Some Random Thoughts.
Some Random Thoughts.

Some Random Thoughts.

Bri'ish guy gives you some ponderous, semi-half-educated thoughts that popped into his head.gif


ISLAM VS HISTORY: Can the Qur'an Survive Scrutiny?

4 Jul 2025 18 minute read 5 comments YouveBeenGreeked

You thought my Abortion post was controversial? Oh boy...     What first caused me to ask this question was a hypocrisy I thought I came across at first while reading a copy of the Qur'an I bought, but getting Islam's answer to this question of mine...

THE GOD-FOOD: Why This One Ingredient is the GOAT

29 Jun 2025 5 minute read 5 comments YouveBeenGreeked

I'm into my fitness - I've had abs since I was about 14, I think. So naturally, I've come to study nutrition and diet. When you start studying micronutrients, a noticeable pattern emerges. Out of the dozens of essential nutrients the human body needs...

LA SERENISSIMA: The Most Successful Nation in History

14 Jun 2025 3 minute read 0 comments YouveBeenGreeked

In the grand sweep of history, when people discuss the most successful states, they often mention the Roman Empire, the British Empire, or the Mongol conquests. These were vast, mighty, and influential, but often short-lived or prone to internal chao...

NOT-SO-SUPERMAN: Why Superheroes Aren’t Super

15 Apr 2025 3 minute read 4 comments YouveBeenGreeked

Superheroes are a pretty cool concept at face value - individuals who can fly, lift up buildings, run at mach 100, shoot lasers out their eyes, summon lightning, climb sheer walls, regenerate… they solve crimes, beat the bad guys, save the world, get...

PLATO AND CHRIST: Two Sufferers, Two Heavens

28 Mar 2025 3 minute read 2 comments YouveBeenGreeked

My journey with religion is turning to be an interesting one: I was raised in atheist households - not outright rejecting or speaking ill of religion, but never taking it into serious consideration. My struggle with it has been at the back of my mind...

THE BIASES OF WAR: What WWII Can Tell Us

17 Mar 2025 4 minute read 7 comments YouveBeenGreeked

At least 60 million died across the world between 1939 and 1945 due to one global armed conflict. That's an average of 10 million a year, over 830,000 a month, and over 27,000 a day. The deadliest battle - the siege of Stalingrad - saw anywhere from...

ABORTION: Murder or Healthcare?

10 Mar 2025 8 minute read 36 comments YouveBeenGreeked

Alright, let's get this modern shit-storm topic over with...   In the modern, socio-political environment, the debate over abortion can pretty much be divided into two parts: The right-wing, conservative, Republican-leaning side (for the most part) w...

SELF-FLAGELLATION: The Drug of the Modern West

7 Mar 2025 7 minute read 0 comments YouveBeenGreeked

Scrolling is fun... I mean, it's not, but we seem to do it a lot. Like, a lot - 99% of people who scroll can't even remember the post or short they saw five scrolls ago. Seriously, next time you're scrolling, try and remember what you saw 5 to 10 pos...

COLLECTIVISM VS INDIVIDUALISM: Humanity's Greatest Struggle

5 Mar 2025 11 minute read 6 comments YouveBeenGreeked

What's more important: the individual or the group? Is it more important to judge and act upon the issues of people based upon their individual needs or their collective, shared needs? Is the individual tree more important than the concept of the for...

BYZANTIUM: The Empire that Never Existed

4 Mar 2025 9 minute read 4 comments YouveBeenGreeked

Ah, the Roman Empire - well and truly, my intellectual, mental and spiritual comfort zone. And maybe when time travel becomes a thing, my physical comfort zone too. It's often regarded as one of humanity's peaks, at least for its time, encompassing...