I have a friend from my class who often expresses his deep-felt fear whenever a religious person is in a position of power; "Anyone who believes they have the endorsement of God will believe anything they do will be God's will, and can justify anything." The thing is, he's quite often right. I'm sur...

I'm pretty sure I've done this before but... hey, why not. 1. I've recently discovered I don't like watching people (or animals, for that matter - and particularly babies) sleep unless I can clearly see that they're breathing, or else I start worrying that they're dead. 2. When I was a child, I had ...

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Most of us live in a world of comfort and expectation. We expect our needs to be met, our rights to be respected, a certain degree of quality of life, more or less. They haven't quite got it down pat, yet. Sometimes people still get hurt, or catch a disease, or is attacked, or robbed, or is screwed ...

1. What did you do in 2008 that you'd never done before? Went skydiving 2. Did you keep your new years' resolutions, and will you make more for next year? I've never really made new years' resolutions. 3. Did anyone close to you give birth? Yes. 4. Did anyone close to you die? Both my grandfathers d...

A while ago I wrote this blog about how God is real to me in my day-to-day life. On the 16th I got into a long and interesting conversation about God and evolution with an atheist; this atheist challenged me about whether my belief in God was a result of "brainwashing". I like being challenged and I...

This is an article that was in the train newspaper today that got my attention: Mums kill their boys Women in Papua New Guinea's Highland region are killing their male babies to end a tribal fight that has raged for more than 20 years. Two women from the Eastern Highlands told PNG's National newspap...

Ever kissed a blue eyed person? Don't think so. What are you listening to? Parents watching "Life on Mars" in the other room. Where is it coming from? The other room. What was the last thing you saw on TV? Last thing I watched on TV: Some pre-school show about talking race cars when I was at my frie...

I was at some friends' house the other day, they're nice people, and they got talking about an old ex-friend of ours. Well, ex-friend of theirs, anyway. Although I haven't really had the chance to catch up with her in a while, I hold no ill feelings towards her and would be happy to hang out with he...

What I'm about to blog about is not what I personally believe, nor do I personally disbelieve it. It is an unexplored idea I just had that I thought was worth sharing. A conversation I've been having on someone else's blog has gotten me thinking about something... Christianity has been criticised fo...