I met with my friend @canonjjohn this week and was interviewed by him on my life story for UCB TV. The guy is a force of nature! Always a great encouragement. I subscribe to regular updates in my email from him (available free from the Philo trust) and was amused, informed and challenged by this one that arrived today – New Year, New Atheism, New Challenges 12 Jan 2013 It’s rather a scary thought that we are already over one eighth of the way through the twenty-first century. And even though year seems to follow year at an increasingly rapid rate, our culture changes even more speedily. One feature of the last decade that shows no sign of going away has been the rise of the ‘New Atheism’. It’s easy to dismiss the New Atheism as no more than a warmed-up version of old-fashioned humanism and in terms of substance there is little new. What is truly novel and troubling is the movement’s aggressive and bitter hostility to religious faith in general and Christianity in particular. A fascinating revelation […]
Month: January 2013
“I will never let what I can’t do get in the way of what I CAN do.’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqXyYWbEP9g Totally amazed and inspired by the example of Cpl Todd Love. The triple amputee recently completed a five hour 10.5m endurance race ‘The Beast.’ He wrestles alligators, skydives, skis and surfs. He’s also learned to play the piano as part of his rehab. What’s your excuse?