Comments for A Thinking Man

Comment on Coming Out by RedUlfur

RedUlfur — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:14:03 +0000

Beautifully put. I’m struggling with my Christianity at the moment and am trying to keep faith in Christ whilst realising that churches are indocturing in so many ways hate, intollerance and certainly not peace. The lines are blurred and each christian fraction givies their interpetation - its a pick n mix out there.
Like you I became born again through the Pentecostle Church ‘Crusades’ - 1987. The people I looked up to at the time have also gone through exactly the same life experiences as the rest of humanity, affairs, wife beating, divorce, gay children, alchoholism, drugs the list goes on. They also had the weight of coping with that as a Christian thrown in - the wheels definately came off for more than a few of them. At the moment I’m discoverig my own truth. Piecing together a framework I can accept and live by. I’m not coming out as such - bt I’ve certainly got the door open. Thank you for your online presence, your thinking is helping xx

Comment on The Case of the Pope by Tamara G. Suttle, M.Ed., LPC

Tamara G. Suttle, M.Ed., LPC — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 14:08:00 +0000

Kirk, unfortunately we know that castration nor the fear of castration prevent the sexual abuse of children. I wish they did. Pedophiles and rapists just as easily resort to using fingers, sticks, and other instruments. (And, here in the USA, anything other than a penis may still constitute abuse but legally often fails to be recognized as “rape.”)

Thanks, athinkingman, for a terrific review. I’m not Catholic and had not given this book a moment of thought until reading this post. Now, it’s definitely on the reading list!

Comment on Beck’s Cognitive Therapy by Jenny Ledd

Jenny Ledd — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 10:05:49 +0000

Cognitive Therapy (CT) is a system of psychotherapy designed to help a client identify and challenge negative patterns of thinking in order to alter distressing and/or dysfunctional emotions and behaviors. CT is one of the main therapeutic approaches within the larger group of Cognitive Behavioral Therapies (CBT). CT was first expounded in the 1960s by American psychiatrist Aaron T. Beck after he had become disillusioned with long-term Psychodynamic Therapy, which is based on gaining insight into unconscious conflicts. He devoted himself to developing an effective, short-term therapy that targeted the largely conscious streams of negative thoughts associated with depression, anxiety, and other problems. During this period, Albert Ellis was working independently on similar ideas and developed the other main type of CBT, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT).

Comment on Yes, Prime Minister by Jonas Förare

Jonas Förare — Sat, 28 May 2011 15:41:14 +0000

Hmm…
Your post struck my rss-reader just recently, and unlike the other commenters I was actually in London in March. And missed it. Too bad. However, my wife and I had our small kids with us and I probably wouldn’t have had a chance to see it anyway…though it was one of my favourite series ever. I miss Nigel Hawthorne a lot.

Comment on More on Email by Jo

Jo — Fri, 06 May 2011 16:39:58 +0000

Wow, what a really genuinely helpful post. Thank you so much for sharing! I am signing up for AwayFind right now!

Comment on Coming Out by incurable hippie

incurable hippie — Wed, 04 May 2011 18:19:52 +0000

This is a moving and familiar account. I am really glad you shared it.

Like you, I began to realise that picking and choosing which bits of Christianity I liked, and which bits I didn’t, was more and more unsustainable.

Thank you.

Comment on The Case of the Pope by Max

Max — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 23:50:57 +0000

From the Deepest part of the Core of my Soul I truly believe that anyone who touches a Child, in the way adults sexually touch each other, should, without hesitation, be given lethal injection. Full Stop. Then they will NEVER EVER continue with their deceiptful and devious mind sickness acts of depravity upon the most innocent members of our Global Society. I can’t believe that people cannot SEE this OBVIOUS TRUTH. Everyone tiptoes,semi-conscious, around the FACT. Touching a Childs genitals, forcing a Child to touch adults genitals, or using photography of naked Children is THE most SICK thing in the World to do. Full Stop. Child Abusers (let’s not forget that this is what they are, even though they have a Latin-based one word descriptive ‘title’, paedophile, of which they probably feel honoured because it takes the onus off the words SICK-MINDED CHILD ABUSERS) cause the most devastating effects in the mind of an INNOCENT, VULNERABLE and TRUSTING Child and Child Abusers REALLY DO NOT CARE because all they want is their sick sick sick and selfish gratification - I won’t call it sexual gratification because I don’t believe that you can feel or be sexually gratified by a Child (I see SEX as a concensual adult-on-adult orgasmically pleasurable act). It is plain and simple for all the World to see that these sick-minded individuals carry out nothing less than mind-destroying, genital-based ABUSE. They (paedophiles) KNOW exactly what they are doing to a Childs mind. They KNOW!!! Although not all Children who are abused will grow up to be Abusers but paedophiles are trying to create more individuals with their own devious, sick mindset by warping as many minds as they possibly can through committing the CRIME of secret Abuse, and it seems they’ll succeed unless someone STOPS CHILD ABUSE by netting in all paedophiles and injecting them with the lethal serum before they can hurt any more Children, physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually - basically everything a Child is. I have ABSOLUTELY NO REGRETS with this HONEST AND UNCONFUSED opinion. AMEN.

Comment on SpellChecker by Elisa

Elisa — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:00:04 +0000

American spelling is a personal bugbear of mine - and I must admit that the proliferation of iphone spelling “accidents” out there is a big scary reason for me to avoid the iPhone. Are you seeing it grab ridiculous words much? It would be nice to know there are apps that can avoid the weird words being inserted seemingly at random.

Comment on Coming Out by Bexter

Bexter — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 21:15:37 +0000

I thank you for having the courage to share your beliefs, I am at the point of deconversion. Life circumstances have bought me back to your blog several times and I am interested in how you formed your new beliefs in how the world goes round, because with the years of brain washing removed it all seems rather empty.

Comment on Yes, Prime Minister by Lorena

Lorena — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 06:24:21 +0000

I think you Britons are lucky to have so many well-trained actors and so many productions to enjoy. Glad you enjoyed the show.