From the monthly archives:

October 2003

Can a mum teach her religious views to her child?

October 31, 2003

in misc

In the USAa custody case Judge has ordered that a child’s religious upbringing must not expose her to the idea that homosexuality is in any way wrong. Whilst the circumstances of this case are probably heartrending, it seems to me that a Judge cannot prohibit someone teaching their child views that they believe to be from the bible. That is not to say that hatred of homosexuals should be tolerated in any circumstances, however.

Whatever next….

October 31, 2003

in misc

The folly of so called scholars never ceases to amaze me.

Claims that Jesus had a wife are as foolish as anything I have ever heard and have no substance to them whatsoever.

Happy reformation day!

October 31, 2003

Thanks to Blandus Rex for pointing out that today was important for other reasons. On this day in 1517, Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses to the door of the church at Wittenberg and changed the course of history.
It seems that Haloween has seen some interesting events- according to the
History Channel this [...]

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Abortion laws ‘to be challenged’

October 30, 2003

Abortion laws in the UK may fall foul of the European constitution.
Professor Jack Scarisbrick, national director of the charity Life, said he was confident they could win.
‘If you have a law which says special needs children can be killed, you are clearly practising eugenics,’ he told BBC News Online. ‘It is weeding out [...]

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Daniel Bedingfield finds naked woman in his bath

October 29, 2003

The Mirror reports: “HE’S used to adoring fans throwing themselves at him but the last thing Daniel Bedingfield expected was to find one of them soaking in his bath.”
I know some of you are thinking some guys have all the luck, but I would imagine this was actually quite a distressing experience for [...]

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Blogging from my hotel

October 26, 2003

After being in three different European countries in two days its great t be able to blog from the comfort of my hotel room. I was lucky enough to be delayed at Heathrow the other day so that in fact from my waiting lounge window I got a perfect view of the last three [...]

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Leadership on the web

October 18, 2003

The Obvious? states “for leaders who have forgotten how to talk like human beings, who are so used to being in charge that they think they are above the fray of human interest and human passion: as we get used to more humane and egalitarian conversations on the Web, we never want to go back [...]

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‘This will tear the fabric of our communion’

October 17, 2003

‘This will tear the fabric of our communion’ say the primates of the Church of England

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More on the Passion

October 14, 2003

Faced with the possiblility of not getting a distributor, Mel Gibson’s the passion is causing great interest on the internet- take a look at this site, vote, register your interest and view the trailer.

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Labour hopes the Tories never reach Planet Portillo

October 14, 2003

This interesting article argues Tony Blair is probably glad that Portillo has never made it to the top of the Tory Party. It also makes the point that Portillo who is also appearing as a single mum for a weak is currently on holiday allegedly to ensure that no one thinks that he [...]

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A belated apology…….

October 14, 2003

The family of an English missionary who was eaten by Fijian tribespeople 136 years ago are to receive an apology.

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Weblogs with ISSNs?

October 14, 2003

Is a weblog an online serial publication? Can it then be given an ISSN a bit like an ISBN? It seems it depends where you live!

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Ever wished you were a Roman Catholic priest?

October 14, 2003

If you have always wanted to hear confessions (ie you are nosy) I have just the site for you- here is a sample (NB this is not for the faint of heart and some of these are a little salacious.)
A few days ago I was walking my girlfriend to the bus and found a rented [...]

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great google hacks

October 14, 2003

Use Google to create sentances, find out what the share of a subject certain keywords have, find the dates of events, etc etc… Google hacks is fun, go visit!

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