This morning my train entered a reception hole, I had no data connection, so no twitter with which to twit. Consequently I figured I might as well subject you to my meandering waffle. With some more added this afternoon, herewith a Friday blither I’ve been thinking a lot about the idea...
So I know this National Prayer Day wossname that’s going ahead – unconstitutional be damned – is just a US thing, but it’s got me thinking. A large number of people are left out of this prayer day, and quite frankly, it can’t result in any benefit other than people feeling some togetherness –...
I’ve finally been moved to write about the current child abuse/cover-up furore surrounding the Catholic church, and the pope (particularly his alleged actions as cardinal Ratzinger, when heading the Congregation of the Faith). I’ve avoided doing so till now, but it’s getting to me. It seems sometimes that the real issue is getting lost...
There’s battle-lines being drawn … It seems lately there’s a lot of tension and even overt conflict and animosity between religious groups (extreme/fundamentalist ones, at any rate) and some very (increasingly?) vocal atheists – Richard Dawkins springs immediately to mind, as does a moronic article on ABC News today, with an Anglican Priest blaming sectarian...
Happy New Year/decade (ok, Dr Plait, I will give in … I’ll even give in to Erik Larsen’s demands we say “twenty-ten” if I get a flying car out of it). As well as New Year’s Day, today is Friday. It’s also a day off work. So I figured I might as...
