Category Archives: Science and Religion

Lectionary Sermon for 6 August 2017 on Matthew 14: 13 – 21 (The Loaves and the Fishes)

Posted on August 1, 2017 by peddiebill

This morning’s gospel of the loaves and the fishes is often presented in tones of wonder portraying a Harry Potter-type image of a magic God-filled figure in the form of Jesus, waving his hand like a stage magician and causing … Continue reading →

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Rethinking Sin

Posted on February 2, 2016 by peddiebill

Although for most Christians the Bible remains an essential source document for faith, many of the earlier literalistic Biblical assumptions are challenged by new understandings of culture and new findings in science. The early myths of creation and a primitive … Continue reading →

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Musing about Science and Religion

Posted on June 26, 2015 by peddiebill

Words like “science” and “religion” do not have widely agreed meanings and connotations. What we think the words mean and how important they are to each one of us reflect different cultures, histories and differing relative dependence on the understanding … Continue reading →

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Lectionary Sermon for February 22 2015, Lent 1, Year B (on Mark 1: 9-15)

Posted on February 16, 2015 by peddiebill

Hard-wired for Temptation The writer of the Gospel of Mark tells us that Jesus who we now talk of as the Son of God, started out by spending more than a month in the wilderness struggling with his temptations.   In … Continue reading →

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The Challenge Laid Down by Stephen Fry

Posted on February 3, 2015 by peddiebill

Stephen Fry, an avowed atheist with undoubted wit and encyclopaedic knowledge, has hit the headlines again, this time with an unexpected left field response to what was probably intended to be a standard type frivolous light-weight introductory question. In this … Continue reading →

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A Theology for A Scientific Age by Brian Butterfield

Posted on December 10, 2014 by peddiebill

(Professor Emeritus Brian Butterfield has given me permission to post the following on my website. It raises some key issues which deserve thoughful reaction. Use the comment box underneath to join the discussion) The following issues need to be addressed … Continue reading →

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Question for the Week (No 1)

Posted on November 28, 2014 by peddiebill

Which ideas about God have to be rejected or modified to allow for what science has uncovered?

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Does Religion Still Have a Place in the Modern World?

Posted on November 20, 2011 by peddiebill

Although we may gather for worship believing that what we do is the best way to honour God, I want to suggest that disentangling background from our actions in the worship is no easy matter. Deciding on the value of … Continue reading →

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Lloyd Geering – Distinguished Theologian and Sometime Heretic.

Posted on October 16, 2011 by peddiebill

One of the unfortunate consequences of being a pioneer is that pointing to new paths does not endear you to those comfortable with the safer well-trodden tracks. Professor Lloyd Geering is now seen as more mainstream than he was to … Continue reading →

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Faith Auto Repair (An invited Post)

Posted on October 6, 2011 by peddiebill

Faith Auto Repair by Secular Simian I just thought of a business idea that is sure to succeed. I will start an automotive shop called, “Faith Auto Repair.” I will market it in all the latest fundamentalist Christian and Muslim … Continue reading →

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