Monthly Archives: October 2014

Knowing what we do

Posted on October 30, 2014 by Quentin

Bertrand Russell once said that if you wear blue glasses the whole world will appear blue. The depressed look though a dark lens and may experience themselves as useless persons, living in an unpleasant world and facing a miserable future. … Continue reading →

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God?

Posted on October 23, 2014 by Quentin

In a comment on Mythtake, and in the context of free will, I said “If I were looking to demonstrate the existence of God, it’s where I would start.” Unsurprisingly I was challenged. Red rag to a bull! I do … Continue reading →

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Sin and the Synod

Posted on October 19, 2014 by Quentin

Unusually, I am inserting an extra post to give us an opportunity to consider the immediate outcome of the Synod. Many of you will already know that the section recommending the possibility of the divorced and remarried returning to Holy … Continue reading →

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Behave yourself

Posted on October 16, 2014 by Quentin

Can you teach pigeons to play table tennis? Yes, with enough patience. You have to watch the birds until one of them makes a move towards the ball, and then reward it with food. Each time it, or its partner, … Continue reading →

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Mythtake

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Quentin

In our recent discussions we were reminded that the story of creation in Genesis is mythical. And we have no difficulty in understanding this when we accept that the great truth of God’s creation had to be conveyed in a … Continue reading →

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How we judge the Synod

Posted on October 2, 2014 by Quentin

We are on the eve of the Synod on marriage and the family, so I asked contributors to Second Sight Blog to comment on the issues listed in the Instrumentum Laboris – the initial working paper. Many comments were received, … Continue reading →

Posted in Catholic Herald columns, Church and Society, Moral judgment, Pope Francis | 67 Comments