408 years ago today, Galileo's discovery changed our understanding of the solar system forever. His astronomical observations supported the hypothesis formulated by Copernicus 100 years earlier that the Earth was not the centre of the solar system. This was an Earth-shattering discovery. Between 7th and 13th January 1610, Galileo discovered and observed the four Moons …
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Selective moral outrage
Secular morality has always been selective. It knocks out the first four commandments and modifies the other six of the Ten Commandments. It adds a few more of its own, and keeps some up its sleeve to use when the going is good and when the time and the price is right. Political correctness is …
The Seven C’s of Christian action
A Happy New Year to one and all! Let us begin 2018 by considering the 7 C's of Christian action. It will be good to incorporate them into New Year Resolutions. There have been many books written on Christian doctrine, many biographies of Christians which motivate to Christian action, but not as much about the …
Built-in obsolence
Not enough consumers know about built-in obsolescence, which would inform their shopping habits. Built-in obsolescence is the deliberate limiting and shortening the useful life of products. The latest example is Apple's confirmation that it deliberately slows down some models of its iPhone as they age. It explains and justifies doing so in order to match …
We do not like you but we love your money
The USA, UK and Israel are in competition for the 'most disliked country' in the world. Forget North Korea, Syria, Iran and the host of other countries who regularly condemn Israel at the United Nations (UN). The current pariahs are the UK for leaving the European Union (EU), and the USA for moving its embassy …
Secularism is losing the battle against Islam
Media reports highlighting the brutality between man and man expose the false doctrine of the innate goodness of man. This false doctrine is serving us ill. Atheists point out the dangers of false religion, but are dogmatically and existentially unable to distinguish false from true religion. They throw the baby out with the bathwater. This …
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The Sun gets it wrong about The Sun
The Sun newspaper carries a report about the winter solstice but makes a common blunder about the summer solstice. One may forgive others being wrong, but The Sun about The Sun? Its article today explains: "The winter solstice is on December 21 (TODAY) and is the "shortest" day of the year and marks the start …
Lies still matter and always will
It seems that in our ungodly society some lies are more tolerable than others. The resignation of Damian Green is a case in point. Damian Green resigned as First Secretary of State after he was found to have made "inaccurate and misleading" statements about his knowledge that pornography was found on his House of Commons office …
10 years of Street Pastors in Scotland
The tenth anniversary of Street Pastors in Scotland was celebrated by a debate and reception in the Scottish Parliament on 19/12/2017. The debate was secured by Murdo Fraser, MSP, and can be viewed here. Inverness was the first place in Scotland to invite the Street Pastors initiative and pioneered its introduction to the Highlands ten …
Why did God create viruses?
Older people will remember the accusation, when they were young, against the existence of God – Why did God create viruses? It was intended to be a rhetorical question. Viruses are bad, full stop, so there is no good God. These shrill voices have been mute for some time, but why? Viruses are not as …
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