Recent content by Bob Crowley

Hmmm ... name dropping eh? A few years ago there was a mini-series for TV called 'Secrets and Lies'. The producers used a house in Quandong Street, Ashgrove, Brisbane as their home location...

It was Okay. It was typical NCIS fare with a bit of cultural bantering between US & Aussies. The difference is that it is set around Sydney, not US locations.

I knew about the navy diver but not the Bondi attack the next day or so.

Out of curiosity I watched "NCIS - Sydney" tonight for the first time. The introduction had a shark coughing up a former US Navy Seal's arm in a tidal swimming pool. I was sceptical about a shark being swept into a tidal swimming pool, but apparently it did happen once at least. Mind you it...

God expects us to do both - focus on Christ and care for the earth. The second commandment is love your neighbour as yourself. If all we do is treat the earth as so much raw material to be squandered, we are disobeying the second commandment big time.

I suppose there are a few saints who achieved what might be called "dispassion". Francis of Assisi comes to mind along with a handful of other saints. I think they would be few and far between. If it comes to that I think dedicated Buddhist monks could lay claim to being "dispassionate". But...

It vaporises and then reassembles itself at the destination?

It's part of God's creation. It may not have an immediate bearing on Christian ethics, but it's part of the creation. I believe God's going to drive us off this planet, with our own assistance of course - global warming, possible nuclear war etc. If I'm right and He does, our descendants are...

I know next to nothing about Portland in Oregon, but it's in the news here in Australia with its drug problem. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-28/oregon-drug-decriminalisation-junkies-streets-fentanyl/103871432 Amsterdam also has an open drug policy (as I understand it). A relative who...

I think it will be cataclysmic. For one thing the universe will disappear. The authors of both 2 Peter and Revelation use similar imagery. There will also be a lot of people by that time. Our current population is approaching 8 billion (7.9 billion) if it hasn't gotten there already, and...

Wolsely, you should have picked it up and taken it back to it's rightful owner.

There's a link here with some information on early Gospel fragments. https://biblearchaeologyreport.com/2019/02/15/the-earliest-new-testament-manuscripts/ Historians treat Christ as a real figure in history. Whether they believe in His divinity is another issue...

I think "the Synodal Way" will fall flat on its face sooner or later. These movements come, and in the end, go.

I think this comment sums it up. Paul would have considered what he was going to write. He would have had a reason for not telling us directly what his ailment was. Since he was writing in partnership with the Holy Spirit, God probably told him not to specify his particular illness, injury...

This article is some years old now but it gives some background on why Pope Francis thinks the way he does. https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/09/pope-francis-america-washington-213092/