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  • 2010
    • March
      • Reverend Rosemary Lain-Priestley, Dean of Women's Ministry in central London
        10/03/10
        Rating 3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous)

        Justice is a complex business. For example, when a case may come before the courts, advance discussion of the evidence is banned so that judge and jury will approach the case with an open mind. Phew, it's just all so complex, isn't it? Ru

      • Dr Indarjit Singh - Director of the Network of Sikh organisations
        09/03/10
        Rating 3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous)

        There were no inter-faith meetings of we important spiritual leaders this week, so I'm afraid I'm just going to have to talk to you about something less interesting instead.

        A hospital is introducing blood tests for pregnant wo

      • Massacre in Nigeria
        08/03/10
        It's easy to forget that we have the enormous privilege of being able to laugh at religion in this country. Others are not so fortunate. Admittedly there are other aspects to the sporadic conflicts in Nigeria but the sides are largely polarised along religious lines. The full horror of this lat

      • Rev Canon Dr Alan Billings, an Anglican priest
        08/03/10
        Rating 2 out of 5 (A little platitudinous)

        "Lessons must be learned." This is the phrase we hear increasingly these days after some huge administrative blunder. There's usually a report with a long list of recommendations. The inquiry, sitting at taxpayers' expense, do

      • Reverend Rob Marshall, an Anglican priest
        08/03/10
        Rating 3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous)

        President Zuma of South Africa was in London this week. I've been to South Africa and it was very nice.

        I remember the South African Council of Churches: 26 types of Christians who don't worship together because they disagree

      • Five signed Richard Dawkins books for sale
        05/03/10
        Five Richard Dawkins books, signed by the author and dedicated to the "Platitude of the Year 2009 winner" are now being auctioned on eBay. Proceeds of the auction will go to the National Secular Society.

        The books were the prize offered for the most platitudinous Thought For The

      • The Chief Rabbi, Lord Jonathan Sacks, Baron Aldgate
        05/03/10
        Rating 3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous)

        The Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales have set out their election manifesto. It's not about any particular party, like the gay loving, orphanage closing, Catholic bashing Labour Party, or the slightly less gay loving, Catholic f

      • Rev Dr Giles Fraser, Canon Chancellor of St Something or other
        04/03/10
        Rating 5 out of 5 (Extraordinarily platitudinous)

        We've just got a brilliant new sculpture at Saint Paul's Cathedral (the cathedral that I'm Canon Chancellor of). Many people ask "What does it mean?" This is where others go wrong and try to explain its meaning. Fa

      • Rev Rosemary Lain-Priestley, Dean of Women's Ministry in central London
        03/03/10
        Rating 3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous)

        I'd like to talk to you today about everyone's favourite subject: football, and by "football" I do of course mean "religion". I don't think anyone on Thought For The Day has ever compared football and religion bef

      • Why are we Christians so persecuted?
        03/03/10
        As a Rev Dr I take a keen interest in the vicious and ongoing persecution of Christianity in our green and pleasant land. Only the other day, a distinguished Catholic priest noted the lack of any mainstream poofter-hating political party. "Only the BNP are on our side," said Father Blake,

      • Dr Indarjit Singh - Director of the Network of Sikh organisations
        02/03/10
        Rating 2 out of 5 (A little platitudinous)

        I was at a recent meeting of important religious leaders such as myself, where I complained that the media always sensationalise stories about religion. They always go for the worst possible interpretation, casting aside their normally high journ

      • Time for the Clemmies
        01/03/10
        Well, it hasn't been a bad month for Religious Propaganda of The Day - not great, but not bad either. There were quite a few that tried not to mention invisible magic stuff at all but just tripped up at the last minute. Then there were others, that if only they had tried just a little bit harde

      • Rev Dr Dr David Wilkinson, Principal of St John's College Durham
        01/03/10
        Rating 4 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous)

        Why does a loving God allow such suffering? It's a hard question. It's a very, very, very, very hard question. People have been asking it since time immemorial. There have been lots of attempted answers by many clever people over the gene

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