Category Archive For "Religion"
The Wisdom of GK Chesterton
This triangle of truisms, of father, mother and child, cannot be destroyed; it can only destroy those civilisations which disregard it.
Taliban Murders Christians in Pakistan
“The death toll from a massive suicide bombing targeting Christians gathered on Easter in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore rose to 70 on Monday as the country started observing a three-day mourning period following the attack. Meanwhile, in the capital of Islamabad, riots erupted for a second day when extremists who have been staging …
So Much Christian Music is Rubbish
But not this: Even when the oceans rage, I don’t have to be afraid. Even when I fail, you are the same forever. Your love never fails.
Happy and Blessed Easter!
Wishing all my visitors a very safe, peaceful, happy and blessed Easter!
Since Brussels
Just in the few days since the Brussels attacks: A march against fear in Brussels is cancelled because people are afraid. A Muslim shopkeeper who gave thanks for “my precious Christian country” and wished locals a happy Easter, is stabbed to death – stabbed thirty times – by a fellow Muslim. The Guardian omits to …
Horror and Hypocrisy Over Paris Attacks
There are multiple posts floating around Facebook about the Paris attacks. Some of these make two disturbing claims: Firstly, that the attacks had nothing to do with the fact that the perpetrators were muslim. That, they claim, is beside the point. What matters is simply that they were a bunch of arseholes. Secondly, that ordinary …
Nazi Terrorism vs Islamic Terrorism
See the difference? Neither can I.
Why Israel Deserves Western Support
I have been gobsmacked by suggestions from some people that there is some sort of moral equivalence between Israel and Hamas (the idea that they are both as bad as each other), or even worse, that the current conflict is Israel’s fault. The present Palestinian people are Arabs, most of whom arrived in the area …
The Cruciality of the Cross
A little article for our church newsletter: Why do some Christians make the sign of the cross? Many of the saints of the early Church talk about this practice. Here are quotes from just a few. St Ephraim the Syrian: Go not forth from the door of thy house till thou hast signed the cross. …
Why Does the Mainstream Media Protect Muslim Terrorists?
I am glad the muslim terrorist attack in Nairobi was so widely reported, even though the real horror of what happened was underplayed – the torture and mutilation of children, for example. Perhaps this signals a change of heart in the mainstream media, and a willingness to acknowledge at last the reality of widespread jihadist …
The Nastiness of the Compassionate Elite …
I am often horrified by the easy assumption of moral superiority made by people on the green/left side of politics. It is as if they are so sure that they are intellectually and morally superior that it never occurs to them that they should actually check what the people they think they disagree with are …
A Series of Excuses for my Failed Prognostications
Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio briefly flickered through my mind as I was considering who might be elected Pope, but quickly flickered out again. He flickered in because of persistent rumours that he was runner–up in the Conclave that elected Pope Benedict. But the rumours were doubtful, while the factors weighing against him seemed decisive. There were …
Papal Form Guide
My latest for Quadrant Online: One of the most interesting phenomena of the last weeks has been the enthusiasm with which media pundits who have previously expressed the opinion that the Church is dying and irrelevant have expounded upon the importance of the right person being elected to be the new Pope. Like liberal nuns …
America, What the Heck?
On the anniversary of 9/11 two US embassies are attacked. One of your ambassadors is killed and his body dragged through the streets, and you are apologising because someone, somewhere, might have hurt muslim feelings? The muslim world hates you. They see you as the enemy. Nothing you do will appease them. They will not …
Wrecking Stuff
From Raymond Ibrahim in Frontpage Magazine: According to several reports in the Arabic media, prominent Muslim clerics have begun to call for the demolition of Egypt’s Great Pyramids—or, in the words of Saudi Sheikh Ali bin Said al-Rabi‘i, those “symbols of paganism,” which Egypt’s Salafi party has long planned to cover with wax. Most recently, …
Qohel Blog Author Peter Wales
