Wednesday, Feb 8th 2012
Book Review: Slavoj Žižek, The Puppet and the Dwarf: The Perverse Core of Christianity. Cambridge & London: MIT Press. 2003
Žižek & Milbank, The Monstrosity of Christ. Cambridge & London : MIT Press. 2009
Leibnitz famously posed the fundamental ontological question when he said we have a right to ask why there is something rather than nothing [...]
An extract from The Sceptics Bible. Part 518 of 666.
IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the word was God.
2 Even though Wittgenstein has proved the impossibility of a private language.
3 All things were made by Him; and without Him was not any thing made that was made.
Education, Secularism, Segregation and the State
An excellent discussion on BBC Radio 4’s Thinking Allowed about what a secular society means.
BBC Radio 4 Thinking Allowed - Secularism and the State
Important in the context of last night’s Prime Time’s program on the problems in a new State-school model, which shows that the Catholic Church has been successful, [...]
Spread it on your Bread of Heaven!
Did you see the story on the communist liberal BBC about the family in Wales that are find the image of Our Lord on the lid of something call Marmite? No? Neither did I. But thanks to Daphne’s sharp eyes, we can all now see what can only be [...]
Update: Simon McGarr of the Tuppenceworth.ie blog has set up a Facebook group to argue for the diplomatic expulsion of the Papal Nuncio from Ireland. He also provides two sample letters to send to either Ministers or TDs about this affair. Here is a PDF copy of the sample letters which you can amend [...]
[Dear Reader, last week I went on holiday by accident. As a result I missed not one but two Manuel posts. This is the second one. The first, and funnier one, can be read over on Coddle Pot. Thanks & Regards. DB]
The wise people of Limerick have spotted Our Lady hiding in a tree! It [...]
I am being perturbed this week to learn about the disgraceful treament that was being meated out to a shoal of English nuns in Crete, where they was doing the missionary work, bringing civilization to the pagan ancient Greeks. According to all the reliable news report, the nuns was being banged up abroad like a [...]
