The Centre Cannot Hold

Okay, here’s chapter one of yet another new story - as always, let me know what you think:

I’ve been chewing over this for a while now, and I’ve finally decided: I’m going to abandon the one day for each thing format. I find it too restrictive - and also, it delays the speed of feedback for any new thing I write.   So henceforth, although all the columns will be continuing, they’ll each [...]

As the title suggests, it doesn’t have a lot to do with agnosticism - although it does treat doubt with more courtesy and respect than Dawkins seems capable of. It’s a fascinating read, too, which again scores it above “The God Delusion” - and it has some interesting ideas about both faith and doubt, [...]

“What does it take to make our world come alive? What does it take to make us sing?”
Memo to Eldritch, Andrew: they’re called lyrics for a reason, Ando. You should really look it up sometime.
Actually, that’s unfair.  It’s pretty obvious that it takes more than just lyrics to make Mr. Eldritch sing.  Inferring [...]

Mentia
-noun

Notable improvement of intellectual faculties, such as memory, concentration, and judgment. It is sometimes accompanied by an ending or lessening of emotional disturbance and beneficial personality changes.
An ordinary or average degree of sanity.

Mential
-adjectival form of Mentia.