Category Archives: Politics and sociology

How do you complete a close study of the Book of Acts, and conclude that it teaches that miracles are to be expected routinely (though they “sometimes” don’t occur) without noticing that the book specifically attributes miracles only to “the apostles,” and overwhelmingly to Peter and Paul?

I’m getting tired of how many Bible Studies nowadays seem to base all, or most, of their questions on the formulae “How did X feel when ..?” or “How would you feel if…?” or “How does this make you feel?”. I question how much progress in the Christian faith can ever be made by exploring (and discussing) either one’s own feelings or those of Bible characters, on which Scripture is notably reticent.

Rupert Lowe’s Rape Gang Enquiry has been published, and is here. Where it isn’t is anywhere in the Main Stream Media, nor under passionate discussion in Parliament, where a sparsely populated House of Commons seems to have received it with a general sense of ennuie. They’ve heard it all before… or at least, have studiously missed debates on the matter to avoid hearing about it.