In September this year, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) will deal with cases involving workers dismissed for 'expressing' their Christian beliefs. According today's Daily Telegraph, Lord Carey has filed a statement in the ECtHR to support the applicants.... Read more →
The Revered Stephen Sizer Today, a story has exploded over the blogosphere. Late last year, a Christian student blogger, Seismic Shock, was 'debating' with a fellow Christian, the Rev. Stephen Sizer. The Reverend Sizer's writings appeared on a Holocaust denier... Read more →
François-Marie Arouet-Voltaire Voltaire wrote this letter shortly after the Lisbon earthquake. This “Act of God” killed an estimated 70,000 out of a population of 185,000, many of whom were attending the mass. It occurred on All Saints Day 1755. Les... Read more →
'Apart from logical cogency, there is to me something a little odd about the ethical valuations of those who think that an omnipotent, omniscient, and benevolent Deity, after preparing the ground by many millions of years of lifeless nebulae, would... Read more →
This morning "In our Time" Melvyn Bragg and his guests discussed the geological formation of Britain. You can download the podcast from this link. They inevitably touched on plate tectonics As I was listening to it, I wondered just what... Read more →
I don't normally manage to catch "Thought for the Day" but this morning I was awake listening to "Today" at ten to eight. Clifford Longley, sounds gentle and soft spoken. You can read the transcript here Clifford Longley He used... Read more →
I read this morning that the Archbishop of Westminster, Vincent Nichols, leader of the millions of Roman Catholics in England, seemed to be concerned that young people were in danger using social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace. He warned... Read more →
