Looking at the Facts
Yes, lets face it we were all rather daunted after signing up for this session when Jo’s paper arrived. Continue reading
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Next ANVIL. Jo Penberthy on Facts
On Wednesday 18th of June Jo Penberthy, vicar of Cucklington will be our speaker. Continue reading
The Gospels and Theistic Magic Realism
I have been looking again at the gospels and thinking about the man they describe and have come up with a new way for me of reading them. I see them as examples of theistic, magic, realism or TMR. Am I on to something or have I got it wrong? Read the paper and tell me.
Anvil Explores Freedom of Expression with Gill Cleverley
For details and the PDF of Gill’s paper go straight to the ANVIL page Continue reading
ANVIL meeting. Wed.Feb 12th
Our speaker was Dr Steve Mandel, a professional economist and past Senior Researcher at the New Economics Foundation. His paper makes out the case that both the theory and practice of economics as generally accepted by those responsible for financial policy is fundamentally flawed Continue reading
THE RIGHT TO CHOOSE A SAFE, PAINLESS DEATH
At the first meeting of ANVIL we had an excellent discussion with really thoughtful contributions from everyone who came. Clearly the subject has relevance to all of us. In the light of that discussion I have written a thorough revision of my paper which is now entitled The Right to Choose a Safe, Painless, Death. In addition go to the end of the article and see the thoughtful comments I have received. Add yours by emailing me at johnbaxter@nullgetshot.co.uk
Can Christianity or Buddhism be Re-cast as Secular Religions?
On Saturday 21st Sept 2013 I am attended a Sea of Faith conference in London to be addressed by Stephen Batchelor – on Secular Buddhism and Don Cuppitt on Secular Christianity and Richard Holloway, the former Scottish Episcopal Church Primate. I tried asking them to say in simple terms of about a paragraph to express the Christian or the Buddhist narrative in a secular way. Simplicity I believe is vital if this talk is to go beyond academic discussion. Continue reading
How I Failed to Bring Down Margaret Thatcher
1982 and I was teaching at Ilfracombe College, what some might later have described as a “bog standard” comprehensive for 1100 children 11-18. Continue reading
The Scottish Cardinal, Keith O’Brien
It was back in 2007 that I was provoked into writing the paper WHO SUFFERS as a response to what I felt was the immoral uttererances of Cardinal O’Brien with regard to abortion when he equated abortions with the Dunblane Massacre of primary school children. I found this grossly immoral because he seemed unable to recognise the difference between the appalling suffering of those children, their parents and families and the termination of potential persons without awareness or any capacity to suffer. Continue reading
Retirement for Pope Benedict 16
So soon the Roman Catholic Church will have a retired Pope Continue reading