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Recent content by Philip_B

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    Israel-Hamas Thread II

    I think we should be careful about the term evidence in this context, and I certainly don't think it deserves the adjective 'concrete'. Many may wish to describe the world in binary terms and reduce everything to a them and us, in and out, goodies and baddies. However, it is not that simple, and...
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    The Rise of Pauline Hanson

    The Politics of Discontent. I find this drift to the right disconcerting. Philosophical me muses 'this too will pass'.
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    Where ought our loyalties to lie?

    192. To all of this, the media and digital dimensions are adding new and decisive elements. Communication networks, fragmented information environments and algorithms that reward conflict can magnify polarisation and resentment, increase propaganda and make shared discernment more difficult...
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    Thoughts on Statues and Icons?

    In our local church, we have a couple of small Icons in the Chapel, and in the main body of the Church, off to the epistle side, there is a dish with a candle in the centre and several tealights around it to serve as votive candles for those who wish to use them. Some of us use them often...
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    Israel-Hamas Thread II

    I suspect it is because he does not believe in Palestine or Palestinians
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    Anyone up for a chat thread?

    On this, the 250th Anniversary of our independence, I take for my text Deuteronomy 26:5 "And you shall make response before the Lord your God, ‘A wandering Aramean was my father. And he went down into Egypt and sojourned there, few in number, and there he became a nation, great, mighty, and...
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    What makes a human being human?

    Angels are moral beings. Animals are physical beings. Men and women are both physical and moral beings, a dual vocation that makes us human beings.
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    Israel-Hamas Thread II

    More importantly would be how do Somalis, Sudanese and Ugandans feel about it? And why isn't Montana on the list?
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    Answer the Question with a Question (6)

    Wouldn't that be a bit dangerous?
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    Answer the Question with a Question (6)

    Is that love in a dystopian form?
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    Israel-Hamas Thread II

    If only it were that simple!
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    Answer the Question with a Question (6)

    Are U2 hoing to the party too?
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    Answer the Question with a Question (6)

    Why would you want two?