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Posted in Censorship, Faith, Government, Human Rights, Humanity, Morality, Religion, Society, Terrorism on Feb 15th, 2009
As the debate about the British Government’s refusal to allow Dutch MP, Geert Wilders, into the UK to attend a showing of his controversial film ‘Fitna’ has raged, I have wanted to write, but found myself unable to do so. It has taken time for the dust to settle in my head. Part [...]
Posted in Education, Religion, Science, Society on Sep 12th, 2008
Are you spooked by the appearance of black cats? Do you court disaster by walking under ladders of on cracks in the pavements?
There was a fascinating piece of research reported in the New Scientist recently which attempts to give an evolutionary explanation for the existence of superstitions. Natural selection might explain why people sometimes believe [...]
Posted in Government, Human Rights, Law, Morality, Relationships, Religion on Aug 5th, 2007
In the early part of the sixteenth century, a man called Felix Manz was executed in Switzerland. He was a sincere Christian, and his only crime was that he held different views about baptism from those held by the sincere Christians in the local ruling authority. They chose drowning as a method of execution.
Aha, you [...]
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