Author: KB
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A Religion for Atheists? | Secular Transcendence
Interesting article from last year by Alain de Botton on the possibility of a ‘Religion for Atheists.’ De Botton is clear: ‘by getting rid of God, one would also be dispensing with a whole raft of very useful, if often peculiar and sometimes retrograde, notions that had held societies together since the beginning of time.’…
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Fireworks and Pyrotechnics | A Day of Burning Lament for our Nation
Remember, remember the 5th of November, the gun powder treason and plot. I know of no reason why the gun powder treason should ever be forgot. As we gaze into the sky and cry ‘ooo’ and ‘ahhh’ tonight, and see the flickering shadows and cinders as the pyre burns and the guy turns to ash,…
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The Emperor’s New Clothes
I’ve been really enjoying Pete Rollins’ parables recently – if you didn’t catch his Twitter parable experiment then you should follow him and catch up, or grab a copy of The Orthodox Heretic. In the same mode, this is a parable I’ve been working on based on the familiar story of the Emperor’s New Clothes.…
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Could the Internet ‘Rumble’ Christianity?
Interesting commentary piece in The Guardian: The internet has done for Scientology. Could it rumble the Christians, too? Clearly, Scientologists should be forced to justify their doctrinal lunacies – the only sadness is that other religions are apparently exempt from having to do the same. Imagine for a moment a Bashir-type interviewing some senior cardinal.…
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Being a Christian Whilst Working for a Church is Like Doing Long Jump on the Moon
I fell into conversation yesterday with a friend of a friend, who began by asking me what church I went to, which precipitated a long debate about, among other things, full-time Christian work. I’ve done it, and I was left with this impression: being a Christian whilst working for a church is like doing the…