Category Archives: God

Metafictional diary note

Posted on May 23, 2008 by acb

I was drinking last night with the Archbishop of Canterbury and he didn’t have any interesting gadgets in his cassock but later that evening I bumped into Sean who showed me the first worthwhile use of an iPhone: fishporn. He … Continue reading →

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Pass the sickbag, baby Jesus

Posted on May 21, 2008 by acb

Religion’s all right when it doesn’t deal in sentimentality. But much of the religious comment on the Embryo bill has been just disgusting. I would have voted in favour in favour of lowering the abortion limit myself; I fully accept … Continue reading →

Posted in God, Journalism | 3 Comments

My contribution to Youtube

Posted on May 20, 2008 by acb

I didn’t put this here. Still less did I supply the cheesy title. A friend found it and told me. But I’m quite happy it escaped into the wild: it is the grim bit of my last Analysis programme. Listen … Continue reading →

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Rowan being sensible and thought-provoking

Posted on May 7, 2008 by acb

It’s a pity that Rowan Williams made such a fool of himself with the Sharia lecture. He has said some interesting things since then, which no one will take any notice of; some of them are in his lecture on … Continue reading →

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I forgot to mention

Posted on May 4, 2008 by acb

the best thing about travelling to Lapland as I will be doing: the dates. I am off on the fifteenth of July and not back until the fifth of August. This means that I will be about two thousand miles … Continue reading → Continue reading →

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Anglican Anorak post

Posted on May 2, 2008 by acb

The Sunday programme asked me to say something about women bishops, so I thought I had better read the report so enthusiastically splashed by the Times on Tuesday. It is, I think, noticeable that nobody bothered to follow up the … Continue reading →

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Beat that, Bishop Dow!

Posted on April 26, 2008 by acb

An excellent piece from Rolling Stone of all places about a sort of turbo-charged alpha course. This is more perceptive about the real dynamic of American evangelicalism than you might dare hope: in particular, he gets right the way in … Continue reading →

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Thought for the Day

Posted on April 21, 2008 by acb

(nothing to do with my life in particular; just a general thought about religion and New Atheist optimism) It is very difficult to live with as little hope as the situation warrants.

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Manly

Posted on April 20, 2008 by acb

All modern publicity campaigns centre around a big lie, because they start with surveys of public opinion to discover what is the most inconvenient truth1 about the subject and then deny it. Enjoy then, the RC diocese of New York’s … Continue reading →

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Deliver us from Godwin, oh Lord, but not yet

Posted on April 17, 2008 by acb

I just found this unexpectedly lucid quote from Adolf Hitler when someone asked him why he was so anti-Semitic, when the Jews had benefitted Germany so much: “It is manifestly clear and has been proven in practice and by the … Continue reading →

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