“There’s a focus on competition in Darwinism because of the notions of progress and struggle. Now we get into theology and how it influences Darwinism, through the Calvinist view that people who have the greater accumulation of goods have proved themselves superior in the race of life. That for me is a whole lot of [...]
Archive for August, 2009
Quote of the day
Posted in Drawinism, Evolution, Quotes, Religion, Science on August 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Travelling along with the oppressed
Posted in Archaeology, Freedom, Nonviolence, Politics, Society on August 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A fellow colleague (for the ministry) and friend of mine has just started a blog (Oh my Cod) where he records what he tells us in an email, his life changing experience, during a spell in Israel/Palestine this summer with the Christian Peace maker teams.
the following sentence from his reflection during his second day [...]
Quote of the Day
Posted in Belief, Christianity, Culture and Christianity, Quotes on August 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
“Christianity civilized us, up to a point, but we take our comparatively exalted state for granted”. Stefan Beck in his review of David Bentley Hart’s Atheist Delusions: The Christian Revolution and Its Fashionable Enemies.
By the way, I was away (some might say again!) on holiday. Great camping holiday on the East coast (North Berwick) and [...]