Daily Archives: 17/04/2011

My kind of church building

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I don’t worship in a church building like this one, but I wish I did.  There’s a simplicity and “earthiness” about it that’s very charming.

Posted in Presbyterian, Reformed, Visual Arts

Quote of the day: Simone Weil on the universe as the country of the children of God

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‘The children of God should not have any other country here below but the universe itself, with the totality of all the reasoning creatures it ever has contained, contains, or ever will contain.  That is the native city to which … Continue reading →

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What Richard Dawkins’ New Atheism offers its target audience of the disaffected & the resentful

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‘The new atheism is speaking to those who have rejected organized religion but who still long for its structures, its unity, the sense of belonging and purpose it has to offer.  It’s such people who are most likely to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Atheism

Young-Earth Creationism and Intelligent Design are blasphemous, says James F. McGrath

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In a forthright statement against biblical literalism, Butler University scholar James F. McGrath concludes that Young-Earth Creationism and Intelligent Design are blasphemous.

Posted in Fundamentalism, Sciences

Photograph of the day: Plane against the moon

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Posted in Visual Arts