Monthly Archives: July 2009

Dawkins & Superstition III

By Malgwyn | July 31, 2009

A Resume of Martin Luther’s Change of Heart and How We are Put Right With God
In my immediate previous posts one and two I responded to Professor Dawkins’ view of what he understands as ‘a personal experience with God’ (TGD, p. 87-92), with my own contrary views. Here I will finish with my view [...]

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Dawkins & Superstition II

By Malgwyn | July 31, 2009

In my previous post, re-Dawkins understanding of a ‘personal experience with God’ (TGD, p.87-92), I express the thought that far from superstition there is something more powerful and good going on in human experience when Christians talk about having an experience with God. (Atheist Matthew Parris recognized something inexplicable when real Christianity is observed [...]

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Dawkins & Superstition

By Malgwyn | July 24, 2009

I’ve been too long away from my atheist friend, Professor Richard Dawkins. In TGD Richard Dawkins ridicules the idea that an individual can have a personal experience with God. Picked up by Wikipedia, Dawkins uses the illustration of the Manx Shearwater to show how religious belief arises from superstition. In his younger days one of his [...]

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Genesis and Theories of Evolution

By Malgwyn | July 16, 2009

“The big takeaway from Genesis is that the magnificent works of creation are not the products of some step-wise, glacial process of nature and necessity, but of an abrupt outpouring of divine intent and power. It is a repeated pattern. Throughout the sweep of scripture, God’s creative, curative, and miraculous works come suddenly and completely, [...]

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Seeing God’s Good World - Despite 9/11 - and 7/7

By Malgwyn | July 7, 2009

Tribute was paid today to the families who lost loved ones in the 7 July 2005 London bombing. Attended by the Prime Minister and the Minister for London, Tessa Jowell, Prince Charles unveiled the 52-pillar memorial representing the 52 people who died in the London Bombing.
I had just read the controversy over the GCSE creation [...]

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150 Years & Still Introducing Evolution!

By Malgwyn | July 7, 2009

The BBC reported yesterday, “An exam board has scrapped a GCSE biology question about creationism after admitting it could be misleading. The Assessment and Qualifications Alliance paper asked pupils how the Bible’s theory of creation seeks to explain the origins of life.”
Says Graeme Paton, Education Editor for the Telegraph, “James Williams, lecturer in education at [...]

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Religious Freedom Threat UK - Is It A Hoax?

By Malgwyn | July 6, 2009

Last week I received one of those chain letters calling for a protest against the making of a film depicting Jesus and his disciples as homosexuals. Suspicious of no link with the message I looked up the Internet and discovered it was a hoax. I no longer pass on chain letter messages as they could [...]

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CHINA’S GROWING CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY

By Malgwyn | July 3, 2009

Recently back from China, Geoff Hobden, the minister of Christ Church in Weston-super-Mare, gave a glowing report of religious freedoms and Christian progress in China. He entertained as well as informed his audience with a PowerPoint presentation - ably answering questions during and after his presentation. The guided slide tour took us to the Cities [...]

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