getting lost in the moral maze
I like the Big British Castle and I like Radio 4. This evening I caught this weeks The Moral Maze (you can listen again from there) which was a debate roughly centred around religion vs. science. As with everything it had extreme viewpoints but I felt that Lord Wilson had a fairly sensible balanced opinion.
Towards the end the point was made that the science and religion divide is in fact a false dichotomy. In my opinion this is generated by an over-exposure in the press to extreme fundamentalists from both ends of the spectrum with a lack of coverage given to the very viable middle ground.
If you are at all interested in this debate then have a listen - it’s a great introduction and plenty of food for thought.
Here’s a question for debate: Where is the moral maze podcast?
Posted: June 11th, 2008 under life.
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A quick book review must be inserted here - since I keep meaning to do a round-up and it will not happen for a while. So… A Short History of Christianity by Stephen Tomkins. Given how long, convoluted and damn-right silly the church and Christianity has been, this book is remarkably short and concise. Following in the footsteps of the Bryson book from which the title has been adapted it is similarly careful in the events that are picked out and also sarcastic, witty and very observant. This was a book on Christianity that makes no assumptions and is, by all accounts, objective in it’s telling of the story. It covers approximately eight years on each page which takes us through the early church, the repeated adoptions by Rome, the Renaissance and Reformation, various revivals and the decline of the western church. I’ve learnt much about history in general and both the good and bad parts of the faith that I naturally profess.