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THE ACTIVIST WRITERS STONE TABLESTS.

These are posters in form of stone tablets where people’s words as quotes are written and displayed to the world.

Its theme is; “Wisdom is with you.”

THE NOTHING ENIGMA!🤣🤣🤣

Recently, many a prominent yet widely celebrated figures and intellectuals have spent a lot of time talking about nothing.
Surprisingly; scientists, sports champions, authors and philosophers are among the many.
It’s quite astonishing that a lot of something has been talked about nothing, books have been written about nothing and even nothing has started talking about itself; nothing talking about nothing!

However, I have also taken this chance to enjoy the privilege of talking about nothing.
But before I talk about nothing I would like to ask the questions;

What is nothing?

What could be the definition of nothing?

What do you know about nothing?

The faculties of semasiology and linguistics in the department of English language justifiably define nothing since the word nothing is an English word in the English language.
On the other hand, some scientists have also set out to define nothing.

Professor Lawrence M. Krauss is a cosmologist and the Director of the Origins Project at Arizona State University.
In his book “A Universe from Nothing” he writes that; “For surely nothing is every bit as physical as something, especially if it is to be defined as the absence of
something.”

Some scientists like Professor John C Lennox, an emeritus professor of mathematics at the university of Oxford and philosophers have said this statement is logically wrong; logical-nothing.
Laurence Kraus is using a statement that is logical-nothing to define nothing; using nothing to define nothing!

Nothing has actually gained a lot of scientific significance. A number of scientific theories have been developed about nothing and how nothing can create something; something from nothing!
Albert Einstein in his theory of General Relativity concluded that; “nothing can move faster than light;” ummmh 🤔 ok.

Before his death, Stephen Hawking occupied Isaac Newton’s chair as
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge. He was regarded as the most brilliant theoretical physicist since Einstein. Stephen Hawking authored a number of bestsellers like Black Holes and Baby Universes, The Grand design and A Brief History of Time.

His book A Brief History of Time was allegedly considered the most unread book in the world as most people didn’t make it past the second page. I was however lucky to make it up chapter 12.

In his book, The Grand Design, Hawking wrote that; “Because there’s the law of gravity, the universe can and will create itself from nothing.”
This statement attracted a lot of derision from the philosophers in Oxford and Cambridge universities since it is contradictory hence illogical; logical-nothing!
Well; it’s surprising how nothing also entered the faculties of logic and metaphysics in the departments of philosophy in Oxford and Cambridge universities.

As someone who wants to study philosophy in Oxford or Cambridge or Harvard, I find it rather sad that nothing has made it to
there first, so 😭😭😭.

Nevertheless, I would like you to join me and we subject Stephen Hawking’s statement, about nothing, to some little bit of logical analysis;
Hawking writes that; “Because there’s a law of gravity,” which is a something, “the universe will create itself from nothing.” This is contradiction number one since Hawking has forgotten that the law of gravity is something, so the universe can’t come from nothing which is something; the law of gravity.
Hawking also makes another contradiction when he talks about the law of gravity. How can there be a law of gravity without gravity? 😂😂, gravity must first exist and then it’s laws follow.😂😂😂
The third contradiction comes in play when Hawking says that “the universe can create itself,” how can something like the universe create itself? 😂😂😂😂.

It so seems that Stephen Hawking’s statement has three points of contradictions thus illogical, logical-nothing!
Stephen Hawking, in his statement about nothing, proved that nothing can create nothing!😂😂😂😂
It’s so funny how nothing made a very intelligent scientist speak a lot of logical-nothing about nothing; speaking nothing about nothing!😂😂😂.

Jack Higgens is a novelist of bestsellers like The Eagle Has Landed. He was asked in an interview about what he would like to have known as a little boy and he answered saying; “That when you get to the top, there’s nothing there.”
He was later joined by a tennis star, Boris Becker to form a brotherhood of those who say they have found nothing at the top ( in being successful). Boris once said, “I had won Wimbledon twice before, once as the youngest player. I was rich. I had all the material possessions I needed … It’s the old song of movie stars and pop stars who commit suicide. They have everything, and yet they are so unhappy. I had no inner peace. I was a puppet on a string.”
It’s so funny how people come from the bottom, from nothing, and make it to the top and find nothing; from nothing to nothing!

Once upon a time I was listening to radio and a certain voice of a preacher in studio penetrated into my soul. This prompted me to increase the volume of the radio so that I can listen to her soft voice in its clear version. She said; “…this world is nothing; we came to the world with nothing and we shall leave with nothing…” She then proceeded with reading from the scripture; the book of Ecclesiastes 1: 2 to spray a layer of biblical authentication on her statement about nothing. Ecclesiastes 1: 2 reads; “Meaningless! Meaningless!”
says the Teacher.
“Utterly meaningless!
Everything is meaningless.”
It rather left me emotionally unsettled after learning that all along I was increasing the radio’s volume to listen to someone speaking about nothing; using a sweet voice to speak about nothing!😂😂😂😂.

But wait, what’s going on 😂😂😂. Up to now, it is getting hard for me to believe that am still writing about nothing. Whether what I have written about nothing is something or nothing I don’t care, it’s all about nothing😂😂😂😂😂😂. Who am I not to when even the Bible says something about nothing.🤣🤣🤣
I didn’t know that I can write alot of nothing about nothing😂😂😂😂.

All this writing-about-nothing notwithstanding, I would like to thank you for taking your time to read my article about nothing.😂😂😂.
I would like to end by asking you a question;

Who has something?

Written by:

Mr. Nothing;

ohhhhhh so sorry 😂😂😂😂😂😂. I had forgotten that my name is

NICHOLAS MUSINGUZI JNR.

THE ACTIVIST WRITERS STONE TABLESTS.

These are posters in form of stone tablets where people’s words as quotes are written and displayed to the world.

Its theme is; “Wisdom is with you.”

AREWECOURTINGFORCOURT?

Courtship has been afundamentalfacetintheexistenceofalllifeforms.Particularly,
tothehumanrace,itaccountsforageneroussupplyofhumansallthroughoutthe
generationsinawayoranother,sinceitisapieceinthemosaicofmarriage.Inthe
renaissanceandtheenlightenmentera,courtship,tookamoredramaticyet
unconventionalturn.Theoldfolksfoundanewandrationalrecovery,intheskillsand
valuesofclassicalart,theartisticlegacywasbyfarexhibitedallthroughoutpoetryand
paintings.Throughart,theyspokemoreeloquentlyandmasteredthemagicofflattery
wrappedinwitandepigram.AsSarahFieldingsaid,”Flatteryincourtshipisthehighest
insolence,forwhilstitpretendstobestowonyoumorethanyoudeserve,itiswatching
anopportunitytotakefromyouwhatyoureallyhave”.Thishoweveropposedtheversion
ofcourtship,theEskimosandgypsies;seemedtoholdinscornandutterviolence.
Courtshiptothem,camealmostasnaturallyaswhenaboyhadgatheredenough
powertoinflictapunch.A”killerblow”wasthesweettalk.Awomanwasoften
abductedfromherhome,usuallybyherhusbandto-be,aftershehadbeenbruisedand
sometimesleftfordead,intohernewhusband’shome.Here,shesettled,endured,
anticipatingforthe”brighter”future.Courtship,therefore,isnotsomethingdiscovered
yesterdayoraconceptbornofglobalisation.
Ihaveheardanexperienceofmyown,whichIseldom,albeitreluctantly,recountin
disdain.Although,afterIhavehadagenerousdrinkandagreatcompanyisabout,I
unblushinglyaccountfortheratherdeprecatinganecdote.Afterafrailconquestat
Quin(notrealname),myperceptionatcourting,seemedtohavetakenawholenew
dimension.
Beingnothinglessofashygrownman,whospokewithagirl,onlywithmyeyes(that
someunrulyvillagedametermedassexy),soaringaloft.Ichosemywordscarefully,
wheneverIplannedonmeetingQuin,butoften,mytonguefailedme,andafew
epilepticsoundsescapedmymouth;Ofcourse,shealwayslaughed;Idon’tknow
whetherindismayorremorse.Butsheoftenseemedtohavecometoour”date”,for
theveryunfortunate”battleofwords”,Iwageduponmyself.Themoresheindulgedin
theunnecessarylaughter,themoreIwhimperedandvainlysoughtfortheredeeming
magicalword.Oneminute,Iwouldbedraggingmyselfforthtoapproachherlikea
seasonedfishermanontheline;theother,Iwouldbeleaninginwithtimidity,likeasix￾yearoldtoldtoleadafamilyinprayer.Manyatime,Iwonderedwhy,Icouldtellmyself
comfortablyhowIlovemyself,butwhenQuinwasaroundandthe”revelation”time

wasabout,myheartoftenkickedmyribcagesohard,foranimmediatereleaseandmy
bodyconvulsedlikeafaultymotor.Afterafewthoughtfulmoments,IdecidedIwould
entrustthis”dauntingaffair”tomyclosestacquaintances.Thisway,Ithought,Icould
pouroutmywholethroughaletter,takecareofherbills,throughafriend.Andwell,you
guesseditright;Iwouldliterarykillthreebirdswithasinglestone,howingenious!
Attheendofitall,however,nolettereverreachedQuin,andnotapennyevergraced
herpurse.Ihadcourtedmyveryacquaintanceswithpoeticlinesandspoiltthemwith
myhardearnedcash.Ihadtakenmyselfforalunaticride.ThefollowingAugust
summer,Iheard,throughafriend,Quinhadelopedwitharandomvillagemascot.
CouldIhavepaidthepriceformyinabilitytocourtonmybehalf?Perhaps,Ihadnot
beenmanenough,andhadmettheheftyprice,ormaybe,shecouldn’ttellofmy
disability,onlythen,Ithinkshewouldcometomyrescue;arescue,thatIbadlyneeded.
Atleast,Iwassure,shelovedmeormaybeshedidn’t,butshegrewimpatienttoosoon.
Ideally,courtshipshouldnotbeaone-sidedtiring”baggage”,itshouldbeamutual
affairofresponsibility-sharing,especially,ifloveseemstostreamonbothendsofthe
“equation”.Thereshouldbearespectfulflowofconversationwithgenuine
complimentsallowedfromboth”parties”.Thisrelievesoneparty(whichisoftenmale)
theweightofleadingonawould-beawkwarddiscourse;likeaboringcomedianonan
endlesstour.Itoftenbuildsanairofconfidence,ifanyofthepartnersisatimidlover.
Well,what’smorefulfillinglikeapartnerwhofillsintothechinksofabreakingflowof
sweetnothingsfromtheother?
Whencourtingispoisedinagracefulequilibriumbybothmaleandfemale.Both
breathemoreeasily,andoften,arefoundamongtheircirclesextollinghowconfident
theirpartnersare;Abitoftrustbetweenpartners,isgivenroomtogrow,since
assuranceofagrowingloveisbutsubtlydisplayedthroughseeminglysmallgestures
ofcourtship;Eventually,arathersmoothcourtshipjourneytransitionsintoablissful
pactofmarriage.Although,thepresentcourtshiphasbeenwatereddowntoemails,
textsandphonecalls.The”outerfringes”areanchoredupon,livingouttheveryinner
characteroftheperson,thatthepresent”e-courtship”tendstoconceal.Thishas
exacerbatedtheproblemofbrokenmarriagesleadingtodivorces,thus”courtingfor
courts”.
Inanutshell,Iwouldrather,wereconsideredourconventionalwaysofcourtship,we
canstillmakeitfun,buildthepressure,thatkeepsoneonedge.Let’sapproachandlay

anattackfromthe”spring”(ifany);tiptoeinthedarkfrombehindtheirbackyardonlyto
relieveyourselfofthecrammedlovelines.Thisway,weshallknowoftheflawsand
perfectionsourpartnerssubtlyhold.Andmaybewecouldalsoestablish,ifourpursuit
willyieldorifitwon’t. Mugaboalvin..
mugaboalvin5@gmail.com
Freelancewriter.(Activistmagazine)

HE IS GOD!WHENCE COMETH THE EVIL?

In Epicurean breath,
The unanswered
Yet unexplained,
I beg to once live;

“Is God willing:
To prevent evil;
but not able?
Then omnipotent,
He isn’t.
Is he able;
But not willing?
Then malevolent, he’s.
Is he both;
Willing and able
Then whence;
cometh the evil?
Is he neither;
Able nor willing?
Then why;
Call him God?”

Pain cuts open,
Into patience’s skin.
It throws weightless,
Rationality’s stones.

For then,
An onlooker asked;
“Why doesn’t the so Taker
Take away His own tribulations…..”

For then,
Nietzsche marked;
“That God
On the cross….”

If He is man,
Yet God incarnate;
What’s God,
Doing on the cross….

PRUDENCE AS THE EMERALD OF LIFE.

By: Sem. Robert Bigabwarugaba.

robertbigabwarugaba@gmail.com

Hariman gives us a definition: “Prudence is a mode of reasoning about contingent matters in order to select the best course of action”. That would be too easy.

He also surrounds prudence with a penumbra of related words to broaden our understanding of the complex lattice of sematic meaning. Contemporary nouns involve cautiousness, circumspection, and care. Related adjectives are “Careful, judicious, tactful, discerning, sensible, frugal, wise, safe, level-headed and being expedient.

In relation, the word “Prudence” is mostly used in our language and its different philosophical senses to some extent reflect that variety.

The Eyrie Thinkers have availed Prudence as the ability to make morally discerning choices in general, but the term is also used to denote a habit of cautiousness in practical affairs l,

Most recently attempts have also been made to identify prudence with practical rationality, perhaps even with the pursuit of the agent’s own interests without any specifically moral implications.

Prudence is what makes some one a great leader – the capacity to face reality squarely in the eye without allowing emotion or ego to get in the way. It’s what is needed by every quarter back or battlefield general. Thomas Aquinas said it was intelligence about “Things to be done”.

It is not hard to discern good from bad. But to discern the good from the best… To recognise from a number of positive options what could lead to the most outstanding outcome – this is Prudence.

The supernatural virtue of Prudence makes us order our activities, desires, resources and behavior in accordance with a higher power so that we may come to eternal life we must use supernatural prudence and courage when we are faced with evil.

We can do many things that are imprudent from a worldly perspective but which are prudent for eternal life.

Martyrs are celebrated for their living witness of supernatural prudence – they gave up their natural life for the trust in a higher powers promise.

For St. Thomas Aquinas, Aristotle is the philosopher. Intreating of prudence, Aquinas follows Aristotle very closely especially in his commentary on Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics he teaches that: Prudence is a virtue of the practical intellect that is related in a particularly close way to the moral virtues.

In order to be morally good, a person needs the moral virtues, and these in turn need the judgement of prudence. Aquinas’s interpretations of Aristotles’s notion of prudence are more accurate than and indeed represent improvements on, those advanced by other leading authorities of this time, including St. Albert the Great in his Super Ethica.

For Aristotle, prudence or practical wisdom is a virtue of thought that is practical rather than theoretical and deliberative rather than intruitive. It is intellectual virtue that perfects reasoning in regard to decision making in the realm of human action. To have this virtue is to be good at thinking about how to live a fulfilled life as a whole, and to be successful in so doing.

In her book, Creating your Best Life, Caroline Miller argues that effective goals are non-conflicting and laveraged. By this she means that you can work on one goal without undermining other goals, and that working on one goal can move other goals forward. This is prudence in action.

What does prudence do?

“Persistence, honesty, prudence, and love were substantially related to fewer externalising problems such as aggression.” (Park and Peterson, 2008)

Who has prudence?

“The least prevalent character strengths in human beings are Prudence, modesty and self – regulation”. (Park, Peterson, and Seligman, 2008).

What can be done to increase prudence in the world?

“Merely naming a strength in another person can amplify it”. ( Peterson and Seligman,2001).

The catechism of the Catholic Church (CCC 1806-1809) gives us an excellent definition of prudence;

It is the virtue that disposes practical reason to discern our true good in every circumstance and to choose the right means if achieving it; “the prudent man looks where the right means.”

According to Psychologist Ben Dean, PhD, prudence is not for wimps. Prudent people keep their promises to themselves and others. They take the risks necessary to meet their goals, dreams and commitments.

As mentioned above, a prudent person is not timid and afraid to make decisions in fact, prudent people are intelligent and optimistic. In addition, prudence leads to discretion and tack because prudent people tend to think before they speak, recognises the variety and richness of life that allows them to remember things accurately; learn from their expenses, and seek the skills of others when needed, and plan for the future – make contingent plans using the if or then approach.

We can grow in the virtue of Prudence through sanctifying grace received in the Sacraments, and thus prudence can take on a supernatural dimension.

Prudence at this deeper level is about making right decisions in accordance with God’s will, which is good and the very best for us, benefiting us now and eternally.

Ongoing studying of the Catholic faith as an adult provides the foundation for applying good moral principles to particular cases, assisting us to know what to seek and what to avoid.

As with all virtues, we build them up through practice, practicing the virtue of prudence requires us to form our consciences according to truth, to learn and be aware of Universal moral principles, and to exercise firm judgement and decisions based on these principles. We can start small and with each success build up within ourselves the virtue of Prudence.

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News FLASH

Many of you have encouraged me to put together some of my personal flash stories (some of them posted here in Roughwighting) into a book of short (short) stories. Upon hearing the suggestion, my publisher shouted immediately, “Yes, a flash memoir!” An ordinary scene, or extraordinary? Huh? Is there such a thing? Well, yes, now […]

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CAESAR’S SUNDAY THOUGHT. 04.07.21

By:JULIUS CAESAR KAMUKAMA.

Graphics by activistmedia

In several instances, it’s highly probable that familiarity may continually reduce the value we attach to people, things, places and events. If we allow ourselves to operate unconsciously, these become (and look) ordinary (ask married couples who relied on only the initial spark). The way we perceive people then affects our expectations of them, our perception of their actions and motives, their actual performance (in relation to us), and our future interactions with them. This is especially due to the fact that our mental attitudes and spiritual inclinations actually affect the questions we ask, the answers we get, and the actions we take.

Take the question of children, for example. It seems very easy to see the children we see as simply part of a mass of children in the world. It’s rare that I see a child as one unique individual, with the potential to impact the world in ways I can’t even begin to imagine. This is on a general level. But even when we consider specific children, their circumstances may portray them so ordinary that we don’t actually pay attention to them. A child born to poor parents, or in not so well developed surroundings, a child who doesn’t look exceptional to “teachers”, a child who has no pedigree (or not related to the Caesars), a child whom I’ve seen grow up right from infancy, etc.

The way we look at any child (and all children) determines the actions we take (individually and corporately) for, or against, them. Do we ignore them because they don’t deserve our resources (eg time, words, energy, finances)? Do we belittle them because we think we know better? Do we invest in their empowerment so they’ll be better able to heal the world, or shall we settle for only the healing of a few ills? Or do we actually support the Caesars (even inadvertently) in the formation of powerless masses? Do we reject their potential contributions because we don’t believe in them, and thus tap only into a fraction of what they could offer?

May Jesus Christ grant us the grace to hold “our children” in the proper perspective, and act accordingly. May we work to actualise the potential of every child, and realise the miracles that they are.