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Apr 4 2013

The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Misinformation and Confusion?

I have seen the image (left) more than once on facebook. It is, of course, absolute nonsense – misinformation from The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science (Official) [sic] facebook page. It has had 68,834 shares by people who uncritically follow a page that describes its mission as, “to support…critical thinking and evidence-based understanding…”

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Mar 25 2013

new leaders

By Bosco Peters / 6 Comments

The shocked reaction, by some, to the above photo, is to assure people that it is photoshopped. You can, they tell us, notice by a crease on the pope’s leg, and by the shiny triangle… etc. etc. Yes, Pope Francis’ style is a bit different. The photo isn’t photoshopped. Here are two images for people

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Jan 21 2013

Jesus did not exist?

By Bosco Peters / 18 Comments

A lot of it is our own fault as Christians: “Do you believe in Jesus?” has the same configuration as, “Do you believe in Santa Clause?” and “Do you believe in the Tooth Fairy?” For about three weeks now, there has been an almost-daily debate raging in our local newspaper whether Jesus was actually an

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Jan 19 2013

This is permanent: change is here to stay

By Bosco Peters / 16 Comments

I have been trying to encourage Christian individuals and communities to mission and ministry on and through the technological revolution we are in. “Church website” and “rate the church website” are a couple of recent posts of mine, for example. I am not the only one. Kelvin Holdsworth, Provost of St Mary’s Cathedral, Glasgow, is

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Nov 2 2012

Ichthus

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ΙΧΘΥΣ is Greek for fish. It is an acronym for Ίησοῦς Jesus Χριστός Christ Θεοῦ God’s Υἱός Son Σωτήρ Saviour (Iēsous Christos, Theou Huios, Sōtēr) The letters can be combined to form a spoked wheel, as in this image at Ephesus: In the days that Christianity was illegal, and you wanted to check if someone

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The Archbishop of Canterburty and the Pope

Oct 23 2012

Archbishop of Canterbury addresses Synod of Bishops

By Bosco Peters / 2 Comments

The Archbishop of Canterbury addressed the Synod of Bishops in Rome, fifty years after the opening of the Second Vatican Council. He connected contemplation and evangelisation. This comes synchronously as we, here, urge worship, liturgy, the contemplative life to be seen more explicitly centrally to our life and mission as church (also see here). …To

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Sep 22 2012

creating postmodern people

By Bosco Peters / 3 Comments

The English curriculum is a clear instance of the approach under-girding the new New Zealand Curriculum: “In English, there are two strands: ‘making meaning’ and ‘creating meaning’.” Did you notice there is no strand “discovering meaning… understanding meaning…”? You can hear echoes of “The Death of the Author” approach. In “The Death of the Author”

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Aug 4 2012

GSTHW in review 4

By Bosco Peters / 9 Comments

This is a post reflecting on communication within my church – specifically, could communication about General Synod Te Hinota Whanui (GSTHW) be improved? IMO Yes. A lot. And easily. And without expense. [Update 22 August 2012: The print version of the quarterly provincial magazine Anglican Taonga is out, majoring on General Synod Te Hinota Whanui.

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Jul 6 2012

God particle

By Bosco Peters / 2 Comments

…Let’s just take a moment’s break from speaking about spirituality, especially spirituality and science. So, it looks like the God Particle has been shown to exist. The Higgs Boson, yes. Nothing to do with God, of course – don’t take that literally. [Nobel Prize-winning physicist] Leon Lederman called it the God particle. It talks to

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Apr 4 2012

I believe in Jesus

By Bosco Peters / 6 Comments

As usual at this time of year (and also other times of the year) I spot debates about how we are redeemed (“soteriology”). The debates can get heated. And do. People can get pretty heated about theories of creation also. I believe in the Creator; which means I believe we are created. I trust and

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