Posted                      

quote:

---

Originally posted by Dogwalker:
This link was posted on the Diocese of Western Mass Facebook page earlier today: Temple Israel welcomes Trinity Church

I thought about where to post it; it's kind of a "mystery worship", it could lead to purgatorial discussion, or it could just go nowhere. But here seems like a good place to start.

---

Posted                         

quote:

---

Originally posted by George Spigot:
Ignatius the Ultimate Youth Pastor

I'm not so sure where to post this video. It made me laugh though so in the end I decided on Heaven. This was made I believe by people who run a church youth group and is a warning about the cult of celebrity. I completly lost it at the "literally hundreds of miles away" comment.

---

quote:

---

Originally posted by The Rhythm Methodist:
Mr. Spigot, sir -

Really entertaining! I'm sure I know the youth pastor they based it on.

---

Posted                       

quote:

---

Originally posted by deano:
Sat in the Sheffield Arena waiting for "We Will Rock You" to start. Phil Hilborne rocking out Brian May licks! Loverly!!!

But funniest thing so far is watching all the middle-aged, middle-class ladies all dressed up for a rock gig in high heels, jeans or leather trousers and tops from Next all pointing at the Miranda Hart posters saying "Ooh, I like her" to their friends.

Rawk 'n' Roll... Yeah!!!

---

Posted                       

quote:

---

Originally posted by Firenze:

quote:

---

Originally posted by Dogwalker:
This link was posted on the Diocese of Western Mass Facebook page earlier today: Temple Israel welcomes Trinity Church

I thought about where to post it; it's kind of a "mystery worship", it could lead to purgatorial discussion, or it could just go nowhere. But here seems like a good place to start.

---

---

Posted                       

quote:

---

Originally posted by Ariel:
For people who like teddy bears.

There's got to be a good story behind this. And the antique photo is lovely. I hope they can trace the owner.

---

If they can't find the owner, we'd be happy to adopt him.

We (or more particularly D.) have a habit of being adopted by Small Bears; some have been abandoned by their owners, and others wait in charity-shops until he comes in ...

--------------------
I may not be on an island any more, but I'm still an islander.
alto n a soprano who can read music

Posted                       

quote:

---

The person given the task of arranging stalls at Freshers Fair usually had a good laugh. "Hmmmm, who can we put the CU next to this year to make them really uncomfortable?". Right next to the loudest, loud speaker was always popular. Next to the LGBT society was usually ruled out, because the LGBT people started screaming about persecution. The Islamic Soc and Atheists always seemed popular. The imaginative, or just bit more aware, realised that right next to the Joint Chaplaincy stall (under that same loud speaker, of course) was likely to cause the most consternation among the conservative members of ECU.

---

quote:

---

The roleplaying society is always a good bet, with some nice, prominent D&D books. I always found it funny to imagine the reaction of those evangelicals who freak out over D&D if they ever encounter Unknown Armies or Call of Cthulu.

---

Posted                      

quote:

---

Originally posted by Horseman Bree:

His dates were: born 940, elected Pope 999, died 1003, shown in the article as 940-999-1003.

This was immediately translated by my computer into an offer to ring up this number on Skype!
(preview post tells me that it has happened again)

I didn't dare, for fear the Gerbert might answer.

---

Posted                       

quote:

---

...a comment by Mark Twain. When Twain was living in the UK, a couple of his friends from the US were out to his house to tea. A week later, he writes to someone else:

“We furnished them a bright day and comfortable weather—and they used it all up, in their extravagant American way. Since then we have sat by coal fires, evenings.”

---

Posted                          

quote:

---

Originally posted by Ariel:
Found this while cleaning out some files on my computer...

"This chain letter is meant to bring greater happiness to you and your parish. Unlike any other chain letter you may have received, this one does not cost money. It will lighten your load.

You simply send a copy of this letter to six other church members in various other dioceses that are unhappy with their bishop. Then you bundle up your bishop and send him to the diocese at the bottom of the list. In one week you will receive 16,536 bishops. One of them should be just what you've always wanted. You must exercise faith in this letter and be sure that you do not break the chain. One good parishioner did and got his old bishop back. Another poor soul broke the chain and was called to be a bishop."

---

--------------------
I reserve the right to change my mind.

My article on the Virgin of Vladimir

Posted                          

quote:

---

Originally posted by lilBuddha:
'Tis International Talk Like a Pirate Day, Ya scurvy dogs!

---

Posted                          

quote:

---

Originally posted by Arabella Purity Winterbottom:
I think the situation is a bit like that which medical professionals face these days. In the old days, they were almost like gods, and no one dared question them. Now, with the internet providing so much information, and television presenting so many fallible doctors, that authority has broken down. And some medical professionals can't cope ...

---

Posted                         

quote:

---

Originally posted by Penny S:
The [Met Office's] forecast of strong winds with associated potential for damage included this phrase...

quote:

---

This warning has been updated to bring forward the end time.

---

---

Posted                       

quote:

---

Originally posted by PeteC:
This is hilarious and I had to share it with the Ship!

Interpretive dance

---

Posted                         

quote:

---

Originally posted by Moo:

quote:

---

Originally posted by PeteC:
This is hilarious and I had to share it with the Ship!

Interpretive dance

---

Could someone who knows The Sturdy Wench make sure she sees it?

Moo

---

I immediately thought of Kenwritez too.


--------------------
"...that is generally a matter for Pigwidgeon, several other consenting adults, a bottle of cheap Gin and the odd giraffe."
~Tortuf

Posted                       

quote:

---

Originally posted by Moo:
Hosts, I'm putting this here because I don't know where else to put it. I don't want to start a debate; I just want to report on something interesting.

Yesterday at our church education hour, two Virginia Tech professors told us about their biographical research on Darwin. Duncan Porter is a biologist and Peter Graham is in the English department. They have collaborated in writing about Darwin's life and religious beliefs. Their sources were not just Darwin's published writings, but his private letters.

When he went on the voyage of the Beagle he was an ordained Anglican priest. Other men on the ship sometimes teased him about his fundamentalism. He was actually not that interested in religion. The main focus of his life was a burning curiosity about all aspects of the natural world. Three years before his death he wrote in a private letter

quote:

---

In my most extreme fluctuations I have never been an atheist in the sense of denying the existence of a God--I think that generally(& and more and more so as I grow older) but not always. that an agnostic would be the most correct description of my state of mind.

---

All his life he gave very generously to churches. When the Beagle reached New Zealand, he contributed one fourth of the total sum required to build the first church there. (He had a great deal of inherited wealth.) His son recalled that his father would walk him to church every Sunday, but rarely go in.

Essentially he spent very little time thinking about religion, although he obviously considered it a good thing; otherwise he would not have supported it.

This talk gave me a new understanding of Darwin, and I thought you all might be interested.

Moo

---

quote:

---

Originally posted by Niminypiminy:
That's interesting, because as far as I recall from Desmond and Moore's biography Darwin lost his faith fairly comprehensively after the death of his daughter Annie (given more detailed treatment in Annie's Box). But it could well be that the talk you went to interpreted the sources differently from Desmond and Moore, Keynes and other biographers who might, as it were, be wanting to find an atheist Darwin.

(edited to correct punctuation)

---

Posted                       

quote:

---

Originally posted by Moo:

When he went on the voyage of the Beagle he was an ordained Anglican priest. Other men on the ship sometimes teased him about his fundamentalism.

---

Posted                      

quote:

---

Originally posted by Lucia:
Want a new home with an unusual colour scheme? Wow, just wow!

---