Archive for 'The Institution'
Why I’m probably not a Christian anymore
After accusing my wife of not being a ‘real’ Christian on the way to work this morning (which naturally pissed her off) and telling her how I’m thinking of giving up writing this blog, I’ve decied to come clean and admit to myself and the world that I’m probably not a Christian anymore.
I guess that [...]
Posted: October 19th, 2007 under Big Questions, The Institution, Blasphemy, Spirituality.
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Enter the atheists
I’ve just finished reading Ken Mcleod’s excellent post on 21st Century Atheism from back in July. I only recently found Ken’s blog and I’ve been working my way through the 30 or so links from that post to a lot of discussion of the so called New Atheists and their books (you know: God [...]
Posted: September 7th, 2007 under Big Questions, The Competition, The Institution, Culture.
Comments: 2
Science vs Religion, round 75749
I was responding to this: TPN – Father Bob » Blog Archive » The Father Bob Show #64 – “Knee Mail!” and decided to make a blog post of it.
Cameron, I think you are rude to Father Bob by dismissing his beliefs and closing your mind to what he has to say. Isn’t the [...]
Posted: July 20th, 2007 under Big Questions, The Institution, Spirituality.
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Pentecostalism and Me
How much are you loving the fundamentalist christian plotline in Home and Away at the moment? I’m guessing that if you’re a pentecostal, you’ve got mixed feelings about it. It’s good to see a show tackling some of the issues that fundy christians face but also insulting to see them portrayed as naive [...]
Posted: July 11th, 2007 under The Competition, The Institution, Culture.
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Authenticity
Authenticity seems to be the word of the moment, at least on Radio National where I was listening to Counterpoint discussing the concept around a book on authenticity in rock. The interview talked about the Monkeys suggesting that the Monkeys actually had more authenticity when they were just actors pretending to be a band [...]
Posted: July 5th, 2007 under Big Questions, The Institution, Culture.
Comments: 1
Do more nothing
Last weekend I blogged about how boring religion is and how I couldn’t be bothered blogging about it. This week I’ve caught up on some podcasts, even listened to a religion report and, wait for it, went to church on Sunday. Admittedly I turned up about half way through the service and was [...]
Posted: July 2nd, 2007 under The Institution, Theology, Spirituality, Fatherhood.
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Higher Planes
David Tacey’s Spirituality Revolution talks about the progression from a personal spirituality that one discovers for themselves towards a more externalised spirituality that might lead to religion. Similar to how Mr Prodigal Kiwi describes it:
Prodigal Kiwi(s) Blog: Being Attracted to ‘High Church’
Increasingly I find myself dis-satisfied with a focus on individual’s salvation and a [...]
Posted: April 13th, 2007 under The Institution, Spirituality.
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