As has been evident pretty much since I started Afterthought, I don’t really have the time to do it on a daily basis. This somewhat undermines writing responses to a daily broadcast. That, and I don’t half talk bollocks sometimes. It is for these reasons that this blog will self-destruct in 5 seconds. Or a few days anyway. Read the rest »
Tuesday 19th January 2010: Canon Lucy Winkett
So, let’s see what entirely uninformed angle our theologically educated speaker can approach Haiti from… today it’s ‘cities’. Aren’t they populous, what with a lot of people living in them and whatnot. A lot of people also live in Port-au-Prince, recently razed to the ground by an earthquake. When it’s rebuilt though, let’s make sure we tell them how to do it. Because the problem with Haiti is that we haven’t been telling them what to do enough. Like who and who not to vote for. Read the rest »
Monday 18th January 2010: Rabbi Lionel Blue
Nurses are going to be doing degrees instead of diplomas, but will that teach them how to nurse with kindness? Apparently not, because kindness, says the rabbi, is something you learn from experience. He says you’ll struggle to treat others with loving kindness unless you first learn to love yourself. So start there (by patting yourself on the back and working up to a handjob) and be good for goodness’s sake (because GOD IS WATCHING YOU). Read the rest »
Saturday 16th January 2010: Catherine Pepinster
Sometimes my piffle tolerance levels are a little low and I just want to slap the keyboard with my hands like thisaajuedxhifewkoawropiawer ewjiorlsea iwearhuefhf ehhufewgu hyoif2d4zxlllle498w0we4a. So, now that’s out of my system, I’ll begin. Read the rest »
14th & 15th January 2010: Dom Antony Sutch & Rev Dr Giles Fraser
From Sutch we had a waffling nothing on what to do (or how to do nothing and feel better about yourself) regarding suffering in the world and Haiti in particular. No doubt Sutch will donate a few quid and pray fastidiously for God to rescue Haitians from what less mild mannered Christians think of as his ‘His Wrath’. From Fraser we had a nice: ‘I DON’T CARE WHAT THE RATIONAL, EVIDENCE-BASED ARGUMENTS ARE OR HOW MANY PEOPLE DIE HORRIFIC, MEANINGLESS DEATHS, I BELIEVE IT ALL ANYWAY SO MEHHH! Now let us pray for the Haitians…’ sort of job. So, let’s ignore all their spiritual and theological quandaries and consider Haiti a little less briefly. Read the rest »
Wednesday 13th January 2010: Rhidian Brook
As I catch up on these four Thoughts (this is becoming so frequent that it may soon behove me to discontinue Afterthoughts) I’ll attempt not to focus too closely on the bland ramblings of the readers and instead consider the topic they chose to speak on. So; the Robinsons. Read the rest »