the Manners of sin

The figures the paper gave were startling – every year in France, between 1,600 and 2,000 women apparently suffer from pregnancy denial, and at least 230 discover or admit they’re pregnant only at the moment they give birth. BBC article
Wouldn’t this be akin to not noticing a flesh wound on your leg?  Read the article [...]

Soporific Tones of the Vicar

From the comment section of this article: 10 Ways to Get Really Good Sleep
I have always found church on Sunday mornings provokes the most pleasant slumbers one could hope for. Maybe it’s the soporific tones of my particular vicar, who could make the sermon on the mount sound like an extract from the local telephone [...]

Out flanking the Baptists

From the BBC: “He asked me why I had come. Well, I had heard that his followers met two evenings a week to sing, dance and pray, I said. I was wondering if I could attend a ceremony.
As he contemplated whether or not I could be a problem, he put me straight on one point. [...]

Try this on

The BBC posted this quiz today done by the Bible Society.  They made a note that fewer and fewer students are recognizing Bible references in Classic English Literature.  But the more ironic and sadder commentary is that Christians are finding it increasingly difficult to recognize Bible references in literature.
Try the Quiz

Obese blamed for the world’s ills

Obesity causes all the world’s problems.
Glad we figured out the world’s problems.  Now let’s eat.