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Lasting effects of debunked theories
I’ve read a few articles in the mainstream press recently about the burgeoning culture of sexual harassment in schools in the UK.
Posted in History, Politics and sociology, Theology
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How climate alarmism becomes a woke cause
When I wrote Seeing through Smoke I rather surprised myself, and annoyed some otherwise supportive readers, by bracketing the climate change issue together with the propaganda campaign for issues of gender and sexuality, with which it has no obvious links.
Posted in Philosophy, Politics and sociology, Science, Theology
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Evolutionary theology
An essay of mine has just been published at Sapientia as part of a symposium in response to John Schneider’s Animal Suffering and the Darwinian Problem of Evil, overseen by Kevin Vanhoozer.
Posted in Creation, History, Philosophy, Science, Theology of nature
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Is prayer a conversation?
One of Evangelicalism’s “distinctives” is its stress on a “personal relationship” with God, which properly implies various theological ideas of particular election, individual grace, and personal commitment, combined with a belief in the active ministry of the Holy Spirit and special providence in the believer’s life. In other words, it contrasts with purely formal, intellectual or ritual concepts of membership of the Church.
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Virtue, virtue everywhere…
Last month the now mandatory alumni magazine arrived from my wife’s old college. The usual requests for money were inside, but the cover sported a photo of an athletic-looking black chap in rugby strip standing in front of the familiar architecture.
Posted in Philosophy, Politics and sociology, Theology
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Following the evidence (to make sure it’s dead)
Have you experienced an odd feeling over the last year? You get involved in some ordinary activity – family events, a work project or whatever – and life seems to be getting back to some kind of normality, until you suddenly realize with a start that what with COVID, the Social Justice Revolution, and international politics, the whole world is a lunatic asylum, and it’s the normality that is the illusion.
Posted in History, Medicine, Politics and sociology, Science, Theology
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A simple false positive update
OK. The positive test rate for COVID in the UK has been flat all month, at around 6,400 daily. The rapid increase in test numbers has also more or less flattened off at around 1.8m daily, and COVID deaths are zero in many areas.
Posted in Medicine, Politics and sociology, Science, Theology
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Implicit narcissism
I’ve no idea why YouTube started assailing me with psychologists’ guides to narcissism some months ago. They do that sometimes, the algorithms suddenly deciding to deluge you with clips on “carpentry tips” maybe, or some obscure Australian band. But it has become very apposite, since a possibly narcissitic relationship at the very top of society has been in the headlines for the last week or two, suspected as such by many lay people as well as pundits.
Posted in Medicine, Politics and sociology, Theology
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Sharpley and son revisited
“Better get a move on Paul – we’ll be late for church.” “Uhh… if you don’t mind, Dad, I’d rather stay home.” “Hmmm – hold on a second, Son… Grace! I’ve got an issue here – you go on with the girls and we’ll catch you up! Now, what’s the problem, Paul? You’ve never missed church before.”
Posted in Medicine, Politics and sociology, Science, Theology
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More on closed churches
Looking at historical instances of mass-closure of churches, one thing is clear: it was taken very much more seriously by our brethren in the past.
Posted in Medicine, Politics and sociology, Science, Theology
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