Tag: Women

• Here we go again!

  On BBC’s Question Time, a panel member says that Boris Johnson’s father’s alleged history of violence is ‘on record’ and calls him a ‘wife beater’. Unless and until that’s proven to be the case, neither you nor I can know its truth or otherwise. Ms Bruce, required to maintain required BBC standards of ‘balance’ and…

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  16th Mar 2023

  Current Affairs, Language, Politics

  Balance, BBC, Democracy, Fiona Bruce, freedom of speech, Mob Rule, Question Time, Right of Reply, Violence, Women

• “The Wealthy, the Corrupt, the Brutal and the Brazen”

  Whatever her, or our, political opinions, there’s a point here to pay attention to … “If we are not careful, politics risks becoming the preserve of the wealthy, the corrupt, the brutal and the brazen”. Think about current UK politics – wealth and tax dodging, corruption and cronyism, brutality and bullying, brazenness and blatant lying. …

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  17th Feb 2023

  Current Affairs

  Abuse, Guardian, John Stuart Mill, Nicola Sturgeon, Politics, Social Media, Tabloid Journalism, Women

• A Boring Christmas Genealogy?

  Why does the Bible contain lists of ancestors which are hardly enthralling? One, in 1st Chronicles, is 9 chapters long, making the book chronic-ally unappealing! Their purpose is establishing legitimacy. The king in Jerusalem, had to be a proven descendant of King David; a Temple priest had to be a descendant of Aaron, Moses’ brother. …

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  11th Dec 2022

  Christianity, Christmas, History, Jesus of Nazareth, Literature, Mythology, New Testament, Religion

  Genealogies, God, Gospel, Joseph, Matthew, Messiah, Nativity, Numbers, Story, Women

• Jesus and Women

  Let’s leave the 21st century behind for a moment, and think about the sayings and doings of Jesus of Nazareth as if we, like him, were 1st century Jews. Several New Testament scholars have noted that there’s no instance in which Jesus belittled, or stereotyped women. On the contrary, he sought to liberate and affirm…

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  19th Jan 2021

  Jesus of Nazareth, New Testament, Religion

  Misogyny, Women