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Archive for October, 2008
Bendy Buses & Pascal’s Wager
There was a rather fun article on the BBC late last week detailing a new campaign (starting in January) by the British Humanist Association encouraging people to reject religion. Posters (not sure if they are actually posters, but hey) will appear on the sides of the much loathed “bendy buses” around the city declaring in [...]
New Media and OC/IC Communities & Projects
Over the past couple of years – ever since I discovered the glories of SKYPE I’ve been interested in how OC/IC communities, and projects (like our own Indie Voices Archive) can use various new media to reach out beyond the small groups we work within. I’ve done a bit of blogging on it in the [...]
Where is Hope
Last week’s Guardian (and other media here in the UK) reported the death by suicide of a 23 year old man paralysed in a rugby accident in March 2007; this is in addition to the recent reporting of Debbie Purdy, awaiting clarification from the High Court on the law that forbids others aiding those wishing [...]
Theology, Ethics, Suicide – What Is Our OC/IC Perspective?
Here in the UK I’ve been noticing more news items covering issues relating to assisted suicide and euthenasia. I sat down this morning and did a quick survey of the official positions of a number of denomonations to see if they differed, and what was characteristic about each posistion. It then struck me that I’ve [...]
Musing over Modern Marian Titles
I was working on my thesis this morning and while considering aspects’ of Nestorius’ warning about the possible excesses of the title Theotokos – found myself thinking about the Roman Catholic idea of Mary as Mediatrix. I wondered to myself if it was not a bit prophetic on Nestorius’ part to raise issue with the [...]