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Religion, spirituality and Quakerism

The Apple Mac And The Reality Distortion Field

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Scholars and philosophers debate the meaning of truth – is it subjective or objective, relative or absolute? Steve Jobs, the iconic genius behind the Apple Mac, iPod, iTunes, iPhone and iPad is said to have had a “reality distortion field” … Continue reading

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One Bird Ornithologists Would Be Happy To Shoot Dead

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  Early in 2010 the anti-poverty movement scored a remarkable victory. Led by the Jubilee Debt Campaign a coalition of charities, faith groups and NGOs persuaded parliament to pass legislation preventing so called vulture funds from perusing ‘heavily indebted poor … Continue reading

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A Very Seedy Christmas, Indeed

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As a wooly minded Guardian reader I don’t normally subject get to see the Daily Mail but  a  member of my family left one around last week and I found myself reading Tom Rawstone’s report of his second visit to … Continue reading

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Ending the Cycle of Violence

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Greenbelt is a Christian arts festival held in the United Kingdom each year. It attracts about 20,000 from all branches of the church and many who do not belong to any church. There is always so much going on at … Continue reading

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Greenbelt is here again!

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This weekend (August 26-29) the Greenbelt Christian Arts Festival will be held at Cheltenham. It includes a heady mix of music, theatre, talks, films, worship and much more. For many who attend the festival each year it is the only … Continue reading

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Godless for God’s Sake

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The problem with Quakers is that they don’t have a creed, so you can’t really say what they believe. In recent years a number of Quakers have declared themselves to be “non-theists” or atheists. And yet all Quakers share in … Continue reading

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Could Twitter have stopped Hitler?

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I was born just after the end of World War II and that war has always fascinated me. When I was a young boy all the films I saw at the cinema were war films – I didn’t realise you … Continue reading

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