Category: God Notes
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Pacifism, Forgivness, and the Masacare at Houla.
I am technically a pacifist. Technically. I believe that resorting to violence means that you have lost. I see no reason to own a gun. I see no reason to carry a knife, even when I felt threatened. The most I have ever felt the need to learn to protect myself was Choi Kwang Do…
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From Ubuntu 12 to Linux Mint, and why I did it.
So, Ubuntu 12 was the last straw. I tried it, and it just wasn’t right. The push behind the modern UI design does seem to be a complete reversal of the ideas of Linux, that is, let the user choose what the user wants. I moved to Ubuntu from Fedora because I was bored of…
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Desert Fathers accepting of homosexuality?
Lust 29. ‘A brother, being tempted by a demon, went to a hermit and said ‘Those two monks over there who live together live sinfully’. But the hermit knew that a demon was deceiving him. So he called the brothers to him. In the evening he put out a mat for them, and covered them…
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Do Clones have Souls?
Random question. Would a clone suffer from “Original Sin” Also, byextension, would it have a soul? – A Question I was asked by a friend. My Answer is below.Random question. Would a clone suffer from “Original Sin” Also, byextension, would it have a soul? An interesting question. One I quess that by the time I’ve…
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Final Year Essays
I have said for a long while that I would upload my final year essays. Many of them might be of use to some people. They are Christian in basis, but the topics are varied. There are essays that cover scriptural studies of the Antichrist, through to ethical studies of the place of the Bible…
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The First Month In The Job
So It’s nearing the first month as an Ordained Deacon. I could have written many posts in that time, but I haven’t. Mostly because time has vanished. The oddest thing is that though I’ve not really done anything, I’ve found my time being full up with little bits of this and little bits of that.…
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Ancient Possibly Christian Books Found In Jordan
70 metal bound books have been found in a cave in Jordan by a Bedouin. These books appear to date to the first century, and may be the oldest collection of texts in existence. Written on lead leaves, no bigger than credit-cards, these 70 books could reveal a wealth of information about 1st Century Christianity,…
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Jesus Christ : the Liminal Man
When reading Bishop Spong’s book, something struck me about an idea he had put forward of the river Jordan. That Jordan River was also thought to offer a door way into the promised land where God was believed to reign as king. [*] The Jordan, then is a liminal place. A Place on the boundaries.…
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Bishop Spong : Removing the image of the Divine Rescuer
In his book, Why Christianity Must Change or Die, Bishop John Shelby Spong outlines many of the problems which he sees in modern-day Christianity. Though I agree with the statement, I’m not sure that I agree with his conclusions. Bishop Spong seems to want to remove the Theistic aspect from Christianity, which while I can…
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A Breif Outline for a Baptismal Liturgy in the 4th Century
For an essay that I have to write, I decided that it would be easier to do if I actually had a liturgy from the 4th Century to read from, so that I can make the comparisons. I found that there are many reconstructions, but I wanted one that used the writings of St. Cyril…
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Bishop Marries Lesbian Clergy
Finally, it’s happened. The Church of the USA, despite threats from the rest of the Anglican Communion to “hold back” on it’s progressive moves has decided to go ahead and Marry to Lesbian Clergy, on New Years Day in St. Paul’s Cathedral in Boston. It’s a bit of a gutsy move, with the Anglican Communion…
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A Visit to a Greek Orthodox Church
I have just returned from a visit to the local Greek Orthodox Church, a visit that was done as part of one of my university courses. The first thing that struck me about the worship was that it seemed some-how disconnected from the people. The congregation would arrive, chat to each other, wander out again,…
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Prophetic Voices from Renewed Ancient Traditions
I was at a lecture today at the Baptist College of South Wales in Cardiff, curteusy of my training. The interesting thing that came to light (amongst the learning about the Celtic Tradition (which I’m very interested in), the Anabaptists, and the New Monastic Movement), was this idea that prophetic voices have not been lost…
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Paul Tillich and Intellectual Criticism
I enjoy spending time debating; though you could have worked that out from the numerous posts on the subject on this blog. During one of these debates in an attempt to defend the Religious point of view, I made the standard appeal to experience. It was pointed out to me that the experience is often…