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Posted in Government, Morality, Religion, Science on Aug 1st, 2008
Amidst all the ho-ha about what consenting adults do with various small parts of their bodies in private (arguably following their god-given desires) and about whether the said adults can be part of a Christian leadership or whether they should be sacrificed for the sake of superficial unity, the Most Rev Henry Orombi, Archbishop of [...]
Posted in Existential, Faith, Internet, Relationships, Religion on Jun 11th, 2008
When the roll is called up yonder, I won’t be there. Which is good, because I’m not too sure what I should have said in the emails I was meant to leave behind.
I was amused last week by a story from Paul Sims on the New Humanist Blog about a really valuable new use [...]
Posted in Faith, Human Rights, Morality, Religion on Apr 28th, 2008
There was a report by Ruth Gledhill in the TimesOnline of a British citizen who was harassed when he converted to Christianity from Islam and who was then not taken seriously when he complained to the police. When locals threatened to burn his house down he was told by officers to “stop being a [...]
Posted in Faith, Health, Mortality, Religion on Apr 11th, 2008
Since my friends have got to know of my present health problems a number of them from throughout the UK have contacted me to assure me that they are praying for me, and I know that at least two churches are interceding for me. I am genuinely touched by the kindness of the sentiment [...]
Posted in Humanity, Humor, Humour, Morality, Religion, Uncategorized on Mar 30th, 2008
Thanks to Unsaved for bringing this to my attention.
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Posted in Existential, Faith, Religion on Mar 23rd, 2008
I really didn’t intend being unusually churlish on Easter Sunday, but when I received an email from Theos claiming that over half the people in Great Britain believe that Jesus rose from the dead, I just couldn’t let the supposed facts stand without at least questioning their apparent solidity.
Theos describes itself as a public theology [...]
Posted in Censorship, Human Rights, Law, Politics, Religion on Mar 16th, 2008
It took an arcane debate to the hasten the end of an arcane law, but that is what happened in the House of Lords on Wednesday 5 March when an amendment to repeal the UK blasphemy law was finally passed (148 votes to 87). The Christian tenets of the Church of England will no [...]
Interactive joke day:
How many fundamentalists does it take to change a lightbulb?
Please complete the joke by leaving your answers in the comments below.
My own tentative suggestion:
None. Fundamentalists profess not to believe in change. (Though secretly, some of them have been changing light-bulbs very slowly over the years.)
Posted in Existential, Humanity, Relationships, Uncategorized on Feb 14th, 2008
Strange things do happen. There was a white envelope. I recognised the logo. It belonged to one of my publishers that I hadn’t heard from in at least 10 years. I was expecting the standard letter. “Dear Mr Xyzabc, we regret to inform you that despite monumental efforts by our [...]
Posted in Faith, Human Rights, Humanity, Law, Religion on Feb 12th, 2008
Whatever you call it - heart, soul, mind - it is sacred to you, influenced by outsiders, yes, but controlled only by you. They can only reach it if you allow them to. It is yours and yours alone. You alone have the final say. Yours is what makes you, you: [...]
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