(Luke 11:29-32) 29 As the crowds increased, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It asks for a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah. 30 For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so also will the Son of Man be to this generation. 31 The Queen of the South will… Continue reading outsiders in
Category: general
Evolution? Chaplain?
The two word response of my gym trainer at the university gym at which I am a chaplain, in response to an evolution-friendly comment by me. :)
notes on discourse
We are finite, limited beings; so too are our conversations. Therefore, it is not just some of us who are up against ignorance and impatience; we all reach the end of our knowledge (of a given topic) or the time we have to study or discuss. The more controversial the topic or point, the more… Continue reading notes on discourse
On myths: creational and scientific
http://thomism.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/note-on-science-destroys-creation-myths/
past six days
The past six days for me: Friday 25th Jan – Elephant TV posts the finished ‘evolution‘ episode, which I got to take part in. Saturday 26th Jan – The band I’m in (Great North) plays at Parachute – even after our bass player received 6 stitches for (as you do) having a wine-bottle-ish chandelier fall on her… Continue reading past six days
projection
We are incredibly skilled at the (always) subconscious act of looking at or evaluating a thing in a very ‘us’-ish way. Thus, it is all too often the case that: the [re]view says more about the [re]viewer than of that which is [re]viewed the name says more about the namer than of that which is… Continue reading projection
Three Notes
http://thomism.wordpress.com/2012/12/29/three-notes/
rooted reaching
When it comes to discussing certain topics, we all know (and some of us have been?) ‘that guy’ ((yes, I do think the stereotype holds true; argumentatives tend to be fellas more often than ladies??)) whose style of engagement seems to harm rather than help the conversation. I think (and know from my own experience)… Continue reading rooted reaching
disability
Some disconnected thoughts re disability: If Dawkins is right that she is blind, pitiless indifference, then Nature knows nothing: in particular, the difference between ability and disability. Nature also does not distinguish between ‘successful’ species and ‘failed’ (extinct) ones; or between anything… this successful species and that successful species… this or that anything… between self… Continue reading disability
The Case Against Peter Singer
http://www.patheos.com/blogs/euangelion/2012/08/the-case-against-peter-singer/