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Blogger and bibliophile based in London and the South of France.

• Muslims who join a religion that hates them

  By Paul Williams on December 27, 2020 • ( 6 )

  

  
  

• They want us to be outraged that the people they’re ethnically cleansing don’t like them.

  By Paul Williams on December 27, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  
  

• A look at Plato’s views on homosexuality: ‘How to discourage unnatural sexual intercourse’.

  By Paul Williams on December 26, 2020 • ( 4 )

  

  
  

  In ‘The Laws’ Plato describes in fascinating detail a comprehensive system of legislation in a utopia he named Magnesia. His laws not only govern crime and punishment, but also form a code of conduct for all aspects of life in… Read More ›

• Behold! The Jewish Jesus

  By Paul Williams on December 25, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  
  

• Can anyone deny the immensity of this kid’s courage? Can anyone tell me why it should not be exemplary, at least notionally? If he were American he’d have a cruiser named after him.

  By Paul Williams on December 25, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  
  

  Faris Odeh

• Christmas Message from Blogging Theology

  By Paul Williams on December 24, 2020 • ( 3 )

  

  
  

• Christmas the Nazi way: Adolf Hitler meets not one, but two, Santa Clauses during a Christmas party given by the Chief of the Chancellery in Berlin in 1937

  By Paul Williams on December 24, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  
  

• Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks on What Jews Believe About the Afterlife

  By Paul Williams on December 23, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  
  

• Christology in the Making and why John’s Gospel does not give us the actual words of Jesus.

  By Paul Williams on December 22, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  
  

  I read from ‘Christology in the Making: An Inquiry into the Origins of the Doctrine of the Incarnation‘ by professor James D.G. Dunn, pp 29-30. This text is designed for students and academics studying the doctrine of the incarnation. Dunn… Read More ›

• I say there is NO forgiveness of sins in Christianity. Here is why..

  By Paul Williams on December 21, 2020 • ( 6 )

  

  
  

  I read from ‘The Metaphor of God Incarnate: A Second, Revised Edition’ by John Hick. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Metaphor-God-Incarnate-Second-Revised/dp/0334040000

• Hate preacher Hatun arrested at Speakers’ Corner this afternoon!

  By Paul Williams on December 20, 2020 • ( 4 )

  

  
  

  What did they arrest her for, torturing people with her voice?

• The Reign of Terror was a period of the French Revolution following the creation of the First French Republic. Secularism on steroids.

  By Paul Williams on December 20, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  
  

• For Christianity in terms of the Parousia, there have been too many years of grace. In terms of salvation history, there have not been enough.

  By Paul Williams on December 20, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  
  

  For Christianity in terms of the Parousia, there have been too many years of grace. In terms of salvation history, there have not been enough. The Jesus of the gospels seems to expect the imminent end-times: Mark 13:30-33. Paul predicts… Read More ›

• Oh well, we’re all different.. 🙂

  By Paul Williams on December 20, 2020 • ( 0 )

  

  
  

• Jesus said ‘Allah’, not ‘Deus.’

  By Paul Williams on December 19, 2020 • ( 7 )

  

  
  

  Jesus’ native language was Aramaic. The Aramaic translation of the gospels present Jesus praying to and praising the God Whom he worshiped, naming him AaLah or AaLoh (the ‘Eastern’ and ‘Western’ vocalisations). Jesus surrendered to his Lord, and his words… Read More ›