Reverend Del (Platycat)'s Blog (7)

Why?

How is it possible for us to forget so thoroughly the point of Christ's sacrifice on that cross nearly 2 millenia ago? 

How is it possible for us to ignore the central message of the New Testament?

How is it we've strayed so far from the teachings of a man so gentle and loving his teachings remain the single most far…

I have been forcibly made aware of something I've probably been subconsciously aware of for some time now. I am no longer my little sister's go to guy for problem solving. Had Dad been alive I'd likely never have been that, but I was once upon a time.  As the years have passed between us so has the distance grown. Though the familial love is still there and strong, the connection has been growing ever dimmer as she's grown closer to her new husband. That is what brought this realisation to…

A friend of mine blogs over on wordpress and his last blog got me to thinking about certain elements of my overall religion. I wholly recommend you read his article it's full of smarts that you won't find here. The article he wrote is here: http://benephobia.wordpress.com/

So onto my rambling, warbling tirade.  My target today is the Westboro Baptist Church and others who are like them. As I wade through the vile filth that is…

So I sit here having just finished helping with an Alpha Course session, how did it go? Not good, or at least not as good as I'd hoped it would. The talk given by Nicky Gumble was awesome, gave me an insight into the Bible I've been needing, a clue as to what I should be doing with a 2000 year old book, but the discussion with our small group was a tad dispiriting. For one I made the biggest mistake of all by offering an answer to a question as if it was THE answer to the question. For one I…

So as I sit here listening to a single episode of a podcast I can already see I'm going to be following for a while to come, I think about why I'm listening to it in the first place.  It's a Christian thing and it gets me to thinking about faith and religion and importantly the difference between the two. It's so easy for folks to lump faith in with the problems of religion and assume that because one has made some mistakes in the past, that the other must therefore be…

Yes indeed, some writing. Not this here paragraph, this is to tell you about the writing. I don't think this is awesome I don't think this is anything but writing, but if you've a mind to some commentary, tips would be useful. Expect typos and grammatical inconsistencies. I'm not good at this stuff, though spellcheck should have caught most of them.

 "It's a little cliché to start this with any sentence including the words dark and stormy night,…

This here be a blog post, perhaps of an articulate nature, perhaps of a rambling, meandering mess . My vote is for the latter, but we shall see.

First to things about me: Or is that too much? If you're reading this perhaps it's what you wish to know, perhaps you'd rather hear the inane thoughts of a potential madman. Maybe we'll get a little of both. Huzzah! Anyway. I'm me. Picture is no doubt somewhere about.

I'm not a real Reverend, though that may change in…