A call on parliamentarians and leaders to employ doubt. Dear Parliamentarians, I have become aware that life cannot exist without skepticism. I don’t know much about the experiences of other life forms but as humans, we are confronted daily with the burden of skepticism, whether in our economic life, social encounters, religious beliefs, political and …
I read somewhere that being a conscious black person is exhausting. I will like to go further; being a conscious black person in an African country is a mental health problem waiting to happen. The news will constantly remind you of how much work needs to be done and sometimes you will wish that you …
Burning Bridges – The Idea of Biases and Privilege Read More »
I have been in several spaces where we have persons agree on set goals and on pretty much everything else about what kind of future they want, but their entrenched positions on Capitalism and Marxism or Socialism. I have always found it strange that such ideas can be deified even among freethinkers, a feat I …
Can we start from the Beginning – Economic theories and the shouting matches Read More »
One wonders where to look for examples in the culture of cathedral building in Africa’s antediluvian history. First of all, Africans do not have homeless Gods in dire need of housing. We also don’t believe in an insecure God who needs and demands humanity’s faith in him or her in order to be. Neither do …
To Build or Not To Build – “God at the mercy of politicians and the clergy” Read More »
By Elizabeth O’Casey+On 2018-03-20· In a joint statement made by the International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) and the Humanist Association of Ghana (HAG), humanists have called on Ghana to protect the human rights of all its people, regardless of their individual belief, sexual orientation or gender identity. In the statement, delivered as part of the UN’s Universal …
Ghana’s Vice President John Dramani Mahama has asked teachers to teach the curriculum and not form unofficial “churches”. These teachers are exploiting their students by using them as fodder to build their businesses, which Mahama diplomatically calls an “unhelpful habit”. I would call it unethical. Disturbingly these self-styled pastors are encouraging students to attend all night prayer …