Category: Phil-Osophy
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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…
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Thoughts on Creation
For a long time now, the Biblical idea of a seven-day creation has troubled me. The new book on Theology that was recomended for my B. Th. (Theology: Theology: A Very Short Introduction). It had this to say about the lessons that should be drawn about the meaning of the Christian God: First, there is…
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Malicious Allegations Could Cost Your Job
Everyone knows that the most vulnerable people in our society need to be protected. The young, frail, the elderly and so on. For their safety, to avoid employing someone who has convicted or proven tendencies that could harm these individuals a system was set up to protect them. This was known as the Criminal Records…
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Christian Course Credits Worth Nothing
It appears that the University of California can ignore the credits of some Christian courses that students are presenting with. Like most countries, the USA has a scoring system. The better you do in your exams, the more points you have to get into University. The University of California has managed to win the constitutional…
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Life Never Ceases To Amaze Me.
So, just another work day. An argument sparks over something small, with me seeing that I’m only following orders. The Manager in question comes over and starts questioning me about it. Normally, I would have just cowed, said sorry and that it will never happen again. I guess it’s because that I’m moving on that…
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Mental Disorders of Batman
Sometimes, you bounce around the web looking for random crap, through my friend and yours, Stumble, and suddenly you find something…. unexpected. I found a site talking about the mental disorders of Batman. We all know he has them. Interestingly, it was then pointed out that the possible “homosexual” overtones between Batman and Robin should…
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Life of Brian “Pokes Fun At Christians”
No, it’s not 1979. No, I’m not being amazed at how this film was once picketed by Christian Lobby Groups as poking fun at Jesus Christ. I’m being amazed that rev. Canon Stuart Bell thinks that it should remain banned in the small sea-side university town of Aberystwyth. This all started when it was realised…
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The Lambeth Conference
As most of you are aware, something called the “Lambeth Conference” is being held this year. This is a conference of invited Bishops that happens every 10 years. It is a place for Bishops all over the wold to meet and discuss different issues that affect everyone in the Anglican Communion. Originally they met at…
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The Results of the Provincial Selection Process
They told me, finally. Okay, so they told me A week last Saturday, and it’s taken me this long to be able to have a few minits together to post this. I don’t really have these minits either, but I figured that I should put it up. The mad fools, for what ever reason (I…
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Provincial Board (Part 2)
For those of you with short memories (or don’t really want to scroll down to view the last post), this is a post about my experiances at the Provincial Board. The Provincial Board is the final personality test on the journey towards being able to start the training to become (hopefully) a Vicar in the…
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The Provincial Board
Regular readers will know that I’ve made it through to the final stage in Selection for applying for training in the Church in Wales. This final stage is known as the Provincial Board. It comprises of 48 hours of team exorcises with fellow hopefulls, and a series of Interviews covering different areas of your calling,…
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Meeting with the Diocesan Board
The Meeting actually happened on the 23rd of May Running up to this meeting was not the easiest time. What with everything going on, I hardly had any time for preparation, though how you prepare for this, one of the biggest interviews on the Journey to the Church I don’t know. I was lucky, I…
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A Quote from Richard Dawkins
The God of the Old Testament is arguably the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous and proud of it; a petty, unjust, unforgiving control-freak; a vindictive, bloodthirsty ethnic cleanser; a misogynistic, homophobic, racist, infanticidal, genocidal, filicidal, pestilential, megalomaniacal, sadomasochistic, capriciously malevolent bully. – Richard Dawkins You could equally say the same about some current…
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What happened to our rights? welcome to UKistan
I have spent some time on this blog bemoaning the loss of rights that Americans suffer, but I’ve said absolutly nothing about the way that the British Governement is busy turning this into a UKistan. They are busy making a whole host of laws that are obviously being made by people who have no idea…