Mantle insights

  Not Everything We Think Belongs Online I have always been audacious. Especially when it comes to interrogating long-held ideas that no longer resonate with my evolving consciousness. Recently, that audacity spilled onto Facebook, an eruption of thoughts about God, religion, and the contradictions that have long disturbed me. I called Him a deadbeat, questioned the plausibility of the story of Noah, and challenged the logic behind a deity who simultaneously claims to love us and demands that we fear Him . In that moment, I was not trying to be incendiary. I was simply being honest . What followed the backlash I had expected ( well, I did receive some of it ) was something far more sobering. One of my lecturers, a man I deeply respect, whose intellect and integrity I admire, pulled me aside. With remarkable calm, he offered what I now view as a necessary intervention. He spoke not to silence me, but to remind me: the internet is a permanent archive. And as much as it holds space fo...