Author: BlackXanthus
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An argument in the Desert
Two hermits lived together for many years without a quarrel. One said to the other, ‘Let’s have a quarrel with each other, as other men do.’ the other answered, ‘I don’t know how a quarrel happens.’ The first said, ‘Look here, I put a brick between us, and I say, “That’s mine.” That is how…
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Holy Week Excurstions
A few days late, but I figure that I should write up what I did for Holy Week. Admitedly it’s a bit like what I did on holiday, but hopefully less cheesy and more spiritually enlightening. I spent the week, along with 3 other ordinands along a gruelling Holy Week. this seemed to mostly be…
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Watchmen…. as a view of the Old Testament.
Caution: Spoilers Ahead I’ve just been to see the film, Watchment. It goes without saying, it was ACE. I, like most people who have a soft spot for Rochanc was really irritated when he died, but I can appreciate why it was a must. Of course, the film has that wonderful use of music that…
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A Bit of Fiction.
Sometimes these ideas just come to you. Here’s the first 1500 words of what appears to be a story that I just started writing. I don’t know where it’s going, or what it’s going to end up like, but I thought I’d share it with you: Priest Thanks, ~BX
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Ramblings on a Coherent Christian Theology
I had to start somewhere. I had to sit down, and try to work out what precisely it is that I believe. Odd, I hear you metophorically say. Surly, your training to be an Ordinand, your obviously Christian, how can you at this point start trying to work out what you believe? Well, it’s like…
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Gay And Lesbian Christians, You are Not Alone
I’ve often pidgeon-holed Evancelicals along with the term “Fundamentalist”. This implies a strict adherence to the Bible, and a hatred for all those “pro-choice” ideas. That is, anything where it is perceived you have a “choice”. From this point of view, they believe you have a “choice” to be Gay/Lesbian, and as such can change.…
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The Quiet Day
Today, being Ash Wednesday, has been designated a Quiet Day at St. Micheals College, Llandaf. A lot of people are wandering about, sitting together in silence, quietly reading. What do you think that I’m doing? Nothing that remotely relates to religion. I’ve spent the morning installing Fedora 10 onto my new Laptop after Vista annoyed…
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God and Suffering.
I’ve been reading, as is my want, Alistair McGrath’s Introduction to Christian Theology. While reading up on History, I’ve found a small idea from Origen that peaked my interest. Origen sets up the idea of a dialog between two ideas of God, that which could have been, and that which is now. It is this…
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The Dyslexia Test
So I finally managed to make an appointment, and succesfully show up (albeit a bit late) for a quick and simple test to see if there is a possibility that I have Dyslexia. The first test was fairly straight-forward, asking a few questions about life experience, which you have to try to answer honestly. This…
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Getting LaTex word count which ignores footnotes
I’ve been wrighting my essays in LaTex every since I discovered that it made footnoting and other various items easier. The one thing it made harder, however, was doing the word-count. Wanting to know how far through my 5000 word essay I was, I started trying to work out how. Lots of people say things…
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Death Playing Chess
While writing and essay based on the film Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey, I started trying to track down where the idea comes from that you can play Death for your soul. It’s an interesting one, and one I thought would be a fairly trivial one to solve. It appears, however, that what you end…
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The 11th Doctor is….
The Youngest Doctor Ever…. It’s a He. He’s 26 years old. He’s … Matt Smith ~Black Xanthus
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Christian Gamers Guild
So, there I was, idly trying to sit down and to that 5000 word essay that I should have done weeks ago. I’m planning to write one of those pretentious essays on Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey, picking out the Theological or Pastoral issues that are in the film. The first part of wrighting the…
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Bits I stole from A friend
man its a rough game trying to be a servent of god last guy I heard about got crucified on the public vote – A Miller. http://www.videojug.com/film/how-to-get-the-it-department-to-do-their-actual-job
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I share communion, but not the peace with you
It’s strange how pastoral situations sneak up on you. For those that don’t know what a pastoral situation is, it’s a preistly buzz word for a situation in the community that you can answer in some way, hopefully with the Good News of the Gospel. Or in other words, a situation in the community that…