Currently on this blog I have a series of images which highlight child abuse - all in the name of religion. Yet there is something in the n...

"We must respect the other fellow's religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is b...

The Super Spray Painter - street art is interesting and I always admire people who conjure up art right in front of my eyes. This guy is goo...

In conversation with my Christian friends and family they struggle to link me with my non-belief in a deity, any deity. They know I don'...

If you ever need cheering up then this song cannot help but enable you to appreciate the 'small' things that we can take for granted...

"Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he ...

Stephen Fry has written a letter to his younger self which has encouraged a whole host of people to do the same. If you were writing to yo...

I chanced upon this film which I felt compelled to post here. It is disturbing and illustrates why I consider religious indoctrination to be...

Okay, okay! I agree I must be in a soppy mood. Al Green doesn't sing this version as vocally brilliantly as some of his others I have he...

I love this poem by the late great Louise Bennett, also known as 'Miss Lou'. This poem is written in the Jamaican patois and deals w...

I had a discussion with a relative of mine recently concerning black history and some black writers. My relative took particular exception t...

This quote could, at first, seem rather depressing. The question is: Is he wrong? Are we humans, after evaluation of our known history, very...

I was angry with my friend: I told my wrath, my wrath did end. I was angry with my foe: I told it not, my wrath did grow. And I watered...

Is it me? Am I showing my age? Or maybe there is something that I don't understand: the fashion for young men showing off their underwea...

The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse has published a report regarding the systematic abuse and torture by Catholic institutions in Ir...

On the way to the church I asked my 2 female friends if they could be themselves and try to ignore the fact that I was there as I wanted the...