Category Archives: God

Should Damian Thompson be excommunicated?

Posted on May 10, 2007 by acb

I only ask, because yesterday he had a thoroughly humane and sensible post up on his blog arguing that the Irish girl who wants to come here and abort her anencephalic baby should do so. The Catholic Church will oppose … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Why I am an agnostic

Posted on May 9, 2007 by acb

The excellent Gene Expression blog has a pointer to a Plos Article on the effects of meditation on the brain: after three months practising , people got better at noticing things which in normal life we can’t (very crude summary). … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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A project

Posted on May 9, 2007 by acb

Isn’t it time to naturalise the study of atheism? Continue reading →

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A small thought about Rowan Williams

Posted on February 27, 2007 by acb

The first conversation I ever had with him, he seemed nostalgic for the Orthodox church. He was, as a young man, attracted to Catholicism. Now he believes in the Anglican Communion: he has told the synod that he cannot give … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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That Gledhill sensation

Posted on February 26, 2007 by acb

Monday morning and the Times hasn’t splashed with the news that Jesus’ body has been found in Israel. So perhaps they have learned something. It is, on the other hand, the lead item in Ruth Gledhill’s blog. I see also … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Small news item

Posted on February 25, 2007 by acb

Tom Butler calls for the dissolution of the Anglican Communion (and I am rude about sundry primates) in this World Service programme. Bloody Realplayer, I’m afraid. Shortwave listeners can probably get it on their real radios some time today, but … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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A drive-by

Posted on February 23, 2007 by acb

I know haven’t been blogging much. I’ve been busy, and will be at least until Easter, with bookish things, earning a living, and so forth. I’ll try to manage little bursts of entertaining procrastination from time to time. Here’s one. … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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I’m glad I’m not the Holy Ghost

Posted on February 14, 2007 by acb

Because, to judge from the reports emerging from Dar-es-Salaam, the Holy Spirit has told Rowan Williams to recognise two Anglican churches in the USA; it He has told Katherine Jefferts Schori that one is quite enough. So what it She … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Snake venom salesman

Posted on January 28, 2007 by acb

Dr Majid Katme (who really exists, and has been at it for years; I have talked to him) is telling Muslim women that they must not get their children vaccinated because some of the products used to make vaccine are … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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The reasonable case against gays

Posted on January 13, 2007 by acb

in the Church cannot of course be made in public. It is this. They bitch, cabal, backbite and lobby for their own — in other words, they behave like evangelicals. Continue reading →

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