The recent shootings in Paris have given rise to a lot of really interesting debate about freedom of speech and legitimate ways to exercise it, as well as about the bias towards European stories, given that the massacre of 2000 people in Nigeria at roughly the same time made significantly less impression in the media.... Continue Reading →
Merry Christmas, Flatland
In Series 3, Episode 12 of The Big Bang Theory, Sheldon mentions that Flatland is one of his favourite imaginary places to visit. Flatland is the title of a Victorian novel by Edwin Abbott Abbott (I don’t have a problem with giving a child a surname as a second name – after all, Nathan’s second... Continue Reading →
Unlearning Part 2
Whatever you believe about God, you are wrong. At least to some degree. It is unavoidable that you will see God as you are, not as He is. The key to understanding the phenomenon lies in accepting how extremely limited your perspective is. I am aware that Wikipedia is not considered an authoritative source, but... Continue Reading →
Unlearning – Part 1
You can lead a man to knowledge, but you cannot make him think. Every teacher eventually learns the truth of this. Those who can survive this revelation and still find a sense of purpose in what they do, often manage to stay in teaching. Many others drop out when they realise the futility of much... Continue Reading →
Guilty by Association
There are perhaps none so gullible as Christians. Any marketer will tell you that. You simply have to put the label “Christian” on a book or cd, and they will buy it. I am horrified by much of what is screened on TBN and similar television channels, or by much of what is sold in... Continue Reading →
Desire: Cookies and Cars
My son, Nathan, is almost two years old. His two greatest obsessions at the moment are cookies and cars. He is starting to speak in simple sentences now, and it is a real privilege to watch him learn and grow. From what he says, I am certain that he believes that a limitless supply of... Continue Reading →
On Heaven and Hell
I've been thinking a lot about it it lately. I don't think Christians can even begin to comprehend the scale of the harm that has been done by our concepts of Heaven and Hell. I think Heaven and Hell are, in many ways, insidious ideas.Think about it: we respond to the world not as it... Continue Reading →
Vapors In The Wind 