Apparently there remain people unconvinced about the reality of ‘climate change’. Apparently, they are stupid, ignorant, Republican or old, uneducated, uninformed and quite possibly uncouth. They have a title, graciously bestowed on them by the patronising ‘Believers’ in climate change – “Denialists”. Yes, it seems that refusal to accept whatever is meant by the term ‘climate change’ now delegates an…
Once upon a time, a budding world dictator such as myself would have required a solid dose of soldierly ability, and a rather violent disposition in order to achieve world domination. Actually, you pretty much needed those capabilities just to take over the neighbour’s farm. Today such violence is passe´. If you want to take over a country, a community…
“Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair”… The words Percy Shelley places on Ozymandias’ pedestal are so easy to recall. They seem to hold a resonance that fits into so many spaces, places and times. They certainly came to mind when stopping to wander through this once-grand old home. Did the person who owned this ever ponder just what their…
There is no attribute of God which is not either borrowed from the passions and powers of the mind, or which is not a negation. Omniscience, Omnipotence, Omnipresence, Infinity, Immutability, Incomprehensibility, and Immateriality, are all words that designate properties and powers peculiar to organised beings, with the addition of negations, by which the idea of limitation is excluded. An oft-quoted…
Here is an email doing the rounds at the moment. It’s very well written and well worth a read… GOD vs. Science A science professor begins his school year with a lecture to the students, ‘Let me explain the problem science has with religion.’ The atheist professor of philosophy pauses before his class and then asks one of his new…