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  • Richard Dawkins Congratulates Wales

    … for being Atheist. Source : The BBC There’s something rather odd about being congratulated for having no faith. Perhaps in the same way it’s rather odd to be congratulated for having faith. Perhaps the worst thing about the article is Richard Dawkins being his usual vitriolic self, by making such sweeping statements as: He…

  • Genesis, and the rise of People, and Man and Woman

    While reading handy pull-out debate of Women Bishops in the Church Times (Church Times, 18 January, 2013), I came accross the article by Judy Stowell. She begins where the debate about women always begins : Genesis. She makes the point that when we first meet Adam, the Dustling, the person made of Dust, he stands…

  • Who’s Afraid of the Devil?

    Evil and Salvation – the devil you know? whos afraid of the devil

  • Should Christians Carry a Gun?

    Adam Dickison said If somebody comes into steal my t.v. should I help them load of the V.C.R. and tv stand too? Maybe give them some cash for gas? I mean is my stuff so important? The gun in connection with protecting my stuff is where I’ve felt out of sync mostly In a dicussion…

  • Introduction to BlackXanthus’ Systematics

    I have long been contemplating embarking on an attempt to write Systematic Theology. Though I’m hoping, of course, that this will be somewhat different. I don’t have a “system” that I’m attempting to explore, I’m not really trying to find the place of Grace in the great contemporary issues of the day, or looking at…

  • Inclusion, Women, and Homosexuality : A theological article.

    An Article on Inlusion, Homosexuality, Women, and Culture This article is quite an interesting one for me, touching as it does on so many parts of my own personal interest. I don’t have time to write a full description of it, so you will just have to read it yourselves. ~BX

  • Dora And Velma Kick Ass

    You Didn’t Ask for it. You didn’t even think it, but here it is. A short script for the AWESOME Concept of Dora the Explorer and Velma Dinkley (of Scooby Doo fame) meeting in their very own mystery, to kick ass against the notorious Dr. Edmund Vile. This is an original script written by BlackXanthus,…

  • Christmas Eve Sermon : The Power of Words.

    The Power of Words, written for Christmas Eve. I’ve uploaded it before the service (which is at 11:30), because I won’t have time afterwards! Enjoy! Readings :Isaiah 52:7-10, Hebrews 1:1-4 [5-12] John 1:1-14 Sermon : The Power of the Word

  • SimCity 3000 and PlayOnLinux (Wine)

    Having just spent some time trying to get some old games working under linux, I managed to get SimCity 3000 working with PlayOnLinux. It will install using the installer provided quite happily, and then tell you that it won’t run because of security protections. If you change the Wine version to 1.5.18, it runs quite…

  • The Kingdom of God is Exactly nothing Like Ankh-Morpork

    The Kingdom of God is exactly nothing like Ankh-Morpork – A Sermon for Christ the King Sunday Kingdom of God is exactly nothing like Ankh-Morpork

  • Blank Page

    Blank Page. There is a blank page, Where there should be verse, Empty space where there should be emotion, The words refusing to obey the crafter. There is a blank page, Stared at, begging to be filled, While hearts break, while emotions tumble, Yet nothing fits the meter.

  • Church of England Votes Against Women Bishops

    The Synod of the Church of England has voted against allowing women Bishops. Interestingly, however, it’s not the Clergy, or the Bishops that are against this move. It’s the Laity. That is, the people in the pews. They were the house that voted against it. The “yes” got 64% of the votes. There was only…

  • This Too Shall Pass

    This too shall pass They say that this too shall pass, The pain and the grief, The long sleepless nights. They say that this too shall pass, That the birds will sing again, That there will be sunshine,

  • Rememberance Sunday.

    This is my sermon for Rememberence Sunday. We Will Remember Them. Michah 4:-15, James 3:13-18, John 15:9-13,16-17 Rememberence Day- Ethics Of War

  • Cobwebs and Peace

    Cobwebs and Peace Aged hands, gently weave, sat on hard-backed chair, practised hands create cobwebbed beauty. Scarfed tied firmly against the gentle cold, Her bright-life filled eyes smile through olive-skinned face, The lace her fingers create weave through her life, A memory of peace-filled longing for a simpler time, To simply be. Carved wooden bobbins…

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