Divine Divination Blog April Archive

Arithmancy? That sounds like a subject mentioned in the Harry Potter series, right? Well, it certainly pertains to that subject taken by Hermione Granger. Not much was told about this subejct in the books because it was only Granger who took it, but it certainly had a lot to do with numbers.

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Blasphemy Vs. Freedom of Speech

One of the tenets of a democratic society is the capacity of its members to express what they have in mind without the fear of abduction or punishment by the government. This is the principle of free speech. Countries have varying degrees of tolerance towards free speech. For example, the United States and Europe are supportive of free speech, while others such as Saudi Arabia and China tend to suppress it.

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Why Are Americans More Religious Than Europeans

With the high level of technology and standard of living, it would be easy to think that the United States and Europe are on the same page when it comes to religion, but no, that is actually very far from the truth. We all know that the United States is a heavily religious country when put side-by-side with the EU, so it makes me wonder why this is the case. It's quite obvious with advertisements, for example. Some of those liberal ads in Europe won't just make the cut in conservative America. Why are Americans conservative?

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The Nature of Good and Evil

This is good. This is bad. This is nice. That is evil. How many times have you heard these sentences? How many times have you been told that by doing a certain act, you become evil and risk getting sent to Hell when the end of the world comes (a few billions years after its start)? Perhaps so many times already.

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On Agnosticism

For the last 5 years or so of my life, I've already considered myself to be an agnostic. I don't believe that the nature of God or any other similar supreme beings, can be discerned in this lifetime, assuming they exist in the first place. Though this is my belief, I go for religious tolerance. I have nothing against religion, as long as it doesn't do anything to hinder me from doing what I want to do with my life.

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