Category Archives: God

Tuglinge

Posted on July 24, 2004 by acb

I wonder, would David Blunkett let Tyndale in to England today? Henry VIII certainly didn’t, and had him burnt at the stake (after a merciful strangling) in 1536. I’m not at all sure that Tyndale qualifies as speaking English: whatever … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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creationism and schools

Posted on July 21, 2004 by acb

Just for the record, I went up last week to Middlesbrough to talk to the Vardy Foundation about their creationist tendencies. I spent nearly two hours talking to the headmaster, Nigel McQuoid, who is, I think, a full-on young earth … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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theory of religion

Posted on June 18, 2004 by acb

There are two main theories of religion deriving from modern, computerised science — ie the sort that can only be done with computers in the background, either to model, or to run the equipment. [the influence of programming as an … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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succulent stuff

Posted on June 16, 2004 by acb

I have just been sent the catalogue from Imprint Academic, the tiny company that publishes the Journal of Consciousness Studies and it’s full of good things. Specifically, I want this and this and this. They will do to be going … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Archbishop Pooter (ret’d.)

Posted on June 2, 2004 by acb

From time to time, I feel twinges of regret that I was so cruel, so often, to poor old George Carey. I am assured on good authority that I caused him and his family real pain: at one stage, his … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Kill, Quakers, kill!

Posted on June 2, 2004 by acb

via Danny O’Brien and Cory Doctorow comes the chant for a better class of football hooligan: Fight, fight, inner light! Kill, Quakers, kill! Knock ’em down; beat ’em senseless. Do it till we reach consensus! Continue reading →

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Acid, quenelles, teleology

Posted on April 28, 2004 by acb

In comments a couple of days ago. Rupert Goodwins wrote “before that first religion what did people believe? Does that question even make sense? Was Homo Habilis instinctively atheist? “The explanation of religion that makes most sense to me is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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a thought, reading Régis Debray

Posted on April 24, 2004 by acb

Atheists and secularists will always misunderstand religions, because they assume its purpose is to generate truth. When it fails to do so, or when it generate erronneous beliefs, the suppose that it has failed. But in fact, religions exist to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Smashing stereotypes

Posted on April 20, 2004 by acb

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Reductio ad absurdum

Posted on February 14, 2004 by acb

I have always wanted to believe that the people who do Catholic bioethics are not really committed to the things that they purport to believe. It seems to unfair to demand that anyone scientifically literate can really suppose that ‘life … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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