Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Transexual Toiletts in Secondary Schools
A Secondary School in Thailand is offering a Third toilet to it’s students, that of a transexal toilet. Kampang Secondary School situated in Thailands impoverished north-east has responded to the pupil’s requet for a Toilet for it’s Transexual pupils. This is a result of the Transexual male pupils first trying to use the boys toilets,…
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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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Guns For God!
eh? What? Okay, so this shouldn’t be the return post. It should be something about GAFCON, or the Jerusalem Directive, or even Female Bishops finally being ordained in England. Perhaps, even, the Lambeth Confrerence. All of these are long posts in the making. If I actually get round to them, what with life being very…
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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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42 days detention without Charge
Did you hear it? Can you hear that wonderful sound? the sound of yet another Human Right dissoppearing into the meglomaniac hands of Gordon Brown and his Party. Does anyone remember where we’ve seen bill put forward that remove human rights in the idea of National Security before? Somewhere back in the mists of time?…
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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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Who are the Terrorists?
A thought occours. The UK Governement is busy removing our rights in the name of keeping us safe. Two of the biggest governments in the West are waging a war. A war on an idea. Ever since George W. Bush instigated his War on Terror, we have marched into a country on the off-chance that…
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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…
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A Busy Time
Some of you may have noticed that it’s been a long time since any kind of update. The reason has been a very busy life. Currently I’m planning a wedding, preparing for my future, and I have just finished my Stag Weekend. All of which are posts in themselfs, and probably will be. For the…
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Bishop Carl Cooper Has Resigned
It was reported on Tuesday (29.04.08) that Bishop Carl Cooper has resigned after days of speculation. His resignation comes after allegations of inpropriety with his Chaplin, Mrs. Mandy Williams-Potter. The news was reported to the Clergy early Tuesday Morning, and broken on the early morning news. A statement from the Church in Wales says: The…
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Watching Grass Grow
Every now and again something floats past that I feel I really must mention. One of those is a website by an enterprising American who allows you to watch his/her grass grow. Watching Grass Grow Got nothing else better to do? So, err… enjoy! Black Xanthus
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