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Not thrones and crowns
A meme from Paulie: Q1. How would you define “atheism”? The dogmatic certainty that God does not exist, and that His non-existence really matters. Like Paulie, I prefer ‘agnostic… more →
The gaping silence
Not thrones and crowns
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Phil wrote 1 year ago: A meme from Paulie: Q1. How would you define “atheism”? The dogmatic certainty that God … more →
Cool machine
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Phil wrote 1 year ago: One from the book of lost posts: Here are some of Graham Greene’s judgments on Frederick Rolfe … more →
Under the mirror
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Phil wrote 1 year ago: Counting films on TV & video, the last five films I’ve seen (from most recent) are The Spi … more →
On science alone
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Phil wrote 1 year ago: Like Splinty, I am not inconsiderably annoyed at Private Eye. Oh yes. In the recent ruckus between N … more →
Kerouac, Kierkegaard, Michael Rennie
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Phil wrote 2 years ago: I agree with Andrew Anthony, up to a point: My book is a polemical memoir. It’s not ‘The … more →
A tree in Paradise
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Phil wrote 2 years ago: Some years ago, John Harris (not the pundit) proposed a thought-experiment called the Survival Lotte … more →
Too much more
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Phil wrote 2 years ago: Welcome back* to Imprecise Song Lyrics Club. This evening our featured lyricist is Mr Paul Weller, o … more →
Never here, never seen
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Phil wrote 2 years ago: Time for a bit more Potter. (Past time, in fact – my Rowling-rereading-and-reviewing schedule … more →
Not that funny
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Phil wrote 2 years ago: Ellis: [Podhoretz]also barks: As with Finlandization, Islamization extends to the domestic realm, to … more →
I can turn you into gold
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Phil wrote 2 years ago: As a genre, fantasy has something in common with utopian fiction. Utopias begin with a challenge … more →
The world looks so tiny
Phil wrote 2 years ago: Jamie: Back in the eighties when China was inviting “foreign friends” over, mainly to teach, as a me … more →
Not mine
Phil wrote 2 years ago: David, of all people, points to a fascinating lecture by Rowan Williams. Who writes, among much else … more →
And feel your lumps
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Phil wrote 3 years ago: Go and sit upon the grass and I shall come and sit beside you… Back in the early seventies a c … more →
No sweat at all
Phil wrote 3 years ago: I agree with Michel Houellebecq, up to a point. Atomised became a bestseller at home and abroad. It … more →
So close to the answer
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Phil wrote 3 years ago: Thanks to a post at Burningbird – and in particular some thoughtful comments from Yule Heibel … more →
A couple of tra-la-las
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Phil wrote 3 years ago: I quite liked the Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, although I have to admit to a certain bias in fa … more →
God is an arms dealer
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Phil wrote 4 years ago: My hopefully provocative question: since those who tend to oppose this legislation tend to draw a di … more →
Not moving any mountain
Phil wrote 4 years ago: Two days to go till the election. Right then: let’s talk about religion. I’ve done Islam … more →
...if you didn't have to kneel down
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Phil wrote 4 years ago: [Revised 15th April - edits for clarity plus MacTaggart stuff. Apologies to anyone who was halfway t … more →
