The idea for the story could have turned out to be a good one but I think it failed to rise to its potential. The premise is that someone called Theo (get it – theo means God?) finds a scroll which turns out to be another Christian gospel, another eye-witness account of the death of [...]
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This must be one of the silliest books I have ever read. The Fire Gospel by Michel Faber
Posted: 27th April 2012 by graham in Culture, reviews0
I am so pleased with my Dell Streak 5. I attended a conference recently and a friend of mine, who I have not seen for a while, saw me take out the phone to answer a call. He thought the size of it against my face was hilarious. He asked if I had gone back [...]
Where are the humanists and the Fabians and the Socialists?
Posted: 2nd July 2011 by graham in Culture, preach_it!, reviewsSo much for the claims of the evangelical atheists, ‘Brights’, humanists and other God-dodgers. That fact demonstrated over the centuries, and still demonstrated today, is that it is Christians who are seen at the rock-face of social action. Another quote from Utopian Dreams By Tobias Jones I enjoyed: Tobias describes his experience of working on [...]
Curious Incident Of The Dog In The Night
Posted: 21st June 2011 by graham in Culture, My life, reviewsI know it has been out for ages – published 2003 – but I saw it in a charity shop for £1 when I left the office today to stretch my legs. What a delightful book. I am now curious to know where the writer got all his knowledge, for it displays great understanding. I [...]
Utopian Dreams:I hear myself grumbling and begin to suspect that I’m becoming a fogey.
Posted: 16th June 2011 by graham in Culture, My life, reviewsStill enjoying Utopian Dreams by Tobias Jones published 2008. I called someone a chap recently, meaning it as a compliment, and he had never heard of the chap phenomenon. I have even read a copy of The Chap magazine. Don’t think I would quite qualify as a chap myself though – no Harris Tweed jacket. [...]
Quote from Utopian Dreams: I simply can’t continue living like this
Posted: 11th June 2011 by graham in Culture, My life, preach_it!, reviewsI am very much enjoying reading Utopian Dreams by Tobias Jones published 2008. Speaking about the dissatisfaction he was having with his life (page 13): I simply can’t continue living like this. I’m feeling increasingly apocalyptic. We’re rushing towards the economic and energetic bankruptcy of the planet. Very shortly we’ll be unable to pay back [...]
I have been watching a fantastic series of Open University ‘Boundaries of the Knowable’ videos by Professor Russell Stannard OBE on YouTube. The whole series is worth watching. Highly recommended. Below is the one I started with: Consciousness and Limits of Science. They must be uncomfortable watching for atheists as, though the lectures are not [...]