I don’t want to alarm you, but nuclear war is due to break out today. At least so says the prophet Yisrayl Hawkins (and he’s a prophet, so he must know). If you read this tomorrow and nuclear war hasn’t broken out, don’t feel too alarmed, Prophet Hawkins has already revised his estimate twice and […]
From today’s Telegraph. Yoshikuni said Conan generally goes through his prayer routine at the temple in the capital of Japan’s southern Okinawa prefecture (state) without prompting before his morning and evening meals. I think he saw me doing it all the time and got the idea to do it, too,” Yoshikuni said. The priest is […]
A while ago I wrote a post entitled religion is harmful. David Couchman has a review of a book called Unchristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks About Christianity…and Why It Matters which picks up a similar theme and shows that young people in the US have an overwhelmingly negative view of the Church. I’m […]
Cranmer has a delightful rant about political correctness, Christmas and religious festivals here.
The wonderful Scott Adams has an un-persuasive, but highly amusing article on why we should all become Muslims. Read it here. I’d seriously be interested if anyone had any comments on what he says.
There is a terrific article on the future of religion worldwide in the Economist. This ranks as one of those things that all Christians should read – so go and read it! Here is a short taster; Most obviously, Americans and Britons would not be dying in Iraq and Afghanistan had 19 young Muslims not […]
The New York Post reports that Buddhist monks in China have to seek government permission before they are reincarnated. I’m not sure if the permission is granted in advance or retrospectively. China’s State Administration of Religious Affairs announced Order No. 5, a law covering “the management measures for the reincarnation of living Buddhas in Tibetan […]
British schoolgirl Lydia Playfoot has been banned from wearing her chastity ring in school; a story which has made most of the mainstream media over the last few days. (BBC story here.) I must admit that my thoughts on this story are a little bit mixed. I agree with Andrew that it seems a little […]