Category: Phil-Osophy
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Eve, distracted by the Shiny
Hello All, Here’s an interesting thought… Genesis, as a psudo-literal story is a very irritating read. There are two trees in the Garden of Eden, one of Good and Evil, and one Life. When Eve touched the tree, she had disobeyed God (NRSV Genesis 3:3). So she may as well have eaten it. Lets stop…
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And Finally…
A rambler, in an experiment in Human Trust has had his camera returned to him, full of pictures. Paul Bellis Jones left a disposable camera near the top of a mountain, with a note instructing people to take a photo of themselfs, and then leave the camera for the next person, and once the camera…
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Gay Scientists have Isolated the Christian Gene!
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Goddess Rita, and the minor God, Olly
I was Stumbling around the internet, as is my want, when I really should have been doing other things, and I came accross a wonderful article about someone who’s trying to create a minor god called Olly. It was the kind of article with such a random opening that I found myself reading it. There…
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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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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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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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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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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…
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The World Forgets so Quickly.
Regular readers of this blog will not be surprised to find yet another post about the things that I have stumbled up on the internet. They may, however, be surprised at the contents of this post. This is a story about a lady named Irena Sendler. She doesn’t have a Nobel Peace Prize. Nothing so…
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Where’s the Mystery?
The strange thing about Christianity is that as members of the religion we are called to be rational about our faith. We are meant to be able to say what kind of a world that Jesus lived in, to have some idea of the text and context of the Bible, and to be aware that…
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The First Week at St. Michaels in Llandaff
For those that have been wondering where the recent blog updates have vanished too, I’ve been away at the ordinand college of St. Michaels in Llandaff. As my previous post points out, the internet connection there is a little… lacking. It’s taken me all week to get over it, I mean, the shock of having…