Demons

Heaven and Hell, Angels and Demons – The heavenly realms, are necessarily intimately intertwined with life on Earth. This must be so by the very logic that underlies the belief in creation. What we believe, the narratives we tell ourselves and the tales we tell others are fundamental pillars upon which the edifice of our […]

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Young People are our Hope and Future

When a woman and a man have a child they are transformed into a mother and a father. This is one of the universal laws of nature. We can see reflections of it in many other species. Many a time parents describe the birth of their child as a miracle and in a very real […]

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Nature’s Cathedral is Where I Worship God

Worshipping in Nature’s Cathedral: Before the beginning all was void. The creative force that formed nature over billions of years of evolutionary time is the God we worship. According to our understanding, the laws of physics started to operate following the big bang, expanding the universe through space and over time to become the galactic […]

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The Christmas parable – a gift of empathy

The Christmas parable: Stories are a greater part of our lives than we imagine. Author Patrick Rothfuss wrote “Everyone tells a story about themselves inside their own head. Always. All the time. That story makes you what you are. We build ourselves out of that story.” We all love stories. They are the moments we […]

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Brotherhood of Earth Beings – We Are All Connected

Brotherhood of Earth Beings – We Are All Connected: In the beginning the biblical God created the heaven and the earth (Genesis 1.1). He then spent the next four days creating the firmament, day and night, the seasons, the sun and moon, the land and seas, the grasses, herbs and trees and the fowl, fish […]

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Radiation Health Effects from WiFi & Smartphones

Since the mobile phone boom in the 1990s the exposure of entire populations to Electromagnetic Fields (EMFs) continues to increase exponentially. EMFs, also called Electromagnetic Radiation (EMR), are electrically charged space in and around you. People cannot see or hear EMR. It is hypothesised to travel in waves with peaks and troughs. The distance between […]

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Electromagnetic Fields: Is Exposure Harmful?

The exposure to electromagnetic fields (EMFs) from the transmission of electricity, telecommunications, and broadcasting, as well as from domestic and other industrial appliances, such as WiFi routers, tablets, smartphones, laptops and telecom antennas, may be hazardous to health. Constant exposure to EMFs may play a part in health conditions including headaches, migraines, inner agitation, chronic […]

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Nuremberg Code: 75th Anniversary

Nuremberg Code: Following the end of World War II, international court proceedings were initiated in the city of Nuremberg, in Bavaria, Germany on the 20th November 1945 against German Nazi officials charged with committing crimes against humanity. Prime amongst these crimes was the genocidal attack on European Jews, also known as the holocaust. Seventy five […]

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Informed Consent: #HealthFreedom

A person is considered to have given informed consent if he has evaluated all the relevant facts and reasons, including benefits, risks, and available alternatives before signifying agreement. This implies the right to refuse without being penalised for doing so. This type of consent applies to many situations in life, such as decisions relating to medical […]

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