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The high profile deaths of Alexander Litvinenko and Anna Politkovskaya, the state censorship of the media, the crackdown on true government opposition are ominous signs coming from Russia. With the death of Yeltsin we look back at the glory days of freedom in Russia as a result of the work of Gorbachev. How things have [...]
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Just back from a great weekend in the smoke-free air of the republic, hanging out with friends in Maynooth. Saturday was the Christians in Science Ireland day conference with a couple of heavyweight scientists/theologians in the guise of Alistair McGrath and Denis Alexander. It was an incredibly stimulating day thinking through Dawkins challenge to faith, [...]
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Continuing on the Dawkins theme, it seems the Humanist Society in NI are sending a copy of the God Delusion to every Westminster MP in Northern Ireland. Obviously some people are getting a bit hot under the collar about this, but to be fair Christians have been doing it for years. Gideons being the classic [...]
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As a student we had one of those ‘no dumping’ signs in our toilet which amused us no end. However it seems in Japan going for your daily constitutional could be hazardous, with a toilet manufacturer offering free repairs after some of their products have caught fire. Brings a whole new meaning to ‘a [...]
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There’s been quite the storm in the US over an artist’s chocolate depiction of Jesus being crucified. The outrage has caused the gallery to pull the plug. Without getting into the rights and wrongs of representations of Christ, it is an interesting reminder at this stage of the year as we ‘celebrate’ Easter. It’s Easter [...]
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Take a deep breath. There is a rant coming…
‘Are you busy?’ appears to be quickly replacing ‘how are you?’ as a commonplace greeting. I’ve been noticing it more and more over the last few months, its been annoying me but its taken me a while to figure it out. ‘So what?’ you may think, [...]
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