Tag Archives: Christianity

Letter on atheism in the Irish Independent

This is the letter I wrote that got published in the Irish Independent about what atheism is, and its relation to Communist regimes: In response both to Eric Conway (Letters, April 22) and Sean Conroy (Letters, April 21) may I suggest a middle ground? People, in general, have a capability of doing terrible things on [...]

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Why Genesis 1 – 3 cannot be read literally and make sense.

It is the first time that I have posted on this blog in a while. However, this is a subject which rightly or wrongly has become an area of key contention within Christianity. The idea of a young earth versus what I would feel is the more reasonable view, even from reading the Genesis 1 [...]

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Free speech – How far is too far?

Following on from my previous post on the blasphemy law in Ireland, and building upon the recent events in the UK of Anjem Choudary’s now banned group Islam4UK’s threatened march through Wooton Bassett. I start to wonder how important is free speech to us in actuality? Is it only when peoples free speech doesn’t our [...]

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Religion and the Noughties

To start off a new blog, and just about a new year and a new decade. A review of the role of religion in the last decade seems almost apt, and indeed it is something that has been done in The Guardian recently with various contributors giving their views on the subject this week. It [...]

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