Religion ultimately serves two basic functions and roles in the world. One, it seeks to make intolerable communal life tolerable. And two, it serves as a myth to explain everything, given that reality can only be explained through myth. There is nothing else to explain reality aside from myth if you think about it. So … Continue reading Seventh Note to “Laila (Part Three)”
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I have a Bachelor's Degree in History/Government and International Relations from George Mason University, and a Master's Degree in International Affairs with a Concentration in U.S. Foreign Policy from American University in Washington, DC. I was born in New York City, and have lived in Northern Virginia since childhood. I am an independent writer and an entrepreneur. I am also a book author.
Sixth Note to “Laila (Part Three)”
Furthermore, even if one were to have all the books, energy, money, and time in the world at one’s disposal in order to achieve the supposed “balance” between the two of them, it can’t be achieved. Take it from someone who had all the books, energy, money, and time in the world to achieve the … Continue reading Sixth Note to “Laila (Part Three)”
Fifth Note to “Laila (Part Three)”
In short, you can’t “balance” between the two, given that one calls for the elimination of the other, even though the other cannot be eliminated without the risk of hysteria and neurosis. Hence, the evil and stupidity of religion as well as its proponents. And I will admit, I acquiesced to the claim that you … Continue reading Fifth Note to “Laila (Part Three)”
Fourth Note to “Laila (Part Three)”
Proponents of religion would of course push back and contend that you reconcile religion and sex by forging a “balance” between the two of them. I used to buy into this argument. The one about “balance.” But how exactly does that supposed “balance” come about? No one has an answer for how that “balance” comes … Continue reading Fourth Note to “Laila (Part Three)”
Third Note to “Laila (Part Three)”
Moreover, the natural or visceral reaction or response to a corrupt and failing order like the American order is either religious or sexual, and then it becomes a matter of which force - religion or sex - is the more powerful force in the world. And if it weren’t for desire, there would be no … Continue reading Third Note to “Laila (Part Three)”
Adam A. Azim 