Category Archives: Religion

No, I guess not.

Posted on May 6, 2018 by JC

Are We Together? by R.C. Sproul Reformation Trust Publishing, July 28th, 2012 Before I get started I want to make a very direct and honest expression of my own ignorance. I have only been regularly attending church again for a … Continue reading →

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New Wine

Posted on April 1, 2018 by JC

This is just a brief post but one that I thought was worth writing. I have been having on and off dialogues with protestants (one in particular), discussing the major points of difference between us and them. This has been … Continue reading →

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Legalese and Christianity

Posted on February 18, 2018 by JC

On this first Sunday of Lent, I feel I should write something suitably related. I penciled the title for this post in September last year but wrote no notes as I normally would so I don’t remember what I specific … Continue reading →

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Relearning Disgust

Posted on January 28, 2018 by JC

One thing that didn’t occur to me immediately after returning to Christianity was just how desensitised I have become to things that really should disgust me. This is with regard to basically everything including violent and sexual imagery and vulgar … Continue reading →

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Australia & Culture

Posted on January 21, 2018 by JC

Quite a while ago I read an article by James Valentine belittling the idea of “Australian values”, I can’t remember whether I read it in the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age or The Australian but it was probably the latter … Continue reading →

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Some commentary on ‘The Brothers Karamazov’

Posted on November 26, 2017 by JC

I just finished reading this book last Thursday morning and I feel I should write something about it but I’m not sure quite what. As such I am just going to write a potpourri of my thoughts. Both this and … Continue reading →

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Wanting to Live & The Gift of Life

Posted on September 3, 2017 by JC

It is often observed that life can hardly be considered a gift or a blessing for the poor and those who suffer through disease, deformity or just terrible luck. That only one who has a generally comfortable existence relative to … Continue reading →

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Standards of Evidence

Posted on July 25, 2017 by JC

Suppose I were to tell you that I didn’t believe the theory of evolution. After getting past your initial incredulity you might as why that is, given all the evidence and scientific research that has been done.  I would respond … Continue reading →

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Rendering onto Caesar

Posted on June 16, 2017 by JC

Or why churches should pay taxes. In most countries that I am familiar with, charities, not-for-profit and churches can get a tax exemption status. This is widely known and generally accepted throughout society. Increasingly, the atheists of the variety that … Continue reading →

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Some commentary on Rerum Novarum

Posted on April 6, 2017 by JC

The other day I was by chance linked to Rerum Novarum, a 1890 encyclical by Pope Leo XIII on Rights and Duties of Capital and Labor. I’ve only read a few encyclicals and the ones I have are very densely … Continue reading →

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