Daily Archives: 25/09/2010

Book Review: ‘The Salzburg Connection’ by Helen MacInnes, Collins, 1969

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‘The Salzburg Connection’ by Helen MacInnes, Collins, 1969 Helen MacInnes has a reputation among readers of ‘the Golden Age’ of British thrillers as being one of the best stylists in the genre so I was keen to try one of … Continue reading →

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‘On [Benedict's] plane on the way back to Rome there was an atmosphere of quiet, satisfied jubilation’

Posted on 25/09/2010 by

Pope Benedict: defying expectations Why the Pope’s UK visit was judged to be a triumph.

Posted in Christian Churches, Politics, World Events, Secularism

Only one in 100 Britons is gay despite long-held myth

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The first ever official count of the gay population has found that only one in 100 [British] adults is homosexual. The figure explodes the assumption — long promoted by social experts and lobbyists — that the number is up to … Continue reading →

Posted in Politics, World Events

All our idols have feet of clay, including Bono of U2

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Not that Bono ever was one of my idols but he is some kind of hero for a lot of young or youngish Christians.  I saw U2 play live in Belfast years ago, after they had just broken into the bigtime with … Continue reading →

Posted in Popular Culture, Society

Americans ready to spend $5.8 billion on Halloween

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Halloween spending expected to hit $5.8 billion Imagine how many hospitals and schools in Africa that could build, or homeless shelters in Pakistan, or how many hungry mouths it could feed.

Posted in Politics, World Events, Popular Culture, Society

The difference between Christianity and New Atheism

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Young Christians Seek Intentional Community Among Poor Maybe someday we’ll see a headline which says: ‘Young Atheists Seek Intentional Community Among Poor’.  But we probably shouldn’t be holding our breath . . .

Posted in Atheism, Politics, World Events

On scientism, one of today’s most prevalent idolatries

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‘I regard science as an important part of man’s knowledge of reality; but there is a tradition with which I would not wish to be identified, which would say that scientific knowledge is all of man’s knowledge.  I do not … Continue reading →

Posted in Philosophy, Sciences