tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596790.post2835118317666847541..comments2023-12-23T20:09:27.185+00:00Comments on The Curmudgeon: Men of GoodwillPhiliphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18076353733931722397noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596790.post-34146461165108085202014-12-25T13:05:11.231+00:002014-12-25T13:05:11.231+00:00Thank you, m'lud.
That's the beautiful th...Thank you, m'lud.<br /><br />That's the beautiful thing about faith, isn't it - the marvellous intellectual discipline and moral rigour which enables one to believe in Jam Tomorrow, even in the face of bereavement, disaster, or repeated kicks in the face from Yahweh, Serco, the Bullingdon Club or anyone with a similar sense of humour.Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18076353733931722397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596790.post-25925501486445576922014-12-25T11:46:25.848+00:002014-12-25T11:46:25.848+00:00Warmest regards as ever from The Bench.
We must ...Warmest regards as ever from The Bench. <br /><br />We must always remember the all-perver...sorry, all-<i>pervading</i> Christian values which underscore our society's civilised values:<br /><br /><a rel="nofollow">http://www.thejudge.me.uk/Rants/Rants_20141225.htm</a>The Judgehttp://www.thejudge.me.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596790.post-84002092272583352382014-12-24T23:52:44.855+00:002014-12-24T23:52:44.855+00:00Thanks. I'm sure I have other regular readers,...Thanks. I'm sure I have other regular readers, but I'm not so sure they are many.<br /><br />Here's one of my favourite Christmas stories, in which the goodness and mercy of God are shown in their most uncompromising light: Arthur C Clarke's "<a href="http://www.uni.edu/morgans/astro/course/TheStar.pdf" rel="nofollow">The Star</a>".Philiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18076353733931722397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6596790.post-28884138775476144522014-12-24T18:52:14.322+00:002014-12-24T18:52:14.322+00:00Merry Christmas Philip. I might not comment often,...Merry Christmas Philip. I might not comment often, but I always read your posts, as I'm sure many others do. <br /><br />It's not much of a Christmas present, but if you've got 45 minutes spare, Justin Welbys 'Desert Island Disks' is worth a listen if only for his total failure to give a coherent reason why, if there is a loving God etc, etc, stuff like his daughter being Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16468701779384631831noreply@blogger.com