humanity

For better or for worse, relationships reveal the core of the human condition.

The Closed Door of Bakshi Sahib
Bakshi Sahib’s Closed Door Bakshi Sahib’s door was almost always shut. The only time his window opened was when he had to toss out fruit peels—or to scold the neighborhood children.
By Khan 3 months ago in Humans
The Boy and the Ape
The Boy and the Ape By Mukhtar Ahmed (Translated and Adapted) In the quiet little village of Wazirabad lived a fifteen-year-old boy named Saeed — healthy, handsome, and full of quiet determination. Life, however, had not been kind to him. When Saeed was only ten, his mother died of meningitis. A year and a half later, tragedy struck again — his father fell into a well and lost his life.
By Ubaid 3 months ago in Humans
Tales of Humanity
In a quiet town nestled between rolling hills and sparkling rivers, life moved at its own gentle pace. People went about their daily routines, often wrapped in their own worries, rarely noticing the invisible threads that connected everyone. These threads were not magical in the ordinary sense; they were made of empathy, kindness, and shared experience. The oldest resident of the town, a wise woman named Amina, often told children, “Every act of goodness is a seed that blooms in someone else’s life.” Most of them nodded politely but never quite understood the depth of her words—until one spring morning changed everything.
By abdul qadir3 months ago in Humans
Substance Use and Mental Health: The Unspoken Battle We All Need to Face
We live in a culture that glamorizes “a drink to unwind” after work and laughs off “needing something to take the edge off.” But beneath the jokes lies a quieter story — one where substance abuse becomes a substitute for self-care.
By Leigh Cala-or3 months ago in Humans
Welfare by the Numbers:
A lot of Americans still picture a “welfare recipient” as lazy, city-based, and running a scam. That image stuck because it divides people and drowns out boring facts. The boring facts are these: by raw numbers, White Americans make up the largest share of recipients across the big programs. Not because of favoritism—because they’re the largest share of lower-income Americans. At the same time, Black and Hispanic households enroll at higher rates per person because wages, savings, housing access, and employer health coverage aren’t equal across groups. That’s a system problem, not a character problem.
By Dr. Mozelle Martin3 months ago in Humans
How Predators Play the Long Game
“I am Lilith and Magdalene incarnate – a sovereign Cree-Métis squa declaring spiritual war on narcissists.” Predators – especially narcissists, psychopaths, and sadists – play the long game.
By THE HONED CRONE3 months ago in Humans
How Women Use Men’s Protective Instinct to Control Them
It starts with a glance. A flicker of vulnerability. A carefully placed sigh. And something ancient ignites in your chest — the protective instinct in men. You feel it before you think. A primal pull to step in, fix things, guard her, shield her. It feels right. It feels good. It feels noble.
By Randolphe Tanoguem3 months ago in Humans
The False Dilemma
The Mirage of Choice Every day, whether in politics, philosophy, or faith, people are pressured into false choices. You either believe this, or you must believe that. You either accept this statement entirely, or you reject truth altogether. These are not honest discussions. They are traps.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
Planting Truth In Hostile Soil
The Calling To Plant There has never been an age where truth was loved by the crowd. From the prophets of Israel to the apostles of Christ, those who spoke truth have always done so against the wind. Yet each generation faces its own form of resistance. Ours is not built on swords or prisons, but on sarcasm and pride. It mocks what it cannot refute and ridicules what it cannot understand.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
AI And Apologetics
The Tools of the Age Every generation faces the same question in a different form: how should faith engage with new tools of power? In one era it was the printing press. In another, the radio or television. Today, it is artificial intelligence.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
The Mirror Of Mockery
The Nature Of The Mirror Mockery has become the native language of the modern world. It fills screens, floods comment sections, and echoes through every arena where ideas are exchanged. What once required substance now survives through sarcasm. To ridicule is easier than to reason.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans
The Logic of Faith: Why Reason Without God Collapses Under Its Own Weight
The Myth Of Neutral Logic Modern thinkers often claim that logic is neutral, belonging to no belief system and standing above faith. They insist that religion is emotional, while reason is empirical. But logic is not a freestanding structure. It rests on foundations, and those foundations must exist somewhere.
By Peter Thwing - Host of the FST Podcast3 months ago in Humans