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Growth growth growth: who benefits?

This post is a continuation of my last one in which I argued that the economic policy of the British Government is a replica of ancient Mesopotamian imperial practice. This post gives greater detail.

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Why were the healings of Jesus so controversial?

In my last post I described how the healings Jesus did were the kinds of things traditional healers do. In general, what the gospels report may seem strange to those used to modern western medicine, but it is common all … Continue reading

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The divine and the Communion rail

Last Sunday I took the Communion service in a familiar church. Time was when I used to do that every Sunday. Doing it occasionally, as a retired priest just helping out, brings back memories but it’s different. The bit that … Continue reading

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