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Rights: a mere suggestion if violating them has no consequence.

Rights: a mere suggestion if violating them has no consequence We often hear that civilization is built on laws, not on the whims of individuals. Yet for many across Africa, and indeed the wider world, rights and safety remain precariously tied to something far more fragile: the mercy of the powerful. Whether it is a ruler drunk on control, an occupying force cloaked in “civilization,” or a multinational corporation hiding behind policy jargon, history has taught us the same harsh truth: goodwill is an unstable foundation for justice. The problem is not only the violations themselves, but the stunning absence of consequences that so often follows them. True justice cannot depend on the moral mood of the mighty. It cannot wait for compassion to trickle down from palaces or boardrooms. It must be a living system, an architecture of accountability, where every abuse of power, no matter how grand or subtle, meets a firm and predictable response. Without this, rights are not righ...
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We Won’t All "Make It"And That’s Fine

I don’t like baseless motivation. The kind that says “trust me, we’ll all make it one day.” We won’t. And we all know it. But people say it anyway because it sounds nice. It’s like when your broke friend says “next week things will turn around.” You both know that “next week” is just emotional support. I like motivation that comes with truth. The kind that doesn’t treat hope like crack. The kind that says, “yeah, the system is rigged, but here’s how to live through it anyway.” Because not everyone will “make it,” at least not in the millionaire, mansion, private jet sense. Most people will live right in the middle. That’s not failure. That’s math. The Bell Curve Nobody Likes To Mention For every success story you hear, there are hundreds of people who worked just as hard and didn’t “make it.” That’s not because they were lazy or lacked vision. It’s because life doesn’t distribute success evenly. The truth is, most of us are in the middle of the be...
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Why I'm Not Having Kids (And It's Partly Your Fault)

Why I'm Not Having Kids (And It's Partly Your Fault) Why I'm Not Having Kids (And It's Partly Your Fault) I actually like kids. They’re funny, chaotic, and honest in a way adults forget how to be. I love their curiosity, how they ask the most random questions, and how their whole world can revolve around a toy or a bug. I genuinely enjoy being around them. I just don’t want to have any of my own. And the biggest reason is the parenting culture you and society perpetuate. It’s not because I hate responsibility or love sleep too much, even though both are true. It’s because when I look at how most people treat their kids, I get uneasy. I see too many parents who seem angry, rough, or just plain tired of their own children. The yelling, the snapping, the constant need for control—it’s everywhere. And I can’t help but think, what if that’s just part of parenting? What if becoming that kind of person isn’t a choice, but something th...
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20. The Fine Tuning Argument

The Fine-Tuning Argument is often paraded as one of the most compelling pieces of evidence for the existence of God. It goes something like this: the universe is perfectly calibrated for life. Change a few cosmic dials—gravity, the strong nuclear force, the cosmological constant—by even a fraction, and poof, no stars, no planets, no life. The odds of everything being just right by chance are so staggeringly low that it seems more plausible to believe that some cosmic watchmaker set the hands precisely. But does this argument really hold up under scrutiny? Let’s find out. Understanding Fine-Tuning: The Cosmic Recipe To get a sense of what fine-tuning means, imagine you’re baking a cake, but with cosmic ingredients: Gravity: If it were slightly stronger, the universe would collapse back on itself. Slightly weaker, and matter wouldn’t clump together to form stars and galaxies. Cosmological Constant: This governs the rate of expansion of the universe. Too fast, and matter flies apart befor...
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19. First Cause and The Kalam Cosmotological Argument

The universe is big—mind-bogglingly big. And it’s old, really old. Around 13.8 billion years old, according to our best estimates. But here’s the billion-dollar question: Why does it exist at all? This is where the Cosmological Argument steps onto the stage, with its main act—the idea of a First Cause. Let’s break this down with a little more precision and a lot more clarity. What Is the Cosmological Argument? At its core, the Cosmological Argument says that everything that begins to exist must have a cause. The universe began to exist. Therefore, the universe must have a cause. Simple enough, right? But as you dig deeper, things start to get more interesting (or confusing, depending on your tolerance for philosophical gymnastics). The traditional version—often called the First Cause Argument—goes like this: Everything that exists has a cause. The universe exists. Therefore, the universe has a cause. But then we get the Kalam Cosmological Argument, a specific flavor that sharpens the f...
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18. Cognitive Dissonance

You ever met someone who believes in a loving, all-powerful God… but also believes that most of humanity is going to burn forever? Or someone who preaches humility but drives a car that sounds like it runs on ego and Red Bull? Welcome to the psychological Olympics: cognitive dissonance. It’s that moment when your brain tries to hold two contradictory beliefs and pretend they’re best friends. Like “God is love” and “But also he drowned everyone once. Babies too. For character development.” Cognitive dissonance is what happens when you feel like something is true, but see evidence that says otherwise—and instead of adjusting, your mind goes into overdrive to make it all fit. Like trying to squeeze a hippo into skinny jeans and calling it “faith.” Religion: A Petri Dish of Dissonance Religious belief systems are often loaded with absolute claims—God is good, the holy book is infallible, the clergy are chosen, etc. And life? Life is messy. Which means dissonance is basically built into the...
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17. The Moral Argument

Ah yes, the Moral Argument for God—that classic philosophical cocktail of ethics, theology, and “don’t murder people or God will be mad.” It’s been served warm at Sunday schools, apologetics debates, and awkward dinner tables for centuries. But what is it, really? And does it hold up when you poke it with a logical stick? Let’s do what we do best—grab it, unwrap it, roast it, and maybe learn something deep about human nature along the way. First, What Is It? The moral argument, in its simplest Sunday-best form, goes like this: 1. If God does not exist, objective moral values and duties do not exist. 2. But objective moral values and duties do exist. 3. Therefore, God exists. Tidy. Elegant. As convincing as a motivational poster taped to a brick wall. It’s been championed by theologians and philosophers like William Lane Craig, who argue that unless there’s a divine moral lawgiver, there’s no real right or wrong—just preferences, like pineapple on pizza or the Oxford comma. In other w...
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