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Rev Dr Michael Banner, Dean and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
30/11/11
Rating 5 out of 5 (Extraordinarily platitudinous)
A death by suicide affects us all. We wonder what depths of despair and hopelessness they must have felt to push them to such lengths. We wonder if there wasn't more that we could have done to bring them just enough hope, enough conso -
Canon Angela Tilby, Christ Church Cathedral Oxford
29/11/11
Rating 4 out of 5 (Highly platitudinous)
Tomorrow there's going to be a big public sector strike.
This is what happens when people constantly struggle to work, work, work all the time. Why can't everyone just relax and be a vicar like me? We, and by "we" I d -
The Burzynski Clinic
29/11/11
Just doing my bit to advertise the behaviour of the Burzynski Clinic. The clinic in question charges hundreds of thousands of dollars to people with terminal cancer. A few bloggers have been asking the clinic to publish the evidence for the efficacy of its unique treatment. They would also like to k -
Rabbi Lionel Blue
28/11/11
Rating 3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous)
WAKEY WAKEY LIONEL!
What? Oh yes.
In the good old days, when I were a lad and life had not yet emerged onto land, I wanted to grow up to be a Marxist revolutionary. But it turned out Marxist revolutions were all rubbish so I -
The Right Hon David Cameron PM MP First Lord of the Treasury
27/11/11
Richard Dawkins
Why do you support faith schools for children who are too young to have chosen their faith,thereby implicitly labelling them with the faith of their parents,whereas you wouldn’t dream of so labelling a “Keynesian child”or a “Conservative child”?
Rt Hon Dave
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Rev Roy Jenkins Baptist Minister in Cardiff
26/11/11
Rating 5 out of 5 (Extraordinarily platitudinous)
Happy four weeks to go 'till Christmas everyone!
You know that bloke in the high street with a sandwich board saying "repent, the end is nigh," well, I know what you're thinking. You're thinking, "P -
Catherine Pepinster, editor of the Catholic newspaper, The Tablet
25/11/11
Rating 5 out of 5 (Extraordinarily platitudinous)
There aren't many affordable homes being built these days. The Prime Minister says that's going to change. He's going to get out there and build lots of affordable homes.
Notice that I say "homes", not & -
Akhandadhi Das, a Vaishnav Hindu teacher and theologian
24/11/11
Rating 5 out of 5 (Extraordinarily platitudinous)
Something coherent about degrees of separation and the internet.
Friend, friend, friend, friend.
Dive into Sanskrit and Hindu Big Books of Magic Stuff.
Equality rather than just tolerance.
May th -
Rhidian Brook, writer, celebrity and Christian
23/11/11
Rating 4 out of 5 (Highly platitudinous)
Thought For The Day involves a great deal of attention to topical events combined with deep thought about their spiritual significance. This is how TFTD is able to so consistently deliver the profound, life enhancing reflections that so -
Rev Dr Michael Banner, Dean and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
22/11/11
Rating 3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous)
Saif Gaddafi has been captured.
I think he should have a fair trial.
Giving people a fair trial, even when they are nasty, horrible people, shows that the rule of law is working.
Jesus thought people should have a f -
Rev Dr Dr Prof David Wilkinson, Principal of St John's College Durham
21/11/11
Rating 3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous)
So Dame Vivienne Westwood has been addressing the anti-capitalist protesters outside Saint Paul's on the emptiness of consumerism. And so I stood around watching the Durham Lumiere Festival. There were lots of bright, happy colours, lighting u -
Close the UK embassy to the Vatican
20/11/11
Alright, as protests go it's probably not right up there at the top of most people's priorities, but if you feel like letting off a little bit of steam today, there's a petition to close the UK's embassy to the Vatican (or the Holy See, or whatever it's an embassy to). Last -
Rev Roy Jenkins, Baptist Minister in Cardiff
19/11/11
Rating 3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous)
Sometimes journalists do bad things. Then again sometimes papers do good things: exposing corruption, reporting on politics, advertising local events. Unfortunately, many local and regional newspapers are struggling to survive. It's said that -
Catherine Pepinster, editor of the Catholic newspaper, The Tablet
18/11/11
Rating 4 out of 5 (Highly platitudinous)
The new government of Italy contains no elected politicians. It is entirely dominated by boring bankers, awful accountants and other yawn inspiring grey suits. But they are nor all such dreary technocrats. One of them is a Catholic. Hurrah!
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This image is banned
17/11/11
I just want to make it absolutely clear that I will never be showing this image on this blog.
It shows a complete lack of respect for the Holy Father. Pope Benedict does not go around kissing Imams. He may kiss the odd crucifix, or snuggle up to the Bible now and again, but th -
Akhandadhi Das, a Vaishnav Hindu teacher and theologian
17/11/11
Rating 4 out of 5 (Highly platitudinous)
Aren't the unemployment figures just terrible! One million young people out of work. Tut, tut, tut. Now, just because you're unemployed, there's no need to go out rioting, although I'm sure we'll all understand if you do. I -
Shaikh Abdal Hakim Murad, Muslim Chaplain Cambridge University (the Shaikh formerly known as Tim Winter)
16/11/11
Rating 4 out of 5 (Highly platitudinous)
Well, I don't really understand what's happening, but something is clearly happening. As someone who has no expertise whatsoever in economics, banking or financial trading, I think I'm the ideal person to come on to the BBC's fl -
Rev Canon Dr Alan Billings, an Anglican priest
15/11/11
Rating 3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous)
Isn't what's happening in Syria just terrible? All this brutal dictatorship and gunning down of people. Tut tut.
In this brutal dictatorship there will be some people who are brutal and dictators. We call these people "wi -
The Big Chief Rabbi, Lord Jonathan Sacks, Baron Aldgate
14/11/11
Rating 5 out of 5 (Extraordinarily platitudinous)
Aren't interfaith groups just fantastic? It all started during World War II when the Archbishop of Canterbury suddenly had this incredible revelation: why don't we stop killing Jews? Killing Jews, or simply just exiling them, tor -
Rev Roy Jenkins, Baptist Minister in Cardiff
12/11/11
Rating 3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous)
London 2012 has apologised for airbrushing HMS Belfast from its posters. "It was entirely accidental," said an official. "We accidentally opened Photoshop, then accidentally removed HMS Belfast, accidentally replacing it with a perfe -
From Norwich, it's the bishop of the week, Bombastically Reverend Graham James, Lord Bishop of Norwich
11/11/11
Rating 2 out of 5 (A little platitudinous)
It's Armistice day today. Lots of people will observe the two minutes silence at 11 o'clock: at home, in the office, at the supermarket, on the train, in cafés, shops and restaurants, in car parks, at airports, in police and fire statio -
Rhidian Brook, writer, celebrity and Christian
10/11/11
Rating 5 out of 5 (Extraordinarily platitudinous)
OK, so a major European economy is about to go down the pan. What's the big deal? I mean, it's not as if it's going to push the world into recession, make millions of people unemployed, crash the financial system, and destro -
Right Awful Anne Atkins - Agonising Aunt and Vicar's Wife
09/11/11
Rating 4 out of 5 (Highly platitudinous)
Walessss intendssss to introduce a sssystem of presumed consent for organ donation.
I've never needed an organ to sssave my life. Nor hasss anyone that I have loved. However, I can imagine exactly what it isss like. The waiting and -
Shaikh Abdal Hakim Murad, Muslim Chaplain Cambridge University (the Shaikh formerly known as Tim Winter)
08/11/11
Rating 3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous)
Those clever scientists have discovered African migration to Britain over 40,000 years ago. What this shows is that, even in the dim and distant past, foreigners were coming over here and taking our jobs.
But before you get too angry wit -
Rev Canon Dr Alan Billings, an Anglican priest
07/11/11
Rating 3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous)
The crash on the M5 on Friday killed seven and injured 51 others. Anyone who regularly uses the motorways may well shiver with fear at memories of their own near misses or incidents they may have been involved with. It reminds us just how instantly -
October Clemmies
06/11/11
We only have one candidate this month. The only wise sage to make a pitch for the top award, was Rev Dr Dr Joel Edwards, who lambasted secular society for failing to keep up with the Church's enlightened views towards women.
I'm not really sure if he should get an award when the -
Rev Dr Giles Fraser - Ex Canon Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral
05/11/11
Rating 3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous)
It isn't easy being a priest. You can't just pick the nice bits from the Big Book of Magic Stuff. You'll doubtless recall all the stories of genocide, barbaric punishments, enslavement, religious absolutism and misogyny that were reg -
Great Uncle Dr Lord Indarjit Singh JP, CBE, Baron Wimbledon, Director of the Network of Sikh Organisations
04/11/11
Rating 3 out of 5 (Fairly platitudinous)
Isn't the financial crisis just terrible? This is far and away the worst financial crisis for at least three years. But what can we, and by "we" I do of course mean "you", do about it?
Well you can all start bei -
Rhidian Brook, writer, celebrity and Christian
03/11/11
Rating 5 out of 5 (Extraordinarily platitudinous)
And in breaking news, aren't Cathedrals just fantastic? I mean, like WOW! They're just so BIG! Isn't it just amazing to think that they're held up entirely by faith? I mean WOW! Just WOW!
The other day, me an -
Right Awful Anne Atkins - Agonising Aunt and Vicar's Wife
02/11/11
Rating 5 out of 5 (Extraordinarily platitudinous)
Nothing I can say can possibly do justice to today's Thought For The Day. Even by Anne Atkins' supremely high standards, this was a masterpiece.
It can only be described as express gibberish: totally incoherent, a ran -
Rev Dr. (hon. Kingston) Dr. (hon. St. Andrews) Joel Edwards, International Director of Micah Challenge, Council Member of the Tony Blair Faith Foundation
01/11/11
Rating 4 out of 5 (Highly platitudinous)
Has anyone mentioned Christmas yet? There's only about eight weeks to go. On Christmas day a baby was born. Coincidentally, a baby was born yesterday too. A baby in the Philippines was precisely the 7 billionth person on the planet. That'
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