IDENTITY PART 10

CARNEGIE SCIENCE CENTRE Hefting his rifle, the man watched as the HAL DHRUV helicopter landed on the lawn in Heinz field. He checked his watch. 0517hrs It’s almost dawn. For months now, the man had been working on a revenge mission – one that rendered payback to the man who had stolen the prototype of […]

THE NATURE OF MAN

“ The only normal people are the ones you don’t know very well.”-Alfred Adler One of the questions that human beings have grappled with throughout the centuries is the subject of what bars the average person from achieving his full potential. Ask anyone you meet what impedes him or her from being the best […]

AN ENCOUNTER WITH A NIHILIST IN THE DEAD OF THE NIGHT…

0233hrs He puffed his cigar and stared at me. “C’mon answer me asshole !” I couldn’t think of anything to say. ****** Only a few hours ago, my Vitz broke down a few miles away from Hunters, Roysambu. It was around midnight and i was driving home to my place in Kahawa Wendani after visiting […]

THEORIES OF RELIGION

Image Source: A-Z quotes An estimated 70% of the global population expresses a belief in a supreme being [s]. An overwhelming majority of people in the modern world are adherents of a religion. Just why do such staggering numbers of people cling to a religion ? The idea of a what ‘religion’ means tends to be […]

ON A FLAWED MAN AND GOD

One of the arguments that atheists level against the three Abrahamic religions – Christianity, Islam and Judaism is that it’s simply preposterous that an all knowing, merciful and loving God wishes to condemn the sinful, unrepentant mass of humanity to an eternity in the fires of hell for being sinners yet he created them that […]

IDENTITY PART 9

The man ended the call. He then gasped for air, relieved that he had convinced the Liutenant that whatever he was telling him was factual. He was still unsettled nevertheless. Satvik lied to me. The student has outgrown the teacher. The man dialled Satvik’s number. Nobody picked. He looked at the fullscap on his desk. He […]

IDENTITY PART 8

At the tender age of four, her parents had taken her to a catholic church in Texas. “I baptize you Mary; in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit” the black priest had said before pouring blessed water over her head three times. Those had been the fantastic times […]

IDENTITY PART 7

0157hrs The man still reeling with shock paced back and forth in his living room. He stared straight at the document that lay on his desk and immediately felt cold sweat drench his armpits. He realized he had made a fatal mistake. I should have known. His manservant who was keenly watching him from the […]

THE STATE OF MAN

The state of nature is a concept used in philosophy to describe the life and stature of human beings before the advent of organised societies, civil laws and government. Talking of this state the ancient orient philosopher Mo Tzu said that then there was neither law nor order and that every individual had his own unique moral […]

IDENTITY PART 6

Holy shit! Sawyer puzzled leaned forward to look at the obstacle before them. That they had now been nabbed by the authorities was already a foregone conclusion. The cops had most probably received a dispatcher alert about a police massacre in a Selinsgrove police station. It had been an hour since. They knew the killer […]