Rehabilitating the Medieval Scientific Mind and why it matters

Sir Isaac Newton is a titan in world science, so it’s no surprise that he features on the very first, and the penultimate page of James Hannam’s excellent, 2009 book God’s Philosophers (which made it onto the shortlist for the 2010 Royal Society Prize for Science Books.

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A Credal Hallelujah

To some (especially Canadians), this is sacrilege. And I've definitely got issues about tampering with genius (as I hope you have). Christians especially waste far too much time aping the world's creativity and consequently only produce derivative pap. I particularly…

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Sherif, Social Media & a local church in Austria

STOP PRESS: Written Question in Parliament about Sherif:

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This is has been a very weird, virtual week, but weird in a rather wonderful way. Virtual not because it didn’t happen but because some of the exciting things that happened occurred online. But first, let Emma & Sherif set the scene after Sherif’s 20 days of unlawful detention in Egypt. (more…)

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