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edin share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr print opens in new window print like loading march 22 2014 in religion television 5 comments everyone should be able to appreciate rev i ve waited a long time for this on monday rev returns to our screens probably for the last time it s one of my very favourite shows but i ve always found it hard to summarise its appeal for the benefit of those who haven t watched it it s very frustrating to like something without being able to explain why so it s about time i had a proper go here first it s easiest to say what it isn t rev isn t really a sitcom although it is funny but nor is it a straight drama it walks a delicate line portraying the reality of inner city church life as accurately as any series i ve seen and allowing the humour to flow naturally from the absurdity of situations that many churchgoers will recognise the plots and ideas are meticulously researched and typically based on real events however unlikely that may seem read more share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr print opens in new window print like loading march 2 2014 in islam religion leave a comment religion isn t a special case but that cuts both ways since i wrote about katy perry and the dark horse video i ve been involved in quite a lot of discussion about the subject in various places which i ve found helpful in crystallising the issues and where any disagreement might lie ideally i would have liked to cover these areas in the first place blame fatigue and lack of time but i think this is a topic that s worth covering on its own one subject that appears to be at the root of a fair amount of disagreement is the sincerity or otherwise of the complaint was it a respectful request or was it cynical rabble rousing i favour the former though the latter is definitely a possibility i d prefer to err on the side of assuming good faith especially as none of us can know either way but it s an open question and potentially has a bearing on how it should be responded to however this also ties up with a bigger issue read more share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr print opens in new window print like loading february 27 2014 in islam 2 comments katy perry was right to edit her video but i wish she hadn t poor katy perry it seems that whatever she does she s doomed to upset a handful of religious extremists with nothing but lots of media coverage and record sales to show for it fresh from her controversial performance of dark horse at the grammys she s stirred up a whole new fuss over the video for the same song managing to offend muslims this time instead of christians it appears that someone was watching the video and noticed that if you looked closely and paused the video at just the right time a man appeared to be wearing a pendant bearing the arabic allah before he was turned to dust now i m not an expert in arabic but seeing how often people claim to have seen allah spelt out inside a tomato or by any number of strange objects i suggest that it isn t trivial to demonstrate that this meaning was either intended or even really there but let s assume that it was read more share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr print opens in new window print like loading february 15 2014 in church of england 1 comment with friends like these who needs enemies fresh from his trip to africa to persuade johnny foreigner to be a bit less nasty to those awful gays justin welby s been hard at work demonstrating exactly how it should be done issuing a pastoral letter which combines woolly oh it s all so complicated blather with incongruously bald dogmatic statements that marriage is our special word not for the likes of you all backed up with some staggeringly backward views from the house of bishops we all know that the church doesn t easily shift its position but it s notable how often this statement even more conservative than the ridiculous pilling report supports its arguments with variations on we ve always done it this way including frequent reference to current canon law and multiple appeals to the book of common prayer a document that dates back over 350 years reconsidering your position you re doing it wrong the church s position has been messy for a long time riddled with fudges and contradictions but this takes it to a new level the church should not exclude gay married couples or enquire about their sex lives and it is recognised that those marriages can embody crucial social virtues but there will be no formal liturgy to affirm those acknowledged virtues and any informal prayer must be accompanied by pastoral discussion of the church s teaching and their reasons for departing from it how welcoming if you think that s bad the clergy s situation will make your head spin they can be civilly partnered but only if they remain celibate however they can t enter a same sex marriage whatever they get up to in bed because that would be at variance with the teaching of the church of england on account of using their copyrighted word clergy can freely disagree with that teaching in good conscience because the church is a broad one but may not live in accordance with that conscience makes sense the church is very good at saying that everyone is loved by god and how bad homophobia is as it does again here but actions speak louder than words when considered alongside their actions the message is rather less friendly homosexual persons are loved by god yes god even loves them condemning irrational fear of homosexuals we prefer rational hatred discrimination and marginalisation it seems incredible but in the time since i had enough of being associated with this ridiculous bigotry the church seems to have started talking a better game while acting even worse a few more years of this and the cofe will be a reactionary rump left behind by the rest of society images courtesy of ollycb and costi used with permission share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr print opens in new window print like loading february 12 2014 in education 1 comment as a parent i don t want more new powers i don t generally write about education but this is something i feel quite strongly about this week labour leader ed miliband launched a series of plans for public service reform the most eye catching of which promised parents the ability to call in a specialist team to sort out their school if they believe it s not doing well enough this is closely related to the issue that s been occupying so much of my time for the last few months but although i ve been working hard to get parents views taken into account in that context this latest initiative is not the answer read more share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr print opens in new window print like loading february 11 2014 in atheism 9 comments atheism could do without the naturalistic fallacy an atheist yesterday i hear a lot of atheists laying into religion well duh making the claim that atheism is the natural default we re born with and religion only exists because people are indoctrinated to believe it i like that idea and it rings true on several levels we find it so easy to bring children up believing religious doctrines that are wild guesses at best and we teach them these things as fact not only introducing fables but loading them with emotional significance to ensure that they aren t easily challenged and dismissed unfortunately this belief in default atheism is simplistic at best babies and small children don t have any kind of comprehensive answer to major life questions but i think the early tendency to see one s parents as perfect infallible paragons can fit into the most basic definition of theism without too much squeezing and breathing in and even adults with no interest in religion can still be led down a theistic line of thought by a certain stirring at the wonders of nature for example read more share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr print opens in new window print like loading february 8 2014 in creationism 4 comments creationists are the dung beetles of science reading that title back it sounds rude and abrasive but it isn t meant to be in fact quite the reverse in the wake of the bill nye ken ham debate i ve been reading and thinking a lot about young earth creationists yecs typically from a highly negative viewpoint columnists and bloggers despair of the distortions of leaders the ignorance of followers and the special pleading of a nakedly religious claim being presented as science i agree wholeheartedly in fact i d say the same myself all the time if it wasn t so blindingly obvious but despite all this criticism and although yecs are reality denying ideologues who are either dishonest indoctrinated or just too lazy to check out the evidence they do serve a purpose if you can forget about all the lying distortion and fabrication and it s a big if there s a tiny glimmer of something valuable buried deep in the bowels of yecism something we should all appreciate unlikely as it may seem they do perform a genuine scientific function read more share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr print opens in new window print like loading february 2 2014 in church of england 2 comments who s your ugly friend justin i used to think that it was just a student cliché to go on the pull with an ugly friend to make yourself seem more attractive in comparison but it seems that justin welby s pulling the same trick on behalf of the church of england during his tour of africa standing next to outrageous homophobes to invite flattering comparisons let s be clear despite occasional flashes of self awareness and a few woolly compromises the cofe is no friend to gay people even last year s pilling report the latest in a long history of attempts to restate the church s position on sexuality in more palatable terms makes that starkly obvious more on that another time perhaps but despite that they end up looking like the rational tolerant ones read more share this share on x opens in new window x share on facebook opens in new window facebook email a link to a friend opens in new window email share on linkedin opens in new window linkedin share on reddit opens in new window reddit share on tumblr opens in new window tumblr print opens in new window print like loading older posts search for follow blog 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