I've been having some very weird and confusing discussions on the internet recently, mainly on topics relating to the previous three postings in this journal. and especially these two: Christian responses to zombies and vampires and Tarot cards as a plot generator.


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This month there is a synchroblog on homosexual marriage, and you can find my contribution at Synchroblog on same-sex marriage, with links to the other participants.

Actually my own contribution consists of links to three old blog posts of mine, since they were already available and I didn't have anything new to say.

The first was a paper I wrote ( Read more... )

As usual I've been posting more on my other blogs than on LJ, so here's a summary and links to some recent posts:

• Reclaiming the Abandoned places of Empire | Khanya: "Trebizond, or Trabzon as it is now called, was the last Roman empire, or the last part of the Roman Empire to be conquered by the Turks. So this fits in nicely with the first of the “ ( Read more... )

There's been quite a bit of discussion in blogs and on other websites about the possible reunion of the Orthodox and Roman Catholic Churches. Some say that the obstacles have been swept away, and reunion is imminent, within a year at most. Others are more sceptical, and say that there's a lot of unfinished business.

Here are some of them:

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The Reverend Canon John Fenton: Gregarious priest, teacher and scholar of the New Testament died on 27 December 2008, and a very good obituary by his contemporary Dennis Nineham has appeared in The Independent, published: 2009-03-06.
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Thanks to russkaya_chica


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This month's synchroblog is on the theme of "Christianity: inclusive or exclusive". A synchroblog is when several bloggers write on the same general theme on the same day. As each one interprets the theme differently, there is quite a variety of thoughts and sentiments expressed.

Here they are:

• Steve Hayes at Notes from undergroundis blogging ( Read more... )

A few days ago I wrote in my other blog Notes from underground: Of egregores and angels"Egregore" (or "egregor") is not a word one finds in most dictionaries, though it is beginning to be used more frequently. It has been described as "a kind of group mind which is created when people consciously come together for a common purpose". Thus any human ( Read more... )

A group of Christian bloggers try to synchronise their posting and post on the same topic on the same day. This month's synchroblog is on Altered states of consciousness, and you can find my contribution on my other blog at Notes from underground: Consciousness of absurdity and the absurdity of consciousnessOn the same page you will also find links ( Read more... )

If i were a Western theologian, which one would I most resemble.


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