Daily Archives: 30/11/2010

Lord Carey: We’re ashamed of Christmas in these politically correct times

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Former Archbishop Lord Carey: We’re ashamed of Christmas in these politically correct times Lord Carey said that Christmas cards are censored, school nativity plays stripped of Christian content and Christmas decorations banned in the campaign to block the festival out of … Continue reading →

Posted in Secularism

“Dawkins demonstrates again that his intolerance knows no bounds”

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What is Richard Dawkins getting upset about these days?  Middle Eastern conflicts?  Starving children?  Global warming?  Ending world poverty? No, none of these things.  In fact, Richard has chosen to get on his high horse and crusade on behalf of … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheism

Twelve quick tips to search Google like an expert

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12 Quick Tips To Search Google Like An Expert

Posted in Sciences

Pope Benedict XVI on institutions, spontaneous new beginnings, and authentic faith

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‘It is sad that there are what you might call professional Catholics who make a living on their Catholicism, but in whom the spring of faith flows only faintly, in a few scattered drops.  We must really make an effort to … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Churches, Quote of the Day

Book Review: ‘The Valley of the Fox’ by Joseph Hone

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‘The Valley of the Fox’ by Joseph Hone, Secker & Warburg, 1982 The main protagonist in this unusual novel, Hone’s series character Peter Marlow, has retired from his troubling life of espionage and married a young widow named Laura whose anthropologist husband was tragically … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews

Happy St. Andrew’s Day everyone!

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Google is celebrating it: Even Hillary Clinton is celebrating it.  In her part of the world they even perform an unusual ceremony today called ‘The kirkin’ o’ the tartan’!

Posted in Popular Culture, Society

George W. Bush “shamelessly peddling my book” at Rick Warren’s Saddleback Church

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Former President George W. Bush says he went to Saddleback Church with the intention of “shamelessly peddling my book.”  It’s disgusting that Rick Warren should have asked him to do so in the first place, and then asked members of his … Continue reading →

Posted in Fundamentalism

This is why diplomats and journalists don’t choose popes

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Because they’re hopeless at it.  Diplomatic correspondence published by an Italian newspaper reveals that U.S. embassy officials, handicapping the 2005 conclave that elected Pope Benedict XVI, practically ruled out the election of the ultimate victor, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger.  Among the candidates … Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Churches

Understanding the Christian liturgical year: a guide for Protestants

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As John Shore explains: Since ancient times, Christians have used the Christian calendar (also called the liturgical year) to orient themselves to the two most significant seasons in the yearly Christian cycle of time: Christmas and Easter.  Within such a … Continue reading →

Posted in Theology