thoughts on syria (not all mine)

I’m struggling to get to grips with what’s going in Syria. I can’t bear to read or watch much of the news coverage, not only because it’s disturbing, but because of the impending… Continue reading →

what we can learn from noah

A short time after the all-knowing god of the Jews and creator of all, God, had created humanity, he realised he’d made a mistake: “The Lord regretted that he had made human beings on the… Continue reading →

denying change

I’ve recently had the opportunity to dust off my medieval history degree in an attempt to help some historically challenged Catholics understand some of the changes their religious organisation has been through over… Continue reading →

what use are fairy tales?

If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales. Albert Einstein While I’m hesitant to take issue… Continue reading →

lurking 6: I’m sick of hearing about the poor

I’m delighted to have the opportunity to return to the lurking series, courtesy of my new best blogging buddies, Catholic Truth Scotland. This site is a goldmine of wayward Christian opinions, from a heretical… Continue reading →

catholic truth scotland

We’re busy, on this thread, defending the Church against dissenters who double as heretics-into-schismatics. The people over at Catholic Truth Scotland are busy having mutually affirming discussions about the nature of ‘truth’.  They… Continue reading →

how do you think?

Apparently it’s not common knowledge that we don’t all think in the same way. Some of us think in pictures, some of us in words, and most of us use a variable combination… Continue reading →

what would a god look like?

Religions generally present images of their gods, so there are lots of pictures to choose from. Some are based animals, and lots are imaginative mixtures of human, animal and verging on nightmare images.… Continue reading →

the point of deism

My best blogging buddy, Ark, has a few problems with the religiously inclined. I share many of his concerns but we often don’t come to the same conclusions on related matters. He has… Continue reading →

atheism in a sentence

For those of you not aware, there’s a lively discussion about whether paedophile priests are a homosexual problem over at Catholic Truth Blog. On this post you can learn that heterosexual men would… Continue reading →